Eggs colored with canned beets, black beans, French's mustard & blackberries
Those of us who color eggs for Easter every year, usually choose to use food coloring and vinegar in a cup of hot water. It's fast, colorful and gets the job done. It's always fun for children to participate, but it never hurts to mix it up. Create new traditions, the ability to guess what will work and be prepared for a dud. Try a trip to the store with your kids. Go down the isles and have them pick out a few things they think may work for dying eggs. Life is about 3/4 anticipation anyway, let them pick things of color in the produce section or in the canned goods. You will find out what really works.
In years past, I used natural dyes, using only things from the produce section. This year I thought I would try a new twist on things...pantry or refrigerator. Using things I already had was quite the test. Not everything I used was quite as wonderful as I thought. The mustard was a no-brainer, if it can stain a shirt, it can stain an egg! That was my theory in making my choices.
I used 1/4 of a pint of blackberries (the very mottled egg in the photo), French's Mustard, canned black beans and canned beet juice. With all of these fabulous colors, I mixed vinegar in a cup of hot water and waited while the color developed into something suitable.
Hope this encourages you to try a few new things and show your kids that all things don't work and those that do are worth the effort. It takes a little more time, is highly experimental and really made me happy when things worked out better than I thought.
For those of you who don't color eggs for Easter, try this as a spring breakfast, serve with fruit and a couple pieces of toast. I would love to believe that spring is a good enough reason to do something so lovely.
In years past, I used natural dyes, using only things from the produce section. This year I thought I would try a new twist on things...pantry or refrigerator. Using things I already had was quite the test. Not everything I used was quite as wonderful as I thought. The mustard was a no-brainer, if it can stain a shirt, it can stain an egg! That was my theory in making my choices.
I used 1/4 of a pint of blackberries (the very mottled egg in the photo), French's Mustard, canned black beans and canned beet juice. With all of these fabulous colors, I mixed vinegar in a cup of hot water and waited while the color developed into something suitable.
Hope this encourages you to try a few new things and show your kids that all things don't work and those that do are worth the effort. It takes a little more time, is highly experimental and really made me happy when things worked out better than I thought.
For those of you who don't color eggs for Easter, try this as a spring breakfast, serve with fruit and a couple pieces of toast. I would love to believe that spring is a good enough reason to do something so lovely.
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