Set out to answer some egg coloring questions we had wondered about for awhile. Results of our research.
We decided to take on some challenges for dying eggs. Our eggs were already different colors, not just white. Some very dark brown. We love getting this colorful assortment every week as part of our CSA delivery.
Had always wanted to try and dye and egg with red beet juice, and had some plant based dyes that had wanted to try for this purpose.
Cooked some beets in water and then removed cooked beets.
Used that water first and then returned to pan and reduced further so more concentrated. Wanted to see if you could get a darker color on the egg, and found that even after the second dip in a more concentrated beet juice color, there appeared to be a saturation point and really didn't get much darker.
We had added a little salt and rice vinegar to the beet water when cooking the beets so that might have helped the egg absorb the color. Was pleased with the effect.
Played around with different situations for getting more color with the Color Garden plant based dyes. Added vinegar and salt, reheated, and various other techniques. Think vinegar may work with some colors better than others. Same with reheating so really warm when you dip the egg in the color. Will ask Color Garden directly if they have any advise I can add to this blog.
Had always wanted to try and dye and egg with red beet juice, and had some plant based dyes that had wanted to try for this purpose.
Cooked some beets in water and then removed cooked beets.
Used that water first and then returned to pan and reduced further so more concentrated. Wanted to see if you could get a darker color on the egg, and found that even after the second dip in a more concentrated beet juice color, there appeared to be a saturation point and really didn't get much darker.
We had added a little salt and rice vinegar to the beet water when cooking the beets so that might have helped the egg absorb the color. Was pleased with the effect.
Played around with different situations for getting more color with the Color Garden plant based dyes. Added vinegar and salt, reheated, and various other techniques. Think vinegar may work with some colors better than others. Same with reheating so really warm when you dip the egg in the color. Will ask Color Garden directly if they have any advise I can add to this blog.
Organic farm fresh eggs are the best protein bargain.
We started with farm direct organic eggs. Search website EatLocalGrown.com to find a farmer, farmers market, or community sustainable agriculture (CSA) which is a local farmer that gives you and other families a "share" of their crop for the week for a regular fee. Everyone buys into what the farmer can have to harvest and get a part of it each week freshly picked and farm direct for a lower cost. Many deliver to your home or business.
Go here if you want to learn about one way to cook your eggs that might improve peeling. Just when we think we've got the answer to easy peeling, an egg proves us wrong so we can only offer suggestions.
Go here if you want to learn about one way to cook your eggs that might improve peeling. Just when we think we've got the answer to easy peeling, an egg proves us wrong so we can only offer suggestions.
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Some of the Color Garden dye in a small bowl with a little water and/or vinegar (we used rice vinegar) and option to add a little salt. We welcome any feedback if you have decovered a science we don't know about. We used the beet juice too, and thought about using turmeric, and other veggies, but seemed like a lot of work at the time, and wanted to save my organic turmeric for use as a spice.
We had fun coloring eggs using Color Garden, and would like to try using these plant based colors in other cooking projects. There are more colors and would like to add blue to my collection. Want to at least one of every color You can see what they have here: Go to Color Garden
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