Onion Skin Dyed Easter Eggs

When we were kids

Easter was one of our favourite holidays!
I have four brothers and three sisters.
We would carefully place our winter hats and toques
on the sofa that took up one wall in the dining room
On Easter morning, our eight hats were filled with
chocolate goodies, skipping ropes, rubber balls and
"bunny eggs"

Before the big day

we would dye some eggs with the

traditional pastel colour tabs, water and vinegar
in a row of tea cups
We dunked the hard boiled eggs in
and out of the colours until the desired colour was achieved.

But, mother (aka the Easter Bunny)
 dyed some special "bunny eggs"

as she called them, with

the brown onion skins she had been saving
for a few months before Easter!

These were the eggs that, in later years, she used for

the grandchildren's outdoor Easter Egg Hunt 

They make a beautiful addition to

the Easter Decor.

I haven't made "bunny eggs" for quite a few years
but wanted to try them again
this year.
I also wanted to try doing a design on these eggs
by pressing parsley and celery leaves against
the eggs before wrapping them in the
onion skins, to create a batik effect.
I learned about doing this from one of the cooks
of Croatian decent who works at the college.

I love how they turned out!!

I think I'll save the onion skin water and make another batch!!!

Till next time ........... enjoying the season and remembering the reason!