Boiled Eggs

Annie's salad with dyed Easter eggs

Original recipe from Baby Food Recipes.

Ingredients:

• eggs (we always throw in a few extra to add to later salads, or eat as a snack)
• water to cover

Directions:

1. Place eggs in pan and cover with tap water.
2. Bring water to boil (this will take ~10 min). Boil 1 minute.
3. Remove pan from heat, cover with lid, and let sit 20 minutes.
4. Run cool water over the eggs to make peeling easier. 
5. Serve boiled eggs with toast, or mash with a spoonful of mayo into egg salad. Eat egg salad on sandwiches, with crackers, or with pita chips. Also yummy on garden salads, pita pocket salads, and waakye.

For Easter, make colored eggs! 

Original recipe from Passion for Savings.

Ingredients:

• 1 quart jar per color (can double recipe below in that 1 jar)
• 2 boiled eggs per color
• 2 T vinegar per color
• 1 c boiling water per color
• ~20 drops dye per color

Directions:

1. Optional: wrap boiled eggs in rubber bands for stripes
2. Optional: draw patters with white crayons on boiled eggs
3. Pour vinegar into warm glass jar. Pour boiling water over vinegar. Add desired amount of dye. Carefully submerge boiled eggs in jars for 2-5 minutes. The longer they sit, the bolder their color.
4. Using tongs, remove each egg from the water and place on a drying serface for 10 minutes. Because color will rub off wherever the shell touches the surface, we prefer setting them in upside-down water bottle caps to prevent this. Explore some other drying methods.