Items Needed:

Hard boiled eggs
Beets
Red cabbage
Turmeric
Hibiscus tea
Parsley
Vegetable oil, optional, for rubbing eggs after coloring

Instructions:

Prepare ingredients by cutting or grating

Add water to saucepan
Add ingredient and bring to boil

Reduce heat to low, and simmer for 15-30 minutes or until desired color. It should be a few shades darker then you want the color of your eggs.
Remove pan from stove and allow to cool to room temperature
Strain the dye using a fine mesh strainer into a bowl

Transfer dye into glass container

Add eggs and allow to set until desired color. This can even take a few hours depending on how dark you want your color.

Remove from dye and place on wire rack or paper towel
Allow to dry completely and rub with oil to make them shiny if desired

Tips:
Every egg will not turn out the same, even in the same dye color. There will naturally be different shades.
The Parsley dyed very light with 4 hours of soaking, but overnight it dyed darker.
You may need to use cheesecloth to strain the ingredients from the dye, depending on how small the pieces of ingredients are.

Just look at these results!

Rubbing a little oil on Natural Dyed Easter Eggs just makes them glow with their more muted coloring.

While you are having to boil eggs anyway, we have a great tutorial on the perfect way to boil eggs.  Just click on the link to check it out!

I hope that you AND your grandkids will enjoy using natural dyes for easter eggs this year.  We sure did!

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Items needed for this craft:

Socks – You can either purchase or use mismatched socks from home.

Satin Ribbon   – Or use any kind of ribbon that you have at home.

Scunci Polybands – Plain rubber bands will also work.

Long Grain Rice – About 1 cup per bunny

Needle and black thread or Black Sharpie Marker

Let’s get started!  First stretch your sock over a sturdy glass, then fill the sock with 1 cup of rice.

Take a polyband or rubber band and tie the top closed.

Then take another band and wrap it around near the top to create the body and the head.

Use another band to make the tail for the bunny

Cut any excess sock off at the top.  If you leave a lot of sock at the top, your ears will be floppy.  If you cut it closer to the head, they will stand up.  It’s all up to you!

Cut down the center of the top of the sock. Then cut each ear at an angle to make the curve for the ears.

This next part you can either use some black thread to make two eyes and “x” for the nose or you can use a sharpie marker.

Give your bunny a little bow around the neck and he is ready to go!  Kids love playing with these because the rice inside makes it soft to hold and easy for them to stand this bunny up. 

A big thank you to Feeling Nifty for this great Sock Bunnies Craft.  It was a big success!

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Here’s what you’ll need to get started.  Rolling pin, egg shape cookie cutter, straw, parchment paper, acrylic paint, clear coat sealer (not pictured), paint brushes or foam brushes, paint pens (optional) and some twine.

Mix together the items (see below for the salt dough recipe). Then roll with the rolling pin to 1/4 inch thickness.  Little hands love to do this part!

With your egg shape cookie cutter, cut out your shapes from the dough

Take the straw and poke holes at the top of the oval.

Bake the ornaments per the recipe below.  Now comes the creative part!  After these have baked and are completely cooled, let the creative juices flow and paint your ornaments!

The foam brush is better to paint the whole egg with while the smaller brushes are better for details. I love to watch the creativity of my grandkids.

Let paint completely dry then spray with a clear top coat and let dry.  Attach some twine and you are ready to hang!  They are darling on a tree outside, on a branch inside your house or hanging from a shelf. 

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Salt Dough Easter Egg Ornaments

Course Craft

Author This Grandma Is Fun

Ingredients

• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 cup salt
• 1/2 cup water
• Rolling pin
• Egg shape cookie cutter
• Straw
• Parchment paper

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
• Mix first three ingredients together and knead until a dough forms.
• With rolling pin, roll dough out to 1/4 inch thick. Some flour sprinkled on the counter might be needed to avoid sticking.
• Take your egg shape cookie cutter and cut out your shapes from the dough.
• Next, use the straw to make holes at the top of the oval.
• Place eggs on a cookie sheet covered with parchment paper.
• Bake at 250 for 2 hours. Watch to make sure they don't overcook and crack.
• Items needed for painting:
• Acrylic paint
• Paint brushes
• Foam brushes
• Clear coat sealer (not pictured)
• Twine
• Paint pens (optional)
• After the eggs are completely cooled, now is the creative part! Take your acrylic paint and paint away! The foam brushes are better to paint the whole egg with and the smaller brushes will be better for the details.
• When the paint has completely dried, spray with a coat of clear sealer. After drying completely, attach some twine and you are ready to go!

Our grandkids had a great time making these Easter Egg Ornaments and a big thank you to Design Mom for the great idea!

Happy Easter!

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If you’re like me, breakfast is the most unexciting part of the day. I pretty much eat the same old, same old: a bowl of cereal and a banana every day. That’s why Easter is an especially exciting day! The Resurrection, the Easter Bunny, and….. BRUNCH! If you’re as excited as I am for a break in boring old breakfast, check out these 21 scrumptious Easter brunch ideas! 

1. Stuffed Crescent Roll Carrots-The Easter Bunny is sure to love these crescent roll carrots from Pillsbury.

2. Savory Crepes with Cheese, Spinach, and a Fried Egg– The wonderful thing about crepes is that they can be either sweet or they can be savory, like this recipe from Amanda Fredrickson!

3. Easter Bunny Breakfast Bowls– Looking for something the kids will love? Check out our Bunny Breakfast Bowls!

4. Crescent Bacon Breakfast Ring– This recipe from Jo Cooks is exactly the type of recipe that gets me excited for brunch! Yum!

5. Peach & Honey Whipped Ricotta Crostini– Scrambled and Spiced‘s crostinis add such an elegant touch to brunch, don’t you think?

6. Spring Chick Egg Breakfast Sandwich– Forget the bunny! These little springtime chicks from Kids Activities are adorable!

7. Carrot Cake Pancakes with Cream Cheese Maple Syrup– Who says carrot cake is only dessert? Have it for breakfast with Imagelicous‘s recipe!

8. Parmesan Baked Hash Browns– It’s not brunch without hashbrowns and we found just the recipe for you at Delicious Table!

9. Blueberry Orange Beignets– A Latte Food

10. English Muffin Breakfast Pizza– Pizza- the Breakfast of Champions! Ok, but this one from Fox Valley Foodie is altered to include eggs, sausage, and its own special sauce, which makes it even tastier!

11. Oatmeal Cups with Yogurt and Fruit– Try this fresh take on yogurt parfaits from Domestically Speaking!

12. Easter Egg Pancakes– The Joys of Boys‘s recipe has inspired me to start hiding pancake eggs around the house instead of real ones. Great idea, right?!

13. Mini Quiche– For any quiche fans out there, Culinary Hill has four different ways to prepare it!

14. Easter Bunny Cream Tart– Make the cutest little bunny treat around with this cream tart from Ku’uipo Vea.

15. Mini Avocado Toasts– The food of a generation! Find this fun recipe at Pizzazzerie.

16. Breakfast Bagel Bunnies– Looking for something simple that the kids will love? Try Handmade Charlotte‘s bagel bunnies!

17. Prosciutto Asparagus Puff Pastries– There’s no rules about these pastries from Fox and Briar only being for brunch right? I’m pretty sure this is something I could eat every day, all day…

18. Easter Bunny Cinnamon Rolls– What better way to celebrate Easter than with these yummy cinnamon rolls from That’s What Che Said?!

19. Creme Brulee French Toast– French toast- good. Creme brulee- awesome. Put them together and you have AMAZING. Find this recipe at Mom’s On the Clock.

20. Lemon Poppyseed Scones– I really can’t think of a better fit for a spring time brunch than these lemon poppyseed scones from Salt and Baker.

21. Easter Egg Breakfast Popsicle– It’s like having dessert for breakfast! Check it out at Eats Amazing!

Which of these scrumptious Easter brunch ideas did you like the best? Let us know!

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Marshmallow Bird Nests

When I was a little girl, we would go to Little Chung King every once in a while for Sunday dinner. It was the only Chinese restaurant in town and my mom’s favorite place. My dad wasn’t such a fan of the restaurant because they didn’t have coffee. The only options for drinks were hot tea or water. (They probably sold soda too, but we NEVER got to order soda at a restaurant!) The other thing they would serve with the tea was a plate full of crunchy chow mein noodles with a tiny bowl of sweet and sour sauce and really spicy, gross mustard. I hated the mustard, but loved those noodles! We’d put away an entire plate of them before the food would come out of the kitchen. The other day I was walking down the “ethnic” aisle in the grocery store and saw a bag of those chow mein noodles sticking out on the shelf. I grabbed the bag and brought it home to introduce my boys to the tasty treat!

We munched on the dry noodles, but I thought they would be much more fun as bird nest treats instead of dry noodles. We certainly have enough Easter egg candies hanging around the house right now! Sometimes they are called haystack cookies and they can be made with chocolate, butterscotch, peanut butter, honey – really anything sticky will do the trick. My personal favorite for sticky goodness is always marshmallow. I LOVE marshmallows. So marshmallows and chocolate seemed like a natural fit for our cute little bird nests.

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Marshmallow Bird Nests

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup half stick of butter
• 4 cups mini marshmallows
• 1 cup semi-sweet or milk chocolate chips
• 5 cups crunchy chow mein noodles
• Optional: candy eggs

Instructions

• In a saucepan over low heat, melt butter and marshmallows, stirring constantly until smooth.
• Add chocolate chips to the marshmallow mixture and stir until melted and mixed well.
• Remove from heat and add the chow mein noodles, stirring to coat.
• Plop down spoonfuls of the sticky mixture onto wax paper and shape into round nests. Every nest is unique, so don't worry about getting them perfectly round! Press down the center just a bit to make room for eggs if you want to stuff the nests.
• If using candy eggs, press them into the center of the nests and then allow the nests to cool before eating.

Honestly, the mixture is really flexible for these Marshmallow Bird Nests. I just eyeball it and if it seems too sticky and wet, I’ll add more noodles. This recipe makes 12 larger nests (like 3 inches across) so you could easily get 24 small nests with one egg in each of them. We also added some shredded coconut to a few of them to “feather” the nests just for fun. Feel free to play around with the flavors to suit your family’s tastes while you use up this year’s Easter candy!

Check out these other marshmallow treats from 365(ish) Days of Pinterest:

Hidden Surprise Basketball Treats

Rice Krispie Treat Pumpkins

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Easter is never the same for me, without some fabulous Easter-themed baked treats gracing the table for Easter Brunch. Whether it’s beautifully rich, decadent bread, cakes, cupcakes, or cookies – baked goods are an essential part of my Easter brunch menu!

And if you feel the same, I got you covered!

So without further ado, here are 22 AMAZING Easter Themed Baked Treats PERFECT for Easter. There are some fantastic kid friendly projects here too – so make sure you check them all out

22 Easter Themed Baked Treats

Spiced Banana Cupcake with Apricot Frosting from The Flavor Bender. A cupcake version of a Hot Cross Buns – Deliciously moist, perfectly spiced, and easy to make!

Easter Bunny Cupcakes with Light Coconut Cream from The Creative Bite

Little Lamb Cupcakes from The Recipe Rebel

Cadbury Caramel Egg Brownies from Girl in the Little Red Kitchen

Spring Chick Cupcakes from Persnickety Plates

Hot Cross Buns Bread Pudding from Sidewalk Shoes

Breudher Cake with Blood Orange Glaze from The Flavor Bender

Cranberry Orange Sweet Rolls from Live Eat Learn

Easter Carrot Cupcakes with Bunny Cookie Toppers from I Sugar Coat It

Challah with Cinnamon Honey Butter from Gather For Bread

Easter Simnel Cake with Marzipan Pastry from Super Golden Bakes

Easter Blossom Sugar Cookies from My Kitchen Craze

Watercolour Cake Roll from Liv For Cake

Lemon Bundt Cake from Dinner at the Zoo

Gluten Free Lemon Cookie Nests from Fearless Dining

Funfetti Cheesecake Stuffed Crescent Rolls from The Chunky Chef

Sourdough Walnut Cinnamon Rolls from Served From Scratch

Creme Egg Anti Gravity Easter Brownie Nest from Giraffes Can Bake

Carrot Bundt Cake with Cream Cheese Swirl from Alidas Kitchen

Gluten Free Carrot Cake from What the Fork Food Blog

Creme Egg Double Chocolate Muffins from  From Plate to Pen

Pink Glazed Easter Doughnuts from Marsha’s Baking Addiction

Which one of these 22 Easter Themed Baked Treats was your favourite?

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Here are some more delicious recipes from The Flavor Bender

Spinach and Mushroom Polenta Stacks

Rosemary infused Chocolate Mousse

Butter Chicken (made without cream)

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When I saw these cute Easter bunnies on Pinterest, I wanted to recreate them for my little girls.

These yummy bunnies made of simple ingredients like scramble eggs, baked bacon, cream cheese, blueberries, sliced tortilla and red grapes.

To Make Easter Bunnies:

Take 2 little bowls, and fill them with scramble eggs.

Add 2 slices of baked bacon to create bunny’s ears.

Add a little amount of cream cheese into little zip bag and squeeze a little amount of cream cheese to your scramble eggs, then add blueberries like shown in the picture below to create two eyes for your bunnies.

Add red grape to each bunny to create bunny’s nose.

Make a little  whiskers by slicing tortilla into little strips and adding them under bunny’s nose.

You are done!

Now let your little ones enjoy these cute bunnies for breakfast!

If you make These Easter Bunnies for Breakfast PLEASE tag @munchkintimeblog and use a hashtag #munchkintimeblog on Instagram, I would LOVE to see your creation Thank you!

Did you like this Easter Bunnies Breakfast Idea for Kids?

Let us know in the comments below, we would love to hear from you!

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Dying Easter eggs is a lot of fun.  It’s even more fun when you can add baking soda to the vinegar.  Who doesn’t like to watch that reaction fizz up?  Let me tell you, the little kids LOVE it.  So when I saw these over on Lacey Placey I knew we had to try them.

These eggs are a lot of fun to color and can be done with things you already have at home.

You will need:

• Baking soda
• Vinegar
• Food Coloring (The neon set is really great for Easter eggs.)

For each color you will mix 1 tablespoon of baking soda, 1-2 teaspoons of water, and a drop or two of food coloring in a small dish. Mix with a paint brush.  The thicker the paste the more it will react with the vinegar.

Then you let kids go crazy and paint the eggs as much as they want. Once they are good and covered with the paste, place an egg into a bowl. Add a drop or two of food coloring, or maybe a few, to the egg. The more drops you add the more intense the color will be. I liked the results better when we added 3+ drops to an egg.

Then comes the fun part. Very slowly add the vinegar to the backing soda. You can add it a few drops at a time if you have a dropper or baster. Otherwise you can slowly drizzle some from a measuring glass or cup. This is where the marbling effect comes in. The slower you add vinegar the more marbled it becomes.

When the reaction stops you take the egg out of the bowl, dry it off with a paper towel and put it back in the carton. Be sure to rinse the bowl in between eggs or else your colors will mix and get muddy.

It’s fun to play around with different combinations of colors, numbers of drops, and amount of vinegar to see what you end up with.

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Did you know that you can make hard boiled eggs in your pressure cooker?

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Colored Deviled Eggs: These are easy to make and deliciously perfect for Easter, which is just around the corner!

We don’t normally color eggs for Easter. It’s just SO much work and then no one actually eats them. Plus, eggs are expensive right now! But coloring the egg whites themselves is simple to do, doesn’t make a huge mess, and you end up with a plate full or gorgeous deviled eggs.

Colored Deviled Eggs

Hard boil one dozen eggs

Don’t laugh, but I’ve ruined hard boiled eggs more times than I’d like to admit. I think we’d been married for 12 years before I made an egg I was happy to feed to my husband! So in case you are like I was, here’s a quick how-to for great boiled eggs:

1. Place eggs in a large pot and cover with 1″ of cool water
2. Cover, bring the water to a rolling boil
3. Allow to boil for 1 minute, then remove from heat
4. Leave covered and let them sit for 12 minutes
5. Shock in cold/ice water to stop cooking

Peel the eggs, cut them in half lengthwise and scoop out the yolks into a bowl

Prepare the egg dye according to the instructions on the package

I used gel coloring, so it was 1/2 cup hot water, 1 tsp vinegar and 1 tsp of dye. Let the egg whites sit in the bowl for about 4 minutes and then sit them on a rack to dry for 15 minutes. I love the speckles and streaks!

While the egg whites are soaking, mix up the filling in a small bowl

• 12 cooked egg yolks
• 1/4 cup mayonnaise
• 2 tbsp mustard
• salt and pepper to taste

Once the dyed eggs are dried, fill the centers with the yolk mixture (I used a piping bag, but a spoon works just as well)

Aren’t they pretty? It’s a little bit of spring on a plate. Happy Easter!

More great Easter recipes from 365(ish) Days of Pinterest:

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You’ve probably seen pin cushions made using mason jars or pretty antique cups and saucers. But how about one made from an egg cup?

Adorable, right? And such a quick, easy and inexpensive Easter craft to make. Plus, it’s a great way to use up some of those scraps and little doo-dads you have in your craft stash.

To make one of these Easter egg cup pincushions, you will need

• an egg cup (Mine are from World Market and cost just $4)
• scrap fabric
• fiberfill
• hot glue
• ribbon and other embellishments
• scissors
• needle and thread

The first step is to measure the diameter of your egg cup, then double it. Mine was 2.5 inches so I needed a 5-inch circle to make my pincushion. I found a bowl in my cabinet that was the right size and traced the outline onto the backside of my fabric.

Using a needle and strong thread, do a basting stitch around the perimeter of the fabric circle. Pull the thread to gather the edges.

Stuff the fabric circle with fiberfill. One trick is to put the fiberfill in the toe of a pair of pantyhose so it’s easier to keep contained. Once the pincushion is stuffed to your liking, carefully pull the thread tight and knot to secure.

Run a bead of glue inside the egg cup, slightly below the rim. Press the pin cushion, seam side down into the egg cup.

Decorate the rim with ribbon, pom-pom trim or lace, using hot glue to secure.

Add additional elements, like buttons, bows or flowers, to dress the pincushion up even more.

Totally adorable, right?

If you liked this project, you might enjoy these other Easter posts of mine:

No-Sew Easter Bunny Banner

Coffee Filter Spring Cabbages

Peter Rabbit Party

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My little three had so much fun making these cupcakes, especially the bunny ears. However, my five year old was the only one who let me photograph her while working. I think the other five kids might start charging me to model for blog posts if I’m not careful!

Are you ready to get your kiddos in the kitchen and make some together? They couldn’t be more simple! First, bake up a batch of cupcakes and allow them to cool.

While they are cooling, make your bunny ears by cutting large marshmallows in half diagonally and dipping the cut side into some pink sugar sprinkles.

To frost the cupcakes, you have a few options depending on how much time you have. I used white frosting and piped it on using a grass tip. It looks just like a furry little bunny You could also cover them in white frosting and then roll the frosting in coconut, but if your kids feel the way mine do about coconut, that won’t be an option. You last option, and the one my kids used when decorating their cupcakes, is to use a knife and slather on the white frosting.

My kids loved taking these adorable cupcakes to school the next day. They got so many comments and questions about how they made them from both adults and their friends.

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By Andrea Genevieve Michnik

Rainy springtime weather doesn’t mean your home has to be dull, too. With warmer days just around the corner, it’s the perfect time to hunker down and create something bright and beautiful for your home.

I love to have something green in almost every room of the house, but my office was looking neglected. I decided that small and low-maintenance succulents would be perfect for the workspace. I looked to Pinterest for ideas, where I found plenty of photos of succulents planted in unexpected objects like tea cups, mason jars and old books.

Wanting to put my own spin on the project, I found inspiration in an unlikely place: my refrigerator! With Easter just weeks away, creating tiny Easter Eggshell Planters seemed like a perfectly seasonal way to bring some eggs-tra special touches to my home’s decor. Here’s how to make your own!

What you’ll need:

• Straight pins
• Eggs
• Small succulent plants
• Soil

You may also want to collect the following for decorating the egg planters:

• Food coloring or traditional egg dye kit
• Washi tape
• Spray paint
• Watercolor paint
• Paint markers

Instructions

1. Begin by using a straight pin to poke a tiny hole on opposite ends of the egg. The holes need to be small, but large enough for you to blow the yolk out of the egg entirely. Be patient — it may take a few jabs to get the right sized hole.

2. Next, blow the egg white and yolk out of the egg until it’s completely empty. Gently rinse off the egg under cold water. Place it in a strainer or on a cushion of paper towels to dry.

3. Think about where the planters will live to help you decide on colors or styles for decorating. If you plan to use them for Easter decor, consider pastel colors. Or you may want to use the planters as accent decor in your home, like me. I have some gold accents in my office, so I went with gold paint for my eggs.

4. Once the eggs are dry, start creating your masterpiece! Be playful and create something fun and fresh. I went with chevron and polka dots because they are my favorite patterns, and accented the eggs using a gold paint marker.

Here’s how to dye your eggs:

• Measure 2 cups of boiling water into a small or medium sized bowl
• Add 10 drops of food coloring (add more for a richer color)
• Add 1 tsp. of vinegar
• Submerge the eggs in the mixture for 5-7 minutes. You may need to hold down the egg to help it absorb the color better. You can do this by using a spatula or gently with a spoon.

5. Once the decorations have set and dried, take a fork and carefully peck at the top hole. Slowly crack back the egg until one-third of the top comes off. Peel away any excess around the edges.

6. Now it’s time to get planting! Be sure to find a stand for your planters so they don’t roll. This can be a traditional egg carton, or perhaps try a cake stand, cheese platter board or wood rounds. I love the look of brown egg cartons.

7. Sprinkle a few pinches of soil into each egg. Gently remove the succulents out of their pots and shake off the dirt, clearing as much of it around the roots as possible. You may need to separate even the smallest of succulents — these eggs are tiny!

Place the plant inside the egg, making sure to cover its roots in soil.

8. Finally, brush any excess dirt off of the eggs, and voila! If you want to add more details, make a collection of plants and add small colorful flowers or herbs to other egg planters. You could also grab some plant moss from your local home and garden store for a more earthy feel.

Andrea Genevieve Michnik is a mompreneur, serial crafter and TinyPrints blogger living in Austin, Texas. When Andrea isn’t knitting for her shop or making homemade pajamas for her kids, she is helping to empower the local community of other female entrepreneurs. Follow Andrea on Twitter to discover more DIY projects and parenting advice.

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For another egg related tip, check out our “How to Chop an Egg for Salad” Quick Kitchen Tip video below!

For more tips on hard boiled eggs try  the tips in No Cracks, Easy Peel, Perfect Hardboiled Eggs.For decorating eggs at Easter, don’t miss Shaving Cream Marbled Easter Eggs.Or try Kool Aide Colored Easter Eggs And little girls will love Disney Princess Eggs.

 We are sharing this with:Mandys Recipe Box,A Bowl Full Of Lemons, 

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I love Disney, so I was thrilled when I found this Disney characters Easter eggs pin from Kelly at Smart School House. I lover her Mickey and the Gang Easter eggs, but since I have a granddaughter it is all about the princesses!

You need to start with cool, dry, hard boiled eggs. If you want perfect hard boiled eggs then follow Sherri’s tutorial – it works every time! Next comes your tattoos.  I bought two different packs of Disney princess tattoos. One pack had several loose pages with thinner backing in the package and the other pack was like a writing tablet with thicker backing, sealed at the top and you tear off one page at a time.

The pack with the lose pages inside is the one that worked for me. The other pack that was like a tablet where you tear off one page at a time had a thicker backing and I couldn’t get any of them to work. Make sure you purchase temporary tattoos with a thinner backing! These are a little tricky to do because the princess stickers are tall and wide and not the best shape for fitting onto an oval egg. I found that starting in the middle of the sticker and working my out to the sides, bottom and top worked the best.

Lay your tattoo on the egg and then hold a damp sponge or cloth over it for 30 seconds. Carefully peek underneath to make sure that the entire surface has been moistened enough for the tattoo to stick to your egg. Several times I had to leave the sponge on the tattoo for 10 to 20 extra seconds. Remove the sponge and then carefully peel the backing off your tattoo.

If a small spot of the tattoo is not sticking to the egg apply the sponge over that spot for another 10 to 20 seconds. If you look closely at my pictures you will find imperfections, areas where the princesses skirts overlapped a little bit, or areas where the tattoos cracked and you can see the egg a little bit.

Once I finished with the tattoos I adhered some small gems with clear fingernail polish on some of the princesses dresses and other area of the eggs. We are talking about some serious princess Easter bling!

Does it bother me that there are some imperfections with the girls above? Not one bit.  I can’t wait for my granddaughter to be old enough to have her Easter basket filled with these lovely ladies and watch her face light up as she searches and finds her princess Easter eggs! With age comes wisdom, things don’t have to be perfect to be FUN!

Yup, even with the imperfections this pin….

Totally Rocks!

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This Sweet Brown Sugar Baked Ham is SAWEET! As in really good. Very delectable. Give me some more.  No you can’t have some. It is all mine.

Honestly, it is that good.

This recipe is so tasty you are going to make a pig of yourself. Not because you are what you eat. No, because you are going to want to devour every yummy bite. Each morsel of ham is coated in brown sugar glazed, moist goodness. It has the perfect blend of salty, sweet meat.

And tender? It fell of the bone! It shredded with a fork! You may feel that I am overusing exclamation points, but I really feel strongly about this ham. I might be in love. And not the infatuated, twitterpated kind of love. The long lasting, real deal. I made this for Easter last year. I have been waiting all year to make it again. I didn’t make it until Easter. I just couldn’t wait.

You, dear reader, are my excuse. I did it for you. I made ham for dinner, and it was not a holiday. This ham won’t wait for holidays. You will want to make all year long. And every day for the rest of your life.   I have never had ham like this.  It is the most unique way of making ham, E-V-E-R!

And the leftovers. Even people who don’t like leftovers will be happy to eat this for days. Delicious in biscuits, casseroles, soups, and omelets. All of which doesn’t really matter, because there won’t be any leftovers. Unless you are like me and make an entire ham all for yourself and eat it every way you can think of.

Mel at Mel’s Kitchen Cafe has shared what is our new Easter dinner. And I think we might have it for Thanksgiving and Christmas too. But really there are a lot of holidays are reasons to celebrate, I might just need to make it for all celebratory meals. This is an any excuse will do main dish!

You won’t be surprised when I tell you that this pin rocks!

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Sweet Brown Sugar Baked Ham

Ingredients

• 7-9 pound precooked bone-in ham - NOT sliced NOT spiral! Make sure it is bone-in. Mine was labeled butt. Shoulder or shank will work as well.
• White distilled vinegar around 1-3 cups
• Water
• 2 cup brown sugar
• 3 Tablespoons ground dry mustard

Instructions

• Put the ham in a large pot and cover with 2 parts water to 1 part vinegar until the ham is covered by at least an inch or two of liquid. Bring to a boil and cook at a vigorous boil for 2 to 3 hours. You will know when it is done because it will shred easily and fall off the bone. Once the water is boiling, turn down the heat to medium Watch your temperature to make sure you keep it at a boil, but not splashing out of the pot. Take care to check the meat at two hours so you do not overcook the meat. If it does not shred easily, continue boiling.
• After the meat is cooked, remove the ham from the pot. Dispose of the leftover water. Let the meat cool enough that you can handle it to shred it. The meat should fall off the bone. Throw out the fat and the bones. Spread half the meat in a 9X13 baking dish. Mix together the brown sugar and dry mustard. Scatter half of this mixture over the ham. Lay the rest of the ham on top and cover with the remaining brown sugar/ dry mustard mixture. cover the dish tightly with foil and bake at 325° for 1 hour. Remove from oven, take off the foil and mix all meat around until it is coated in the juices and brown sugar mixture. It is ready to serve. Enjoy!

Notes

You will smell vinegar when boiling this. I turned on my fan to cut down on the odor. You can also cook it outdoors on a camp stove to cut down on the odor. Trust me, it is worth it!
You can boil it a few days in advance and bake it on the day you will serve it, to save time.

Perfect sides to go with this meal are:

Lipton Onion PotatoesTexas Roadhouse Rolls {Copycat}

Williams Sonoma Cheesy Potato Gratin

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We hope that you all had an amazing holiday season and that you are looking forward to the upcoming new year. It is always exciting to think about what the new year has in store!

One of my favorite things about the holidays being over is that everything slows down. It is winter (meaning COLD where we live!), it gets dark early and there’s not much better on a cold winter night than a family gathered around the dinner table to share a meal. It’s one of my absolute favorite things.

One of our favorite side dishes to have when we sit down together is this simple 5 Ingredient Corn Casserole. This dish is so simple, it’s nearly impossible to mess up.

Here’s the 5 ingredients:

1. 1 can of corn

2. 1 can of creamed corn

3. 1 cup of sour cream

4. 1 stick of butter

5. 1 box of Jiffy Corn Muffin mix

Easy, right?

You’re going to throw all of those ingredients in a bowl and mix them up. Transfer the mixture to a greased baking pan and bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes.

What comes out is an amazingly creamy side dish that is the perfect complement to just about any meal. We like eating this with everything from Mexican dishes to classics like lasagna or meatloaf.

And what’s better? Even the kids love it. You can’t beat that!

Family memories made in winter often have much to do with food–the time spent together preparing and eating it. This dish is truly winter-time comfort food for our family. We hope that it becomes a favorite for your family, too!

5 Ingredient Corn Casserole

1 (8 ounce) box Jiffy Corn Muffin mix
1 (15 ounce) can whole kernel corn, drained
1 (15 ounce) can creamed corn (not drained)
1 cup sour cream
1/2 cup (1 stick) melted butter

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

In a bowl, mix all of the ingredients together and pour into a greased 8″x8″ casserole dish.
Cook uncovered for 50 minutes or until lightly browned.

Enjoy!

Julie

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You will need:

• Wooden or hard boiled eggs 
• Shaving cream
• 3 or 4 colors of liquid water or food coloring
• Jelly roll pan or disposable pan
• Paintbrush or pencil to swirl your colors
• Tongs
• Cooking cooling rack
• Paper towels or wax paper for under the cooling rack to catch the paint drips
• Towel to clean up messes
• Apron or old shirt
• Sealing spray (optional for wooden eggs)

Procedure:

Set your cooling rack up with paper towel or wax paper below

Fill a section of your pan with shaving cream – I did 3 sections, each section had two colors that gave us 3 different color combinations

Sprinkle several drops of each color of food coloring on the shaving cream

Swirl your shaving cream and food coloring. Don’t over swirl or the colors will mix too much and will not be as bright.Place your egg in the pan, and swirl the egg around until is is covered with colored shaving cream

If shaving cream becomes overly mixed just make another section and add food coloring and swirl again

Allow eggs to dry over night. Shaving cream will partially dry, leaving a nice mess that needs to be cleaned up.

Using a paper towel rub off the dried shaving cream from each egg.

Show your beautiful eggs off!

This was a fun way to do eggs. I asked Landon if he wanted to color his eggs with shaving cream this year. He thought the SC was very cool but still wants to color his eggs the old fashioned dip them in liquid way! I prefer the SC method . So… I’d have to say that….

This Pin ROCKS!

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Pour one packet of Kool Aid into a bowl with 2/3 cups warm water. Dissolve the Kool Aid and you are now ready to dip and color your eggs. Be careful with the darker colors, it doesn’t take much time for them to grab the color and become super dark. The yellow egg turned out a little spotty, but that did not bother me. I got 3 packets of Kool Aid for $1, can’t beat that price!

I’d have to say that using this method was really “Kool”……This Pin ROCKS!

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Kool Aid Colored Easter Eggs

Ingredients

• 1 package Kool Aid
• 2/3 cups warm water

Instructions

• Pour on package of Kool Aid into a bowl. Add 2/3 cups warm water, stir until Kool Aid is dissolved. You are now ready to color your eggs.

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If you follow the instructions you will have one batch of flubber in only one color. I didn’t need to make more than one batch, but I wanted four different colors. To get four different colors from one batch, all you have to do is make adding the food coloring your very last step. This means you will have one bowl of white flubber. Divide the flubber into as many parts as desired. Then add the food coloring of your choice to each part. Here is where it is going to get a bit messy. I suggest wearing some rubber gloves. Because your flubber has already been created, the food coloring requires you to “knead” in the food coloring. I put about 4 to 5 drops on my white flubber, and then spread it around with a wooden spoon. I then took the outside edges of the flubber and pushed it down into the middle of the bowl. Once all the outside edges have been kneaded in, I picked up the flubber and kept rolling the outside edges into the middle. Knead the flubber a litte bit and you will have more of the marbled look. Knead your flubber a lot and you will have more of an all over even tone and less of the marbled looked. You have complete control over the end result simply by controlling how much you “knead” in the food coloring.

My flubber experience was a little like professor Bloom and Brainard’s, I didn’t know ahead of time how it was going to turn out. I did not start out with the plan of having “marbled flubber” it just happened to work out that way because I chose to add the food coloring last. However, I LOVE how it looks!

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Marbled Flubber

Author Made From Pinterest

Ingredients

• Mixture 1
• 1 ½ cups warm water
• 2 cups Elmer’s Glue
• Food coloring
• Mixture 2
• 3 tsp. Borax
• 1 cup Warm Water

Instructions

• Stir mixture 1 together in 1 bowl.
• Mixture 2 in another bowl.
• Make sure both are mixed well.
• Pour mixture 1 into mixture 2.
• There is no need to stir the mixture but you can if you want because it is the chemical reaction that actually makes the flubber . When it is in a glob work it for 2-3 minutes. Initially it feels wet but it eventually dries up to the final product.

I have to say that for my first real experience with flubber was very fun and a complete success! I didn’t put any of the flubber on the bottom of my shoes to see if I could jump to extreme heights. With my luck I would probably slip, fall and hurt my back. If any of you are brave enough to try it, please leave a comment and let us know if you had any out of the normal type of experience

Yup……..This Pin ROCKS!

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Happy “Peeping”!

Free Easter Peep Someone You Love Printable

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For another idea using Peeps, these kabobs that I pinned from The Frugal Girls are quick and easy to make and I just love the bright colors that just jump out at you!

These would be great for an Easter Brunch or maybe just a fun treat for the kids!

This Easter Pin definitely Rocks!

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Easter Peeps Kabob

Course Easter

Author The Frugal Girls

Ingredients

• Peeps Bunnies
• Fresh Fruit of choice
• Wooden Skewer Sticks

Instructions

• Simply poke fruit and Peeps Bunnies onto your skewers in any pattern that suits your fancy.
• Display on a plate, and serve at your Easter parties!
• You could even serve with a side of fruit dip if you’d like.
• Enjoy!!

We are excited to be linking with these great sites today:

The Shabby Nest – Somewhat Simple  – Truly Lovely – Shaken Together – Simply Designing – The Answer is Chocolate – Craftberry Bush

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Okay, so I’m not really THAT old but when I was younger I would take my pictures and glue them to a piece of paper and then go through my magazines and cut out quotes and pictures and stuff and glue them next to my pictures in my notebook. I was way before my time. Too bad I had no clue about what was to come. I could have made a fortune!

Fast forward a little bit, I am now a mom and I have two daughters and a son. One of my daughters enjoyed crafts and the other daughter….well….didn’t. She would much rather be reading or inventing stories around her myriad of imaginary characters that were her friends.

This daughter recently got married last December and now she is VERY interested in making things for her new home with her darling husband. What better time to make something than around Easter and Spring time? I knew the perfect craft to get her started! Super simple and easy, we decided to make a Spring Mesh Wreath that I pinned from Miss Kopy Kat.

Isn’t this gorgeous?

Here is what you will need:

16″ to 24″ wreath form, Deco Mesh rolls in whatever color you desire.  You can even use four colors even though we used three.  Pipe cleaners or chenille stems ( we cut ours in half), and scissors.

Cut your mesh down the entire length of your roll, anywhere between 9″ to 12″ wide. This will make a little spiral.

Roll the spiral a little tightly and pinch it in the middle.  Gather your three or four colors together and wrap the pipe cleaners around the pinched middle.  It should look like this:

Next take your pipe cleaners and wrap them around the two middle wires of your wreath form.  Twist tightly.   Here is the back of ours:

Here is what ours looked like after putting a few spirals on:

And HERE is our finished project!

This came out a little larger than we expected but look how great it looks on the door from further away.  Sure can’t miss this baby!!

After a successful craft project , we couldn’t end the afternoon without going out to lunch.  And what better place than The Cheesecake Factory.?   I had  an amazingly fun day with my  beautiful daughter who is now a professional crafter.

Now it’s time to for me to go and organize my film negatives….what?…you don’t know what negatives are?

With cheesecake in my stomach I can report that This Pin Rocks!

Want a wreath with a different look? Check out this beautiful Burlap Wreath tutorial.

We are happy to be linking with these sites today:

DIY Showoff – Keeping it Simple – Craft-O-Maniac – Lines Across – Its So Very Cheri – Jembellish – The Girl Creative

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Enjoy the free printable and Happy Easter!

Happy Easter Printable 8 x 10

Printables are for personal use only. Not for commercial use of any kind.

Easter Bunny Grapic by Digi Art Cafe

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My husband loves Cool Whip more than I do. Still, we both prefer freshly whipped cream. But Cool Whip always has the advantage of staying power. A week later, that tub of sweet, white fluff is still going to be puffy. Whipped cream a week later, well…it becomes a pool of liquid. Tasty liquid, but not the consistency you are looking for. The method I have seen on several sites on Pinterest involved whipping a small amount of gelatin into the cream. I wasted gallons of whipping cream trying to master this method. I did master it, but I found it to be kind of tricky and finicky. Most of the time I ended up with clear jelly blobs that resembled dried rubber cement running through my beautiful cream.

Then I saw this pin from our friend Jeni at Bakerette. She shares a tip for whipped cream that will stand up and shout, “Bring on your cakes, pies, brownies, hot cocoa, pancakes, waffles, strawberries. Put me on whatever you want, I will not dessert you!” Did you catch that play on words? This stabilized whipped cream is clever, I tell you! Smart, different, it stands out from all the rest. It pipes well, it keeps well, it tastes great and…you are gonna love this…it is so easy, anyone can master this technique!

Want to know Jeni’s secret? I am going to tell you, but not yet. First, I want to tell you another little secret. All the photos I have here of this beautiful stabilized whipped cream peaks (drum roll please)…are…one…week…old! Seriously, I piped them, put them in a container in a hidden part of my fridge so no one would use them, took them out 8 days later and took the pictures. Then I ate the pretty piped beauties all by lonesome while my family was either at school or work. I had to, it was research. I take my blogging very seriously. It was just business.Okay, okay, okay. It is time to tell the secret. You are dying to know, aren’t you? The secret is one simple ingredient. One spoonful of one secret ingredient. The magic of these perfect stabilized whipped cream peaks is…cream cheese! One small spoonful of softened cream cheese makes all the difference. I am sorry to say it Jeni, but I doubted your method. I didn’t want my whipped cream to taste like cream cheese. Don’t get me wrong, I love me some cream cheese, but I like whipped cream to taste like it should. I tested with and without (again while all my family was gone. Working from home can be such a burden. Don’t feel too sorry for them, there were plenty leftovers of all the other cream I whipped to compare to Jeni’s.) and I was surprised. I didn’t taste the cream cheese. I just noticed the difference in texture. It is slightly thicker, easier to pipe, and obviously keeps well. So next time you need a perfect topping on your treat, try Jeni’s recipe for whipped cream. It rocks!

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Stabilized Whipped Cream

Author adapted from Jeni @bakerette.com

Ingredients

• 1 cup of Heavy whipping cream
• 1-2 tablespoons powdered sugar
• 1 heaping teaspoon softened cream cheese Sherri@madefrompinterest used a small kitchen spoon
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

• Beat the cream cheese on low adding a little cream at a time.
• When all the cream is incorporated add sugar and vanilla extract.
• Beat on high.
• For a soft peak, beat until a soft peak forms when pulling the beaters straight up out of the mixture.
• For a stiff peak, continue beating at high speed. You will know when the cream is is done when you pull out the beaters and it sticks to the beaters.

Sherri – The baby of the family

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In fact, once I tasted a perfectly hard-boiled egg, I knew I could never go back to dry, crumbly yolks. But no matter how hard I tried, I got the timing wrong and ended up with the green ring. 

Over the years, I have found a technique that I believed to be perfect. Then I found this pin and tried it, and now there is a new tool in my bag of cooking tricks. It works every time!

Hard-boiled eggs are nutritious and healthy

Eggs are such a quick, easy, portable snack. They are a great source of high-quality protein, too. Rich in selenium, vitamin D, B6, B12, and a source of minerals such as zinc, copper, and iron.

In fact, one large egg contains about 75 calories which makes it a low-calorie food.

Moreover, they are filling and make you eat fewer calories. With so many health benefits for the body, these products will help if you want to lose weight and maintain a healthy diet. 

Health benefits of eggs

• low-calorie
• rich in protein
• rich in minerals such as zinc, copper, selenium
• rich in vitamins
• contain Omega-3
• contain healthy fats
• source of choline
• source of lutein
• filling and satiating 

Are you eating enough protein?

Getting enough protein can help with building muscle mass, losing weight, and lowering blood pressure. No wonder that people who tend to live a healthy lifestyle eat eggs on the regular. Include them into your diet to increase the feeling of fullness.

Protein is essential for the body! Make sure you eat enough of it. No cracks, easy-peel, perfect hard-boiled eggs are something you should consider adding to your diet.

Include hard-boiled eggs into your everyday meals

Got a batch of perfect hard-boiled eggs ready and peeled in your fridge? Eating them without seasoning may get boring. Think of ideas on how to make things more interesting. 

For increasing your protein intake, add hard-boiled eggs to:

• salads
• sandwiches
• wraps
• pasta
• appetizers
• breakfast bowls
• creamy dips and sauces
• hummus and veggie bowls
• smoothies

You can use them chopped up in salads, grated on pizza, or as a base for dips. Add a hard-boiled egg to your smoothie bowl, to give it an extra protein kick. Marinate them and season with sesame seeds and paprika.

In addition, make healthy and nutritious sandwiches and wraps with veggies and eggs. Use them in dressings for salad or make a paste with eggs for your sandwich, too. Shredded eggs are great for tossing on pizza or salad. 

For example, deviled eggs are something I tend to make only in spring, and I am looking forward to them. I have had plenty of hard-boiled eggs that have that green ring around the yolk.

Growing up, I thought that is how they are supposed to be. Actually, I didn’t know that the green coloring means they are overcooked.

Tips for making the perfect hard-boiled eggs

How many Easter eggs have you cracked while experimenting with different techniques? No cracks, easy-peel, perfect hard-boiled eggs are so easy to make. To boil the eggs, use boiling water on the stove, an instant pot, or even an air-fryer. In fact, I use the old-fashioned way with the boiling water in the pot on the stove.

You will need:

• Older eggs
• A cotton kitchen towel
• A pot

First of all, to make no cracks, easy-peel, perfect hard-boiled eggs, you have to use eggs one week old. Older eggs are easier to peel. The next step is to lay a clean white cotton kitchen towel in the pot.

I got this tip from my wonderful mother-in-law (I have mentioned before how good she is at all things homemaking. She raised her five kids on a farm. Grew, canned, cooked, and sewed everything herself! She even made her own Easter candy!).

How to protect the eggs from cracking

Easter eggs should not get cracked while boiling. Otherwise, you turn out to have fewer eggs for dyeing. In fact, the cracked ones will make a great addition to your salad. But the main idea is to have all the eggs hard-boiled and to minimize cracking them. 

The towel acts as a cushion for the eggs. So when the water boils, the eggs don’t knock against each other and get cracks. You can do many eggs in a large pot this way if you lay the towel in between layers of eggs. I like this when I am making a lot of eggs for Easter. I can do a large batch, and they come out perfect for dyeing. 

Helpful tips for making no cracks, easy-peel, perfect hard-boiled eggs:

• Assure there is enough space for the eggs and not put too many of them in the pan.
• Position them in just one layer and not put one over the other. 

Fold the towel over the eggs and fill the pot with enough water to cover the eggs. Here is the new Pinterest tip I learned from The Kitchn via Pinterest. Add 1/4 tsp baking soda to the water. The Kitchn explains how it changes the pH level and makes them easier to peel.

Bring the water to a rolling boil. Not only bubbling but also rolling. Boil for 1 minute, then turn off the heat and leave the eggs in the pan of water until cooled. Drain the water, and they are ready. Perfect for Easter egg dyeing.

How to peel hard-boiled eggs easier 

Who else feels frustrated when shells come off in tiny pieces? The peeling process can be so annoying and time-consuming sometimes.

Moreover, it is nerve-wracking when shells come off with pieces of egg whites on them. A real test for the nerves! And the result is a peeled egg that is not even on the outside and looks a bit chipped. In fact, if I end up with eggs looking uneven and chipped, I prefer to use them shredded instead. 

I like to make enough eggs for a week, peel them all at once, and store them in a ziplock bag for a quick snack on the go. Actually, I will share with you a fact about peeling eggs. As a matter of fact, I start peeling at the end, where there is a bubble of air. It helps get under the skin, and peeling goes easier.

Make sure to try this easy way to peel your eggs! How to Peel Your Eggs With a Spoon – another simple and effective way to peel eggs!

I compared eggs boiled with and without baking soda and found baking soda did make a difference. 

The best feeling is when there are large pieces of shell that come right off. You feel so happy and proud at the same time! You almost feel like a chef in some fancy restaurant. Eggs always seem to be perfect-looking in restaurants. Making easy-to-peel eggs can be a difficult task, indeed. But it is a possible one! 

Safety tips for using eggs

• Always wash your eggs with water before use.
• Store hard-boiled eggs in a container in the refrigerator for up to seven days.
• Place the eggs on the coldest part of your refrigerator – not the door.
• Inspect the eggs before buying them, and never buy cracked eggs.
• Always check the expiry date of the eggs before buying them.
• Don’t keep eggs at room temperature for more than a few hours.

Easter egg dyeing is a great family time with the grandkids

How many hard-boiled eggs will you be boiling for Easter? I know I will be hard-boiling my share of eggs to decorate this year. I like at least a dozen per person for dyeing.

Decorating eggs is another fun family tradition. A time to bond with the grandkids and create memories that last a long time. 

It gets messy! But also creativity is involved, and they spend time having fun without any electronics or toys. Build a strong bond with your grandchildren while dyeing Easter eggs, ask them questions and answer theirs. Create meaningful conversations about the tradition and coloration of the eggs. It is a way to spark their creativity and express their thoughts.

Try using natural dyes like beetroot, onion skins, red cabbage, spinach, carrots, spirulina, matcha powder, or turmeric. It is the way to make sure you won’t add any artificial substances to your food. You already have these in your kitchen. It will be fun for the grandkids to find these coloring agents in the kitchen and see how they can color the eggs with them.

The bottom line

It’s the end of your struggle with hard-boiled eggs and spending a long time peeling them. I know you have been looking for a way to boil eggs without cracking them and make these shells slide off easily.

Finally, we have answers to these questions! And the method is tested and proven effective, of course! 

Now that you have no cracks, easy-peel, perfect hard-boiled eggs, put them to good use and enjoy! Besides, being an affordable source of protein, you should consider adding eggs to your meals. For instance, add some hard-boiled eggs to your salad or sandwich. It plays a big role in maintaining healthy body weight and living a healthy lifestyle. 

In short, don’t worry about the Easter egg dyeing anymore. Make hard-boiled eggs like a PRO! It will change your life! Get crackin’, peel away, and enjoy your eggs. This Pin Rocks!

Looking for more posts about eggs? Check THIS out!

• Natural Dyed Easter Eggs
• Colored Deviled Eggs
• Shaving Cream Marbled Easter Eggs
• Oven-Baked Eggs?
• DIY Disney Easter Eggs

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Take cupcake pans for instance.  I didn’t really realize how old my cupcake pans were until I read about this pin.  AND SAW THE  PANS.  They were totally probably bought  just for the  blog post because I don’t want to admit that other people have lovely kitchens with beautiful lovely cupcake pans just laying around in their beautiful, lovely cupboards.  {{total cupcake pan envy}}

The proof is in the pan:This did bring back a memory that happened just recently.  A couple of months ago, my youngest daughter and I were at my future daughter-in-law’s bridal shower.  As I sat there and looked at all of the fresh, new, clean items that she was receiving, I was thinking that people who have been married awhile should have a “freshen things up  shower”!  And kind of mumbling under my breath, I whispered to my daughter…”I need a shower.”  She looked at me with an absolute horrified expression and said “Mom!!  You didn’t take a shower this morning?!?!”  Why would she say such a thing to me when she knows darn well that I take a shower every single day?

Yeah.

Whatever.

So on to the “pin”!  After reading a fabulous blog post on The Burlap Bag, with my old cupcake pan in hand, my eggs entered the oven.  Now the cleanliness of my oven is another story and we’ll deal with that later.

After baking at 350° for the half hour as directed, I then removed the eggs and deposited them in the cold, ice water.

Now it came time to peel the eggs.  Supposedly the shell is supposed to come off amazingly well and you end up with perfectly smooth eggs.  Mmm…didn’t quite happen.   I did have two eggs that came out like this:

Don’t worry. The original post said that sometimes you get little brown spots when you bake these and they are okay.

But the majority of my eggs came out like this:

All in all, this was a fun alternative as a “one time” try.  But since I have the same results as when I boil the eggs (I also put them in cold water after boiling) I would probably not do this again but that’s okay.  Sometimes it’s alright to do things the old fashioned way.  Kinda like me.  And my cupcake pans.

Sorry to say but for me…This Pin Flopped!

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