Natural Ingredients To Dye Easter Eggs

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Skip the chemicals and color your Easter eggs with natural ingredients (that you may already have on hand!)

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serves/makes:

ready in:
under 30 minutes

ingredients

For pinkish red, use fresh beets
For orange, use yellow onion skins
For yellow, use ground turmeric
For pale green, use spinach leaves
For blue, use canned blueberries
For beige to brown, use strong brewed coffee
For brown-orange, use chili powder
1 tablespoon white vinegar per cup of water
eggs

directions

Place the eggs in a large enough saucepan to fit them in a single layer. Add enough water, measuring as you go, to cover the eggs.

For each cup of water added, add one tablespoon of white vinegar to the water. Add one of the ingredients above to color the water, in the strength desired.

Bring the liquid to a simmer over medium heat. Simmer for 20 minutes or until the eggs are hard boiled.

Remove the eggs from the pan with a slotted spoon and immediately plunge in a bowl of ice water. Store the eggs in the refrigerator.