Natural Easter Egg Dye-
“Turns out food coloring doesn’t make the prettiest Easter eggs. You can use beets, turmeric, onions, and purple cabbage for breath taking naturally colored Easter eggs!”
The following written content by Lena Abraham
Turns out food coloring doesn’t make the prettiest Easter eggs. You can use beets, turmeric, onions, and purple cabbage for breath taking naturally colored Easter eggs!
YIELDS: 2 CUPS PREP TIME: 0 HOURS 10 MINS TOTAL TIME: 7 HOURS 10 MINS
INGREDIENTS:
chopped purple cabbage 1 c.
yellow onion skins 1
beet, shredded 2 tbsp.
ground turmeric
Water
White vinegar
DIRECTIONS:
- In a medium saucepan over medium heat, add 4 cups water along with cabbage, or beets, or onion skins, or turmeric. Cover and bring to a boil. Cook until reduced by half, 20 to 25 minutes.
- Remove dye from heat and strain into a large measuring cup. Let cool completely.
- When cool, add 1 tablespoon vinegar for every cup of dye and stir to combine.
- Add clean eggs to dye and cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate until desired color is reached, 6 hours or up to overnight.
- Gently remove eggs from dye and pat dry with a paper towel. Read more from Delish.
