Earth Day Eggs
- 12 eggs (hard boiled, shells on)
- 1 teaspoon blue food coloring
- 1 teaspoon green food coloring
- 1 teaspoon yellow food coloring
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 3 tablespoons white vinegar
- water
- Put one tablespoon of oil and one tablespoon of vinegar in each coffee mug.
- In one mug, add a teaspoon of blue food coloring.
- In another add a teaspoon of green, and in the third add a teaspoon of yellow.
- Add water to each cup to make them 3/4 full.
- (This allows room for adding the egg so that it will not overflow.)
- Cover work surface with tablecloth or newspaper.
- Lay out some paper towels to lay wet eggs on to dry.
- Place a spoon in each mug of food coloring mixture.
- Hold egg in one hand at the ready.
- Stir the blue mixture with the spoon to create a whirlpool type motion.
- Once swirling, quickly lift the spoon out of the mixture and place the egg on the spoon.
- Dip immediately into the mixture, holding in the mixture for only a few seconds, then remove.
- Place on a paper towel.
- Repeat this process for each egg.
- Once all eggs have been dipped in the blue mixture, move on to the green.
- Start with the egg you did first and repeat the process as above with green mixture.
- Again, lay on paper towels until done with all eggs.
- At this point, you may choose to add more green or blue to individual eggs depending on how they look.
- Repeat with yellow if you desire.
- (You can add yellow to some, and leave others just blue and green).
- Carefully dry all eggs with paper towels, the oil makes them slippery!
- The oil will also give them a nice shiny coating.
eggs, coloring, green food coloring, yellow food coloring, vegetable oil, white vinegar, water
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/earth-day-eggs-267993 (may not work)