If you’d like to forgo the disco-era neon of conventional food colorings and their “generally recognized as safe” ingredients, making dye with food is a great option.
The technique may be a little different but the results are beautiful and earthy and honor the wonders of the natural world. It’s amazing the variety of hues that are waiting for you in the produce and bulk department!
For this recipe we chose three fresh veggies to do our coloring for us. Don’t stop there! Get creative and have fun trying other natural dyes like onion skins, dried hibiscus, berries, chili powder and coffee. There’s a rainbow of color waiting for you!
[yumprint-recipe id=’18’] You now have a beautiful basket of naturally dyed batik-style Easter eggs!