The Easter long weekend has begun, and I couldn’t be more grateful. Like everyone else, I am rather sleep-deprived and really need a catch-up on my sleep. But to drift away from the topic of sleep (so i don’t end up sleeping on top of my keyboard), Easter is a time of rebirth and the beginning of warmer weather (hello spring!), and what better way to celebrate than some edible dyed easter eggs!

While we were photographing this recipe, a random stranger walked past and gave us “the eye”, and was utterly confused with what the heck we were doing. I think she may have thought we actually found some robin’s egg or some bird’s nest and were taking some nature shots. And our absurdity elevated when we took out a pastel pink ceramic knife and cut the eggs in half. The lady probably thought we were crazier than cuckoo birds. Her eyes could literally have popped out of her sockets (i apologize for that image but it was necessary to describe our awkward situation).

A little while later after some intense stares toward us, she asked “what is that?” and we were like “eggs…edible eggs… hard boiled eggs… they are dyed… it’s for Easter!” (obviously we sound as literate as a newborn child), and she gave us an even stranger look and walked away without a peep. I don’t even know if I should blush of embarrassment or laugh it off, but knowing me I really do not care what other’s think, so most definitely the latter. I’m just “that weird kid around the block” kind of person, who was too lazy to rinse off my wooden spoon from the macaroni broccoli salad I just made for lunch, and used the same utensil to make a blog-recipe (hence, apologies to those few distracting macaroni things in the photographs; pretend they are not there please)

I allowed the eggs to “marinade” and soak in the natural dyes overnight and flip them the next morning to give an even colour distribution and a deep vibrant colour. To make the eggs lighter in colour, allow them to sit for a shorter period of time. At first I was worried whether the flavours of the natural dyes would interfere with the taste of the eggs, but I really couldn’t taste anything different after dyeing them! Try them out yourself, I think kids and adults alike would love them!