31 rainbow recipes

Simple baked trout in white wine with herbs and garlic. Minimal prep, maximum flavor. Whole trout bakes in 30 minutes for an elegant, light dinner for four.

Welsh trout and bacon (Brithyll a Chig Moch) stuffs whole rainbow trout with fresh herbs and butter, wraps it in bacon, and bakes it in foil. Simple, rustic, and brilliant.

A delicious punch that's made with pink lemonade and rainbow sherbert.

Brithyll a Chig Moch (Trout and Bacon) Welsh recipe

Whole rainbow trout baked with fennel fronds, lemon slices, and white wine, then drizzled with a nutty brown butter sauce. A French-inspired fish dinner ready in 30 minutes.

Orange you glad to have found this succulent dish made with rainbow trout fillets, mandarin oranges, and a drop of vodka?

Whole rainbow trout baked in a creamy yogurt and herb sauce with parsley, chives, fennel, thyme, oregano, and tarragon. An elegant British-style fish supper ready in under an hour.

Peppercorn Beef Tenderloin with Gorgonzola and Chive Mousse

Sugar Doodles are chewy triple-chip cookies loaded with butterscotch, chocolate, and peanut butter chips, then rolled in sparkly rainbow sugar. A fun, easy cookie recipe kids love to help make!

Chocolate-raspberry spritz cookies made with melted unsweetened chocolate, raspberry preserves, and butter, pressed through a cookie press and topped with chocolate morsels.

Showstopping frozen dessert layered with scoops of ice cream, rainbow sherbet, whipped cream, and sugar wafer crumbs in an angel food pan. No baking needed.

Sugarplum cookies made with Kool-Aid mix for bright colors and fruity flavor. Rolled sugar cookies kids love to cut out and decorate in rainbow batches.

No-bake gumdrop peanut popcorn cake: a Bundt-shaped tower of popcorn, peanuts, and rainbow gumdrops bound by melted marshmallows and butter. A retro birthday party showpiece.

Strufoli are tiny Italian fried dough balls drizzled with warm honey and topped with rainbow sprinkles. A classic Neapolitan Christmas dessert shaped into a festive mound or wreath.

As every angler knows, skillet-size brook, brown, and rainbow trout are never more tasty than when prepared this way. Can there be any tastier dish than the one that comes from this happy marriage of fresh trout and butter?