Rainbow Food Challenge

We’ve all tried those TikTok viral challenges such as the Tortilla challenge. I personally can tell you it’s harder than you think! Others include, the Don’t Rush challenge which has generated over 1.2 billion views and the Cha-Cha Slide challenge. However, I came across a food challenge about rainbow food and I thought why not give this a go? So here is how it went when I ate a different coloured food or meal for five days!

Monday Red

To kick this challenge off I decided to go with a classic Italian dish - sausage ragu with a homemade sauce. The rich sauce consists of red wine, passata, tomato puree, garlic puree, Italian herbs and of course apple sausages and tagliatelle. This is a ten out of ten for sure.

Yellow

Tuesday

Today’s meal is a firm favourite, the Quiche. This can be eaten hot or cold and can be filled with whatever you feel like really - broccoli, asparagus, cheese, ham. This concoction in particular is a classic Quiche Lorraine served with a bit of a salad, potato salad, couscous on the side and potato bites.

Pasta is one of the main dishes in my house, we eat a lot of it. This one can be made in under 20 minutes.

Spinach, even though you might think this is an odd choice to put in pasta, you will not be disappointed! Mixed with white wine, crème fraiche and pancetta, a beautiful food sensation.

Blue

Thursday

Pancakes. It’s like a buffet of toppings. You can have whatever you want with them, I like many things, banana and Nutella (sounds questionable but trust me it’s brilliant) or classic sugar and lemon. But I love them with Greek yoghurt, strawberries, and blueberries, especially if the pancakes are American style, drizzled with a bit of honey, delicious.

To conclude this challenge, it was difficult but inventive. I found it hard to think of different meals for each day when you don’t really think about that sort of thing, you just eat whatever you can find in the fridge. I would give this challenge a go with your friends or see this as a way of getting to cook and try new recipes.

Violet – Friday

Friday

The simple traybake is a throw all the vegetables together with your meat or meat -free choice served with a warm sauce, it’s delicious. Personally, I love to add some onions, peppers, and carrots as well. To top it off, you can add a warmed up crunchy baguette and share with everyone.