{"id":551,"date":"2012-04-02T23:14:34","date_gmt":"2012-04-03T03:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.milkandhoneyorganics.com\/blog\/?p=551"},"modified":"2012-04-02T23:14:34","modified_gmt":"2012-04-03T03:14:34","slug":"naturally-dyed-easter-eggs-from-two-men-and-a-little-farm-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milkandhoneyorganics.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/02\/naturally-dyed-easter-eggs-from-two-men-and-a-little-farm-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Naturally Dyed Easter Eggs from “Two Men and a Little Farm” Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Look at these beautiful eggs! Here are some simple ideas on coloring eggs naturally. First, remember to start with hard boiled eggs. The best way I’ve found to hard boil eggs comes from the Good Housekeeping Illustrated Cookbook: place eggs in a pot and cover with cold water. Bring to rapid boil over medium high heat. Remove from heat. Cover and let sit for 15 minutes. Then drain carefully, so as not to crack the shells, since you’ll be dying them.<\/p>\n

Next, from “Two Men and a Little Farm<\/a>” Blog, boil 2 cups of water with the following ingredient combinations, depending on what color you like, for 30-60 minutes, until it reaches your desired color. Then strain and add 1 cup of colored water and 1 Tbsp. of vinegar to a cup to dip the eggs in. Drain on paper towels and store in refrigerator.<\/p>\n

Here’s the color chart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Color<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Ingredients<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lavender<\/td>\nSmall Amount of Purple Grape Juice
\nViolet Flowers + 2 tsp Lemon Juice
\nRed Zinger Tea bags (Celestial Seasoning brand)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Violet Blue<\/td>\nViolet Flowers (no lemon juice)
\nRed Onion Skins (boiled)
\nRed Wine
\nHibiscus Tea<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Blue<\/td>\nCanned Blueberries
\nLarge Amount of Purple Grape Juice
\nRed Cabbage Leaves (boiled)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Green<\/td>\nSpinach Leaves (boiled)
\nFresh Basil (boiled)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Greenish Yellow<\/td>\nYellow Delicious Apple Peels (boiled)
\nFresh Parsley (boiled)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yellow<\/td>\nChamomile Tea
\nOrange or Lemon Peels (boiled)
\nCelery Seed (boiled)
\nGround Cumin (boiled)
\nGround Turmeric (boiled)
\nGreen Tea
\nCarrot Tops (boiled)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Golden Brown<\/td>\nDill Seeds<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brown<\/td>\nStrong or Instant Coffee
\nBlack Walnut Shells (boiled)
\nBlack Tea<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Orange<\/td>\nYellow Onion Skins (boiled)
\nCarrots (boiled)
\nPaprika
\nChili Powder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pink<\/td>\nRed Grape Juice
\nFresh Cranberries \/ Cranberry Juice
\nRaspberries
\nBeets
\nJuice from jar of Pickled Beets<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Red<\/td>\n\n
Lots of Red Onions Skins (boiled)
\nCanned Cherries with Juice
\nPomegranate Juice
\nRaspberries<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Note that any combination of the “Ingredients” list will give the desired color; you don’t have to use all of the ingredients to make it work. Also, this is a great way to use the scraps from your basket after you’ve enjoyed the goodness – peels, rinds, skins, etc. work perfectly for this – and you can still compost them after they’ve been boiled.<\/p>\n

Have fun! And if you’re really creative, consider hand dying tea clothes for Easter gifts using the same colored water.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Look at these beautiful eggs! Here are some simple ideas on coloring eggs naturally. First, remember to start with hard boiled eggs. The best way I’ve found to hard boil eggs comes from the Good Housekeeping Illustrated Cookbook: place eggs in a pot and cover with cold water. Bring to rapid boil over medium […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[228,224,225,223,226,227],"class_list":["post-551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-organic-living","tag-all-natural-dyes","tag-dying","tag-easter","tag-eggs","tag-natural","tag-two-men-and-a-little-farm"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.milkandhoneyorganics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.milkandhoneyorganics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.milkandhoneyorganics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.milkandhoneyorganics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.milkandhoneyorganics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=551"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.milkandhoneyorganics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":552,"href":"https:\/\/www.milkandhoneyorganics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551\/revisions\/552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.milkandhoneyorganics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.milkandhoneyorganics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.milkandhoneyorganics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}