With the Easter just around the corner, are you planning to buy some eggs that are organic? They are available in abundant in the market. But, what about the dye used to color the shells? Why not color them natural too?
Then market is flooded with a number of vegetable- and fruit-based dyes. And they not only offer a broad range of brilliant and beautiful colors, but are also better for you and the environment, compared to their artificial counterparts. Just grab and use them to color your Easter eggs.
And go green this Easter, coloring the eggs natural. Here is a basic guide to the source of different colors;
Pink/red
Pomegranate juice, red onion skins, beets or the juice from pickled beets, pickled red cabbage juice, chopped rhubarb stalks, cranberries or cranberry juice, raspberries, red grape juice
Orange
Yellow onion skins, paprika
Dark orange
Chili powder
Yellow
Orange or lemon peels, carrot tops or shredded carrots, celery seed, ground cumin, ground turmeric
Green
Spinach
Greenish yellow
Yellow Delicious apple peels
Blue
Red cabbage, canned blueberries or blueberry juice, blackberries, purple grape juice
Lavender
Small quantity of purple grape juice, violet blossoms plus two teaspoons of lemon juice, small quantity of red onion skins
Brown/tan
Dill seeds, black walnut shells, strong or instant coffee, tea
