This month, Plenty Magazine offered a recipe for a Do-It-Yourself egg dye for all of you who are worried about the chemicals in those Paas packs. But Paas are overrated anyway, right? I mean, the little stickers never change, and does anyone really use those colored shrink wraps? Natural dye (makes four cups of dye per color):
Mix the following in a pot:
-1 Tbsp. spice or herbal tea, or four cups of chopped fruit or veggies (see below for specific colors)
-4 cups water
-2 Tbsp. white vinegar
Bring to a boil, then simmer for at least 15 minutes (leave longer for a darker shade).
Then, dip your eggs!
To get those pretty colors:
Pink/red: pomegranate juice, red onion skins, beets, rhubarb, cranberries, raspberries
Orange: yellow onion skins, paprika, saffron
Yellow: orange or lemon peels, carrot tops or skins, celery seed, ground cumin or turmeric
Green: spinach
Blue: red cabbage, canned blueberries or blueberry juice, blackberries, grape juice
The strawberry milk that is sold by Horizon Organics is white, unlike the pink strawberry milks sold by some of its competitors. The company is having a hard time finding a natural, organic coloring to give it the familiar color that consumers associate with strawberry-flavored milk.
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