It’s the first day of Summer break and my kiddo and I are already digging into our themed weeks! This first week of summer has been dubbed cooking/baking week, which means that mea and my girl are going to spend the majority of our time in the kitchen. That’s not really a new thing to me, but… it’ll be new to have her at my side for most of it!

Since we’re baking and since it’s Pride month, I thought it would be fun for me and the girl to try our hand at making some rainbow bread. Now, I used to have a bread maker that was super handy for these sorts of things, but to be honest I couldn’t have used it here anyway. This bread is my hand and hook because of all the beautiful and NATURAL food colors used.

The main thing I did to make this rainbow bread better-for-you was to use all natural food colorings. I used two boxes of powdered natural food color to get this bread the way it is. But, you can use whatever food color you want or are happy with.

Another thing I did was to use a reduced fat milk. And while I generally prefer a whole wheat bread, I really wanted these colors to pop. Especially since natural colors can be a little less vibrant than the other kind.

I will say that this bread does take a bit of hands on time. That’s because you have to mix the colors into the dough one-by-one. But, it’s pretty easy to do - so don’t let that make you shy away!

My favorite thing about this bread? I mean, duh. Probably that it’s rainbow! It makes for some pretty epic looking sandwiches or breakfast toast too.

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Nutritional Claims: Low Fat • Low Sodium • Low Potassium • Kidney Friendly • Vegetarian • Pescatarian • Peanut Free • Tree Nut Free • Soy Free • Fish Free • Shellfish Free • Pork Free • Red Meat Free • Crustacean Free • Celery Free • Mustard Free • Sesame Free • Lupine Free • Mollusk Free • Alcohol Free • Kosher