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Yellow:
yellow onion skins, turmeric (1/2 tsp.
per cup water), chamomile, sage, celery
leaves
Orange:
any yellow dye plus beet
juice
Red:
beets, safflower seeds, paprika, rose
hip tea
Blue:
blackberries, grape juice concentrate,
red cabbage
Brown:
black tea, white oak, juniper berry,
coffee, barberry
Light
purple: blackberries, grapes,
violets
Green:
alfalfa, spinach, kale, violet blossom
plus 1/4 tsp. baking soda, tansy,
nettle, chervil, sorrel, parsley,
carrot tops, beet tops or dip yellow
egg in blue dye
Khaki-green:
red onion skin
Hard
boil eggs with 1 tsp. vinegar in the
water. Place dying ingredients in
non-aluminum pans, cover with water and
boil 5 minutes to 1 hour depending on what
ingredients you use. Use enough material
to make at least 1 cup dye. Crush
ingredients as they boil to extract as
much dye as possible. Strain the dye. Most
dyes should be used hot. Let each egg sit
in the dye until it reaches the desired
color. Some dyes will take longer than
others to make the desired colored on the
egg. Remove the egg and let dry.
While there are many reasons for teaching kids to cook -- less expensive than eating out, preserves family heritage, etc, the most important
reason is that by teaching your child to cook, you're giving him a better chance to be a healthy grown-up. Enabling your child with the ability
to appreciate freshness and to transform ingredients into tasty foods opens their eyes to making wiser choices about what to eat...
by Tawra Kellam
Let's Get Cooking!
