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How to make colorful DIY Easter Eggs without harsh dyes or chemicals, using ingredients you already have like red cabbage, turmeric and onion peels - Naturally Dyed Easter Eggs
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Coloring Easter Eggs Naturally

Coloring Easter Eggs at home without harsh dyes or chemicals, using ingredients you already have like red cabbage, turmeric and onion peels - Naturally Dyed Easter Eggs
Course Appetizer
Cuisine Continental
Keyword Coloring Easter Eggs
Prep Time 8 hours
Total Time 8 hours

Ingredients

  • Onion skins = dark orange to rust brown depending on white or brown eggs
  • Turmeric or cumin = pale yellow
  • Red beets = Pink-ish on white eggs
  • Red onion skins = Pale purple
  • Red cabbage = Blue on white eggs and deep blue/green on brown eggs
  • Coffee = Tan on white eggs - looks like regular brown egg
  • Raspberries = Pink

Instructions

  • Prepare dyes according to instructions.
  • Place the dyes into wide mouth glass jars. Carefully lower the eggs into the jars using a tablespoon. Keep your eggs refrigerated. Soak the eggs overnight in the fridge and carefully remove from the jars the next morning. For lighter blue eggs, remove some after 6-8 hours to check if you are happy with the colour. Place the eggs on a cooling rack until completely dry. I prefer a naturally matte finish on the eggs, however if you want them to shine, add a few drops of oil and wipe carefully. If you keep the eggs in the fridge, I suggest they are edible when eaten within a week. I usually use the eggs for Olivye Salad (Оливье - Russian Potato Salad).