Color Your Eggs the Natural Way!

Use these natural ingredients to make beautiful colored eggs for easter.... or anytime!

Here is a brief list of ingredients and the colors they make.

Blue – canned/frozen blueberries, grape juice concentrate

Brown or beige – strong coffee, black tea, walnuts, dill seed

Orange – paprika, yellow onion skins, chili powder

Bright yellow – Turmeric, saffron, dried marigold flowers, dried goldenrod

Pale yellow – orange or lemon peels, carrot tops, chamomile tea, ground cumin, green tea

Light green – spinach leaves, combination of red cabbage and turmeric, red onion skins

Blue/teal – red cabbage leaves

Red / pink – grated red beets, cranberries or cranberry juice, raspberries, pickled beet juice, red onion skins, pomegranate juice

Violet/purple – purple grape juice, hibiscus tea, red cabbage and beet mix, violet blossoms with 2 tsp lemon juice

Experiment with combinations (for a pretty salmon color, soak the egg in the tumeric solution, then in cabbage).  Soaking eggs for different times can also provide different color effects - a short time gives the eggshell a pale tone while over night gives it a jewel like color.
                                                                               ~ Dani

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