How to Color Easter Eggs with Veggies & Herbs Instead of Store-Bought Dyes

As a kid, my favorite part of Easter were the days leading up to the holiday, when my family would dye eggs. This became an enormous event in my household, as dozens and dozens of perfectly white eggs would become little oval canvases for arts and crafts. We generally eschewed traditional dyes — which often have less-than-ideal toxins in them — and instead, we’d make all-natural Easter eggs, colored with onions and cabbage, and designed with herbs. These are easy, beautiful, and above all, fun. All the ingredients you need. Make Your DyeIf for no reason other than sentiment, my go-to dyes are yellow onions and purple cabbage, but there are so many more things you could use. Turmeric, tea, coffee, beets, rose petals … the list goes on. Don’t Miss: How to Make Amazing Hard-Boiled Eggs That Are Easy to Peel Making the dye is simple. Take LOTS of your dye material, like onion skins (I recommend the skins from 10 onions for a full pot of water) or shredded cabbage and put them in a pot…more