easter eggs – Plum Joyful https://plumjoyful.com Mon, 14 Mar 2016 07:32:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.20 https://i2.wp.com/plumjoyful.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/cropped-favorite.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 easter eggs – Plum Joyful https://plumjoyful.com 32 32 101224769 Naturally dyed Easter eggs https://plumjoyful.com/naturally-dyed-easter-eggs/ https://plumjoyful.com/naturally-dyed-easter-eggs/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2016 07:32:31 +0000 http://plumjoyful.com/?p=537 Technically this is my daughter’s second Easter, but it is the first one she will actually be able to participate in and enjoy, so I wanted to make some traditional dyed Easter Eggs for her. I wanted dye that would be non toxic and natural since pretty much everything ends up in her mouth at some point. So I tried my hand at making some naturally dyed eggs from simple ingredients you can find in your kitchen, and they turned out awesome! It wasn’t complicated at all, and it’s a good way to get kids excited about fresh vegetables and spices because that’s what you’re going to be using! All that is required is some red cabbage, red and yellow onions, red beets, red wine, turmeric, and chlorophyll (ok maybe that’s not a regular staple of most kitchens but it’s easy to find at any health food store), salt  and white vinegar. And hard-boiled eggs of course. Blue dye For blue dye we are going to use red cabbage. It seems like this should make purple dye, but it actually makes the most beautiful vibrant blue that’s almost a teal color. Shred a head of red cabbage. For every cup of […]

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