Deviled Eggs, (Colored Deviled Eggs for Easter)

?             Food coloring    (a few drops per color + Yellow for yolks)

12           Eggs (24 halves)

1    TBS   Mustard

2    TBS   Mayo

1    TSP   Vinegar for the yolks   +   1    TSP    Vinegar for each color you die the whites

1             pinch sugar

               Salt and pepper

First, make yourself some egg dye. This is very simple- no need for any kits. Put some water in a glass, add a teaspoon or so of vinegar, and a few drops of food coloring. I promise, this isn’t rocket science. Also, the vinegar isn’t going to make the eggs taste bad. They’ll taste just as good as your favorite deviled egg recipe.

Hard boil eggs.  Peel your eggs, cut them in half, put the yolks in a bowl, and rinse the white parts. Put the white halves in the dye, and then sink them with a spoon.  When they reach the desired shade (which will only take a minute or 2), carefully remove them with a slotted spoon, and place them on a paper towel to dry. (Let them dry face up, just like they’ll be served, so only the bottom gets ugly from sitting on the paper towel. No one will see that part.)

There are bound to be a few casualties, but don’t fret. Just use them as a little snack while you work.  The vast majority of your eggs will survive their color baths.

Mix egg yolks with mustard, mayo, vinegar, sugar, yellow food coloring, salt and pepper.  Put even amounts back into egg whites.  (I like adding the yellow food coloring to the yolks since we’re making them all Easter-ish.)