Our Easter was great this year :-) We filled a whole pew at church, and afterwards we hosted brunch for everyone... 9 adults and 2 tots. I made everything from scratch: spiced nuts, fresh fruit, cinnamon rolls, warm ham, fresh bread, fried potatoes, couscous with peas and pine nuts, spinach salad, breakfast casserole. My sister brought a cake that was excellent, too.
This year, we tried using natural dyes for our eggs. I am so excited about the results! Here are our results (hope the picture loads!) (all white eggs except the first one):
Red cabbage with brown eggs: dark teal
Red cabbage: bright blue
Red onion skins: dark red
Turmeric: yellow
Red zinger tea: green
Yellow onion skins: orange
Red cabbage: bright blue
Red onion skins: dark red
Turmeric: yellow
Red zinger tea: green
Yellow onion skins: orange
Basically you just have to boil the natural ingredient in enough water to cover the eggs for a half hour, then let it cool, strain it, add 1 tbs of vinegar per cup of dye, pour over eggs, and refrigerate overnight. I found the colors to be so much richer than fake dyes- everyone commented on how beautiful they were! What is cool is that I had everything to make the dyes except the red cabbage! I definitely will do this again next year and indefinitely after that!!
2 comments:
How creative! I'm super impressed. I won't even pretend that I'm getting "Mom of the Year" this year. We didn't dye eggs. EK has actually never died eggs. Maybe next year? :)
Wow, you are on top of things! What a beautiful Easter.
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