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There are so many possibilities in your kitchen to access
natural colors for Easter Eggs. Spices, fruits, tea bags,
coffee, frozen vegetables, and onions are all things you can
use to naturally color your eggs. Clean coffee filters will
hold the colored eggs until they are dry.
Use the following recipes to create the colors indicated:
- Yellow
Fill a jar with water (enough to cover an egg)
Add 2 tsp. ground Cumin and stir.
Heat the jar in the microwave 2 - 3 minutes
Add the hard-boiled egg into the dye jar and let it sit
overnight. Remove the egg from the dye jar and place on
a piece of paper to dry
- Orange
Fill a jar with water (enough to cover an egg)
Add 1/2 tsp. ground Turmeric and stir
Heat the jar in the microwave 2 - 3 minutes
Add the hard-boiled egg into the dye jar and let it sit
overnight. Remove the egg from the dye jar and place on
a piece of paper to dry
- Black Currant
Fill a jar with water (enough to cover an egg)
Add 2 Black Currant tea bags to the jar
Heat in the microwave 2-3 minutes
Place the hard-boiled egg into the jar and let it sit
overnight. Remove the dyed egg and place on a piece of
paper to dry
- Rose Hip
Fill a jar with water (enough to cover an egg)
Add 2 Rosehip tea bags to the jar
Heat in the microwave 2-3 minutes
Place the hard-boiled egg into the jar and let it sit
overnight. Remove the dyed egg and place on a piece of
paper to dry.
- Red
Pour the liquid from a jar of pickled beets into a jar
Heat for 2 - 3 minutes in the microwave
Add the hard-boiled egg into the beet juice and let it
sit overnight.
Remove the dyed egg from the dye bath and let it dry on
a piece of paper.
- Blue
Cut the red cabbage into thin slices and place into a
pot filled with water
Cook the cabbage until tender and there is lots of color
in the water
Pour the liquid into a jar
Add the cooked egg into the jar and let it sit overnight
- Green
Cook spinach greens and drain the liquid into a clean
dye jar Add the hard-boiled egg into the dye jar and let
it sit overnight. Remove the egg from the dye jar and
place on a piece of paper to dry
- Brown
Pour some strong coffee into a dye jar
Place the hard-boiled egg into the jar
Let it sit overnight or for a few days to get a darker
color
You can also paint the eggs with fresh or frozen berries.
Simply crush the berries against dry boiled eggs. Try
coloring on the eggs with crayons or wax pencils before
boiling and dyeing them.
Now you can eat the pretty eggs too!
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