Natural Easter Egg Dyes

Did you know that Easter egg dyes are made of synthetic materials derived from petroleum products? I don't know about you, but I don't relish the idea of unnatural ingredients in or on my food, even if the FDA claims they're safe.

You can make your own safe Easter egg dyes from plant-based ingredients. The plant world offers up a rainbow of colors. I feel better using natural Easter egg dyes such as these:

Red

Red onion skins, use a lot (boil with eggs)

Pomegranate juice

Orange

Yellow onion skins (boil with eggs)

Yellow

Lemon or orange peel (boil with eggs)

Carrot tops (boil with eggs)

Celery seed (boil with eggs)

Ground cumin (boil with eggs)

Ground turmeric (boil with eggs)

Yellow Brown

Dill seeds (boil with eggs)

Brown

Strong coffee

Instant coffee

Black walnut shells (boil with eggs)

Yellow Green

Bright green apple peels (boil with eggs)

Green

Spinach leaves (boil with eggs)

Blue

Canned blueberries and their juice

Red cabbage leaves (boil with eggs)Purple grape juice

Violet Blue

Violet blossoms

Red onion skins, less amount than you need to make red (boil with eggs)

Lavender

Diluted purple grape juice

Violet blossoms plus squeeze of lemon (boil with eggs)

Pink

Beets, fresh or canned

Cranberries or cranberry juice

Raspberries

Red grape juice

From www.care2.com