You can use herbal teas and even coffee to create beautifully colored natural Easter eggs. These are easy dyes to make, as they require no peeling or chopping like other natural dyes. Start by boiling as many eggs as you plan to dye. Put the eggs in a large saucepan and cover them with [...]
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"Eat peas on New Year's Day to have plenty of everything the rest of the year." In the American South, eating black-eyed peas on New Years Day ensures good luck for the next 12 months. This custom is supposed to date back to the Civil War, when General Sherman burned the fields and stripped [...] With Christmas right around the corner, why am I thinking about …beets? I guess it's all the festive reds and greens that make me think of foods with a vibrant red color. Or it's the cold weather that turns my thoughts to root vegetables of all kinds. Either way, beets are a powerhouse of [...] This is a good year to pass by the synthetic Easter egg dyes and try cooking up some of your own colors using natural foods. You will find a huge variety of colors, textures and ideas, from the bold purple of berries to the delicate light yellow of a spinach dye. This may end up being [...] |
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