Follow the Rainbow little Leprechauns!

My favorite thing about St Patrick's Day - since I was a child - was the adventure of looking (and thinking I might actually find) a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow! I used to think, if only I could find that rainbow, I just know I'll find a pot of gold! Playing on that theme, why not have your kids create their own rainbow of healthy fruits and vegetables on their quest to find a pot of gold? Remind them - they have to get to the end of it to get their pot of gold!

Red: strawberries, raspberries, tomatoes, etc
Orange: carrots, oranges, peaches, etc
Yellow: bananas, pears, pineapple, corn, yellow apple, etc.
Green: broccoli, green grapes, green apple, peas, beans, edamame, kiwi, etc
Blue: blueberries (this is a tough one - blue and purple blend together in the end so you may want to double up on purple here if your kids aren't fans of blueberries)
Purple: grapes, raisins, purple carrots, plums, blackberries, eggplant

And now for the pot of gold, a recipe from our friends at Family Fun! 

Ingredients

• 3-ounce box of lemon-flavor gelatin (you can also use pineapple or apricot to get same effect)
  
• 6 limes

• Sugar
• 1 teaspoon of whipped cream

Instructions

1. Line an 8-inch square baking dish with plastic wrap, leaving several inches of overhang on each side (this will make removing the gelatin easier). Combine a 3-ounce box of lemon-flavor gelatin and 1 cup of boiling water in a medium bowl, stirring until the gelatin is dissolved. Stir in 1 cup of cold water, then pour the mixture into the baking dish. Cover the dish with plastic wrap and chill the gelatin for 4 hours or until firm, then slice the gelatin into 1/2-inch cubes.
2. Cut off the top quarter of each of 6 limes, then, without cutting into the fruit, slice a thin layer of peel from the bottom of each one to help them stand upright. With a small knife, cut around the inside of each lime's rind to loosen the pulp, then spoon it out to make a shell.
3. Place a pinch of sugar and 1 teaspoon of whipped cream in the bottom of each shell, then fill each lime pot with gelatin gold. Makes 6.

If you're short on time, most grocery stores have the gold covered chocolate coins you can add to anything that resembles a pot!