With Easter right around the corner - it's a great time to start collecting your produce scraps! Nope - not for composting or for throwing them in the *gasp* garbage - but for creative, fun ways of celebrating the onset of Spring with your friends and family. Follow the colour guidelines below or experiment and create your own colours based on what you've got laying around your kitchen this week! Have a read through the steps of the dye process for any egg regardless of the colour and then we will go through the different fruits and vegetables that get you different colours! We used white eggs in our recipe but we have included the colour combinations if you use brown eggs.

1. In separate pots and the dye ingredients to 4 cups of water over high heat. Once boiling simmer for 15 minutes.
2. Strain the dye into a glass jar/bowl. Discard the strained items. Allow liquid to cool to room temperature for 2-3 hours.
3. Stir in 2 tablespoons white vinegar and place eggs with the shell still on, into the jar. Seal the jar and refrigerate overnight.
4. Take eggs out of jar in the morning and rub with vegetable oil to give a shiny finish (optional)

Dye Ingredients and Colours (White Eggs)

These dye ingredients should be added to the 2 cups of water:

1. Rust/Brown - 1 Cup of Red Cipollini Onion Skins (only use outer skins and save onion)
2. Orange - 1 Cup of Yellow Onion Skins (only use outer skins and save onion)
3. Yellow - 1/3 cup sliced Turmeric (Fresh or 3 Tbsp ground)
4. Green - 1 Cup of Spinach
5. Blue - 1 Cup of shredded Red Cabbage
6. Royal Blue - 1 Cup of Blueberries
7. Purple - 1+1/2 Cups shredded Beets

Dye Ingredients and Colours (Brown Eggs)

These dye ingredients should be added to the 2 cups of water:

1. Rust/Brown - 1 Cup of Red Cipollini Onion Skins (only use outer skins and save onion)
2. Earthy Red - 1 Cup of Yellow Onion Skins (only use outer skins and save onion)
3. Yellow - 1/3 cup sliced Turmeric (Fresh or 3 Tbsp ground)
4. Light Green - 1 Cup of Spinach
5. Green - 1 Cup of shredded Red Cabbage
6. Royal Blue - 1 Cup of Blueberries
7. Maroon - 1+1/2 Cups shredded Beets