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white eggs
vegetables / fruit / spice
(depending on the colors you want to make)
a (sauce) pan
water
white natural vinegar (1 tablespoon per 250 ml of water)
Download the PDF for the colours
If you want to give the eggs a pretty colour for Easter, you don't have to buy chemically made paint. You can use vegetables and fruit instead. The colors are beautiful and it is environmentally friendly. Also nice, you can decide for yourself how pastel or intense the colours will become by leaving them in the liquid for a shorter or longer period. You can create a whole color palette in this way!
Here's how you do it
Chop fruit and vegetables into small pieces.
Place it together with the eggs in a saucepan.
Pour on water until the eggs are under.
Add the vinegar.
Bring to the boil, let gently simmer for 10 - 12 minutes.
Would you like more colour? Allow the eggs to soak longer.
Allow the eggs to dry on a wire rack.
fill a bowl with hot water and drip in food coloring until the water has a dark colour
Pour in a tablespoon of olive oil.
Swirl the oil using a fork.
Roll the eggs in it.
Dry the eggs with kitchen towels.
Happy Easter!