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No matter what else you have going on, take some time this week to dye a few Easter Eggs.

Thanks to the numerous farmers nearby and the Asheville City Chicken movement, it should be easy to find some inexpensive fresh local eggs.

Keeping with the healthy theme this Easter, here are some great organic Easter Egg coloring recipes:

Crush ingredients and Boil in water for ~5 minutes:
(the longer eggs remain in dye the brighter the colors will be)

Orange: Paprika
Dark Orange: Chili Powder
Yellow: Orange/Lemon Peels, Shredded Carrots, Onion Skins, Cumin, Curry Powder, Turmeric
Blue: Blue Berries, Blackberries, Grape Juice
Green: Try spinach, Kale
Red: Organic Rose Hips Tea or Pomegranate Juice
Brown: Organic Coffee grounds or Used Tea Bags
Pink: Fresh Organic Beets or Cranberries
Lavender: grape juice + lemon juice + red onion skins

For the regular food coloring method, try these Easter Recipes for more exotic coloring. Following each color listed below, add the number of drops of each food coloring to about 2 – 4 ounces of vinegar for dipping:

Lime – 24 yellow, 4 green
Purple – 15 blue, 5 red
Cantaloupe – 24 yellow, 2 red
Jade – 17 green, 3 blue
Plum – 10 red, 4 blue
Spearmint – 12 green, 6 yellow, 2 blue
Raspberry – 14 red, 6 blue
Maize – 24 yellow, 1 red
Watermelon – 25 red, 2 blue
Teal – 15 green, 5 blue
Grape – 17 blue, 3 red
Fuchsia – 18 red, 2 blue
Orange Sunset – 17 yellow, 3 red
Jungle Green – 14 green, 6 yellow

Have fun and snap a few photos of your Easter Egg Masterpiece!
I’d love to see how they turn out.