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Easter Eggs

Written by Lisa on March 16, 2008 – 1:17 pm -

If you want dye your Easter Eggs naturally, it is quite easy. Look no further than your pantry!
Yellow - Simmer 2 - 3 tablespoons of turmeric or cumin in a saucepan of water for 20 - 3o minutes.

Pale Orange - Simmer 2 - 3 tablespoons of paprike in a saucepan of water for 20 - 3o minutes.

Brownish Orange - Simmer several handfuls of yellow onion skins.

Blue - Summer 4 cups of chopped red cabbage in a saucepan of water for an hour.

Light Purple - Same directions as blue but use either frozen blueberries, grape juice concentrate, or hibiscus tea.

Green - Simmer 4 cups of spinach or parsley in water in a saucepan.

Pink - Summer beets in water in a saucepan, or use the juice from a can of beets or jar of pickled beets.

Red - Simmer red onion skins, pomegranate juice, crushed cranberries, or red wine.

As you can see, you pretty much simmer the spices in water until you have a strong color. Then you should add a couple of tablespoons of vinegar, and hardboiled eggs. It can take several hours of soaking to get the color you want (and they tend to pastel). If you want a deeper tint, you can simmer the eggs right in the dye. However, I don’t suggest eating those!


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4 Comments to “Easter Eggs”

  1. A Work at Home Mom’s Blog » Blog Archive » Cooking With Lisa Says:

    [...] lots of useful cooking tips, and some general culinary talk. I particularly enjoyed the post about how to dye Easter eggs naturally. I just might give that a try this [...]

  2. corrin Says:

    that’s so neat. i forgot to dye eggs this year, but maybe next!

  3. Fun, Crafts and Recipes | What I learned from Four Foods on Friday #22 Says:

    [...] Lisa uses premade piecrust. Lisa changed the theme for Lisa Cooking recently, it looks great Lisa! She’s got a piece I thought was really interesting on how to dye Easter eggs naturally. [...]

  4. skeet Says:

    I’m much too lazy to go to that much trouble so I’ll stick with food coloring or a dye kit. :D

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