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A fun fruity and healthy rainbow toast spread with cream cheese, drizzled with honey and then topped with fruits in all the colors of the rainbow!
Rainbow toast - a fun fruit toast for kids! | FamilyFoodontheTable.com

My kids were feeling left out of the toast craze so I made them a super fun, super colorful rainbow toast!

See, we don’t usually keep avocados around. My husband is allergic and neither kid has ever really taken to them. (I will keep trying, don’t worry you avocado lovers who are recoiling in horror.) So the avocado-type toast options weren’t really working for us.

And of course they like toast. Usually with their cheesy eggs every Saturday morning. And sometimes with peanut butter for an afternoon snack. Anything with peanut butter.

But I wanted to give them a little something more in the way of toasty fun. 

Rainbow fruit - A fun fruit toast with cream cheese, honey and all the colors of the rainbow! | FamilyFoodontheTable.com

So I went with ALL the fruits!

They were so excited when they saw this rainbow toast. M was like, “WOW Mommy!” Immediately followed by, “Can I have the whole thing?” She’s like her mama, doesn’t much care for sharing food 😉

This fun breakfast or snack is perfect for celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, too, in a festive way. (And if you want some more food fun, check out these healthy green recipes for St. Patrick’s Day.)

The whole wheat bread is toasted, spread with cream cheese and drizzled with honey. Then I used strawberries, mandarin oranges, banana, green grapes, blueberries and pomegranate seeds for the fruits.

You could definitely adjust and sub some of these out — kiwi for the green grapes, red grapes for the pomegranate, blackberries for the blueberries, even pineapple for the banana.

Rainbow fruit - A fun fruit toast with cream cheese, honey and all the colors of the rainbow! | FamilyFoodontheTable.com

We don’t always have all the colors of fruit, but we’re usually pretty close. These kids, man, they are little fruit monsters. #atleastitshealthy

And they are happy to be in on the toast trend fun. 

Eat the rainbow (the real food kind) – and enjoy!

Rainbow toast - a fun fruit toast for kids! | FamilyFoodontheTable.com

(And don’t forget to cheer for the Panthers this weekend! Whoop whoop!)

Yield: 4 servings

Rainbow toast

Rainbow toast - a fun fruit toast for kids! | FamilyFoodontheTable.com

A fun fruit toast with cream cheese, honey and all the colors of the rainbow!

Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes

Ingredients

  • 4 pieces whole wheat bread, toasted
  • 1/3 cup plain cream cheese, divided
  • 4 teaspoons honey, divided
  • 4 large strawberries, thinly sliced
  • 1 mandarin orange, divided into segments
  • 1 medium banana, sliced
  • 12-15 green grapes, halved if desired
  • 1/3 cup blueberries
  • 1/4 cup pomegranate seeds 

Instructions

  1. Spread the cream cheese evenly over each piece of toast and drizzle with 1 teaspoon honey per piece.
  2. Spread the fruit in a rainbow array: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple.
  3. Serve and enjoy!

Notes

See how to seed a pomegranate here.

You can swap out some of the fruits if you prefer: kiwi for the green grapes, red grapes for the pomegranate seeds, blackberries for the blueberries, even pineapple for the banana. Make it your own!

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

4

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 250Total Fat: 8gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 19mgSodium: 207mgCarbohydrates: 42gFiber: 4gSugar: 23gProtein: 6g
© Kathryn Doherty
Cuisine: American

Rainbow toast - a fun fruit toast for kids! | FamilyFoodontheTable.com

Comments

  2. Meredith says

    I love all the good vitamins packed into this fun breakfast – or snack- or even lunch! And the idea of honey and cream cheese together sounds really yummy!!!!!! What a great idea.

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  3. Tracy | Baking Mischief says

    I’m a big avocado fan, and I would trade in my avocado toast for these in a heartbeat! This is such a great and healthy breakfast, but I love that there is a little cream cheese in there for richness, so you know you’ll feel satisfied when you are done.

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    • Kathryn says

      Yes Tracy! This really does fill you up – the cream cheese adds some heft and the whole grain bread gives some staying power, plus all the good natural sugars from the honey and the fruit. Hope you give it a try!

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  5. Lisa @ Chocolate Meets Strawberry says

    Love this idea, Kathryn! Sometimes it’s those simple little things that make all the difference when you’re a wee one, like having pretty, colourful toast! My Mum used to do similar things with our food when my brother and I were little, and I still remember it all these years later. I think this toast would be fabulous for adults too – why should the kids have all the fun? 😛

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