Red Foods
Reds are typically REAL healthy foods - lots of fruits and veggies are in the red family of foods.Fruit and sweet vegetables: cherries, cranberries, red raspberries, strawberries, watermelon.
Meat: elk, ostrich, pepperoni, rare beef, salmon, summer sausage.
Vegetables: red beans, red peppers, red radishes, tomatoes.
Wine: red wine of course!
White Foods
Well, we hope you aren't lactose intolerant if you're wanting to celebrate with colored foods this Independence Day. Most white foods are dairy-related. There are a few ideas for white coloration - here are some of those:Dairy products: cottage cheese, cream, cream cheese, milk, plain yogurt, sour cream, vanilla ice cream, white cheese (swiss, mozzerella, etc.).
Fruits and sweet vegetables: apples (peeled), bananas (peeled), coconut, lychees, pears (peeled), white nectarines, white peaches.
Meat: catfish, crappie, panfish, scallops.
Vegetables: button mushrooms, cauliflower, great northern beans, rice, white asparagus, white icicle radishes, white onions, white potatoes, white sweet corn.
Wine: white wine!
Blue Foods
There's only a couple of naturally blue foods. We've outlined those for you here too.Fruits and sweet vegetables: blueberries.
Vegetables: all-blue potatoes (peeled or with skins), blue-skinned potatoes (skin on), blue corn.
Red cabbage starts out sort of purple and white, but when blanched in water with a base (such as baking soda) it turns blue.
Wine: None... :(
We'll work on the blue wine! OPA!
