Dying RAW eggs

I think I've shared this before but I wanted to let you know one more time that if you're a house that doesn't care for boiled eggs or you need to make a few dozen because you have more than one child, dying raw eggs works just fine.  I know this because I did it my entire childhood and my kids have done it for theirs. 

Just make sure you label them in your refrigerator because I had a visiting Aunt who took one out of our fridge and sat down to have a little snack while watching television.  She proceeded to crack raw egg all over herself and she was a tad bit startled.  When my Mom explained that we dyed raw eggs, she gave my Mom a puzzled look and simply put the other egg back in the fridge;).

Dying some eggs

I cannot believe Easter is almost here.  Having Easter in March is kind of a bummer for people who live in Minnesota because the weather isn't always the best or ground dry enough for an egg hunt.  I won't think about that right now, we'll figure it out. 

 

But today's post, well it's genious!!  I think it was my friend Lauri who did this last year and OH how I wish I would have thought of this years ago.  Would have saved some hands that were sometimes dyed for days.

 

What you'll need is a small whisk.  This one was from our hand mixer but you can buy them at the dollar store for a buck.  Or you can use a larger whisk, you just need larger glasses for the dye.  At any rate, pop the egg in and dip.  Turn the egg and tip again.  Claire loved it.

Trick or Treat

The decorating at my house is almost done. I forgot to pick up spider webs and tacks to hang a few things, but the majority is finished.

Here's an easy and fun thing to do with those trick or treat pumpkins. Put your cooking utensils in it!!

Easter Eggs

I need to pull out the Easter baskets and plastic eggs and it got me thinking of our weird little tradition for coloring eggs. When I was growing up, only my Dad liked hard boiled eggs. So, my smart thinking Mom had us color raw eggs. Our visiting Aunt didn't find it too funny when she sat down to crack herself an egg and had raw yolk in her lap but we got a chuckle out of it;)

So, at any rate, I wanted to let all of you know that you CAN color raw eggs and nothing happens to them. I boil one dozen and leave the other raw. Just make sure you know which are which and if they want to write on them, make sure they use the hard boiled ones for that. My kids have been coloring raw eggs since they were little and even a 2 year old has yet to break one..so I promise it's all good. AND, the kids love it because there are more to color.

Also, for perfectly cooked hard boiled eggs. Start with the eggs in cold water. Bring to a full boil~that means the water is really bubbling. Cover and turn off the heat for 10 minutes and no icky greenish yolks. Have fun!