Purple foods are supposed to be high in antioxidants. Does that have anything to do with strengthening your immune system so you don't get the flu? I don't know, but it's worth a try.
I am also shooting for the kids' bento lunch ideal--dinner leftovers that are appetizing served cold. Which is harder than it seems. Pineapple chicken in peanut sauce--often a favorite, always nutritious. The purple cabbage caramelized with balsamic vinegar and a teaspoon of sugar is from a Chicago Tribune magazine recipe many years ago, and I still love to cook it that way. The original recipe calls for goat cheese, right at the end, which is so very nineties, but also so very good. R will eat it without cheese, because it's sweet. She also likes any kind of rice, which makes it easy to serve brown, wild, Chinese black, Korean brown sticky, and any number of other nutritious varieties.
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