Diet Mind Spirit

Instead of using chemical dyes that are not friendly to the environment and are not always necessarily that safe - especially if you eat the eggs later, use dyes made from nature. You may have to soak the hardboiled eggs in the liquid much longer than with commercial dyes but the wait is worth it later when seeing the beautiful, natural colors. Experiment a little if you have some time to get the hue you want. In general, boil the ingredient until you get a dark hue, wait until the liquid is cool then soak your already hardboiled egg. In some cases you might want to boil your eggs and the ingredient together. Here are some eggsamples of colors and what to use to to get your egg the color you’d like:

Purple: Red Wine and crushed blueberries

Red and Pink: Fresh beets, canned cherries or frozen, Pomegranate juice, crushed (fresh) cranberries, red onion skins (use a lot of these then gather onion skins, boil for about 35 minutes, let cool, then soak your boiled eggs)

Orange and reddish brown: yellow onion skins (gather onion skins, boil for about 35 minutes, let cool, then soak your boiled eggs)

Lime Green: Spinach (put leaves through a juicer first)

Brown: Just get naturally brown eggs! or use strong coffee or strong black tea

Brown Orange: Chili Powder

Light Yellow: Lemon peels, orange peels or ground cumin

Golden yellow: Saffron or ground Tumeric

Blue: Crushed blueberries, red cabbage leaves (first boil the leaves for 35 minutes, let cool and then soak boiled eggs in the liquid. If you soak them overnight, you should get a rich, royal blue!)

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