Rainbow Rice Recipe

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With the winter months chugging on, a lot of moms and dads are racking their brains to come up with indoors entertainment ideas for their little ones. If your children are getting antsy and you’ve used up every craft and activity idea that you know, you may be at a loss as to what to do when the dreaded cries of “I’m boooooored!” strike. Luckily, today’s parents have a world of resources at their fingertips thanks to the World Wide Web. So what’s a good resource for parents seeking crafts, activity ideas, or simple recipes that their little ones can help with?

Clorox® Clean-Up® Recipes For Fun is a new website from the famed cleaning company, aimed to help you entertain your children with a plethora of fun ideas. From “Wacky science” to arts and crafts and kiddie cooking/creative cooking, Clorox has got you covered with dozens of “Recipes for fun” sure to entertain the whole family! And, since everyone here is a devoted sweeper, you will be pleased to learn that you can also enter the “Ultimate Mess Party” sweepstakes while you are there for a chance to win $10,000 to put towards the biggest, messiest, and most fun family party ever! You can get one entry just for registering, and ten bonus entries for submitting your own recipe for fun, as well as access to a $1.00 off coupon. Plus, you could instantly win a free coupon for Clorox Clean-Up or a $100 gift card just by viewing recipes. I love coupons and I love contests, so naturally I had to enter! My recipe works as both creative cooking as well as a kid-friendly recipe. I present to you: Rainbow Rice!

What You’ll Need:

White rice

Water

Food coloring

4 bowls

Ice cream scooper

Fork

Preparation:

Make a bag of white rice on the stovetop or in the rice cooker according to directions. Once the rice is finished, divide it up equally between four bowls.

Take a bottle of food coloring and add several drops to the rice.

Using a fork, mix the rice thoroughly until the food coloring is distributed.

Now take your ice cream scooper and scoop the rice onto a plate in a small ball.

Repeat this process with each bowl of rice, using a different color each time. Arrange each scoop of rice on the plate in a curved fashion to create a “Rainbow”.

And voilà! You have a rice rainbow!

This is a simple, fun activity to both entertain kids and encourage them to eat their food – a little novelty and bright colors seem to go a long way to convince picky eaters to enjoy their dinner! With St. Patrick’s Day coming up, this would be a fun way to create a “Pot of Gold” themed meal – you could even stir-fry cabbage and squash to create a grassy knoll and gold underneath the “Rainbow”!

To access more recipes for fun, be sure to visit the Clorox® Clean-Up® Recipes For Fun website. Remember, you could win prizes instantly just by checking out these fun ideas! Plus, while you’re there, you can enter the “Ultimate Mess Party” sweepstakes and even submit your own recipe for extra entries.

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The wintertime blues can get the best of anyone, but you never have to be at a loss for ideas. Just when you think you’ve heard it all, some creative individual comes up with an incredibly clever craft or meal idea that gets you inspired all over again! Thanks to the Internet, there’s an unlimited supply of activity ideas available for making a “Blah” day special. So the next time rain or snow has your kids chanting the chorus of “I’m bored! I’m bored!”, pull out your laptop and choose a new recipe for fun to try out. And after you’re done getting creative in the kitchen or gluing together crafts, pull out a bottle of Clorox Clean-Up to wipe away the mess!