The Incredible Eggnots

As you might have read in my earlier post, I was looking for an alternative to dying eggs for Easter.  To my delight, I found Eggnots which are ceramic eggs that you can dye like real eggs.  

My Eggnots arrived very quickly and I was so impressed.  They look exactly like real eggs and are packaged in egg cartons.  They are a matte, eggshell white color and not only do they look like real eggs, but they kind of feel like them too.  

They won over Olivia immediately, and when she found out she could keep them forever, well, let's just say she was over the moon.

She played with them for 2 days before we dyed them, putting them in her toy shopping cart and having mom, dad and Drew find them during "practice egg hunts".

I can't recommend them enough for vegans, those with egg allergies or anyone who wants to celebrate a kinder Easter.  You can purchase them by clicking here.

 

all images ©Lisa Sieczka

To Dye or Not to Dye...

 Every year my family has dyed eggs for Easter.  We buy free-range, organic, brown eggs and use those cheap .99 cent egg dye kits that are everywhere.  Every year I want to do the all-natural thing with, you know, beet juice and spinach, and every year it seems like too much work.  After going vegan(ish) last year, I've been wondering if I should dye eggs at all.  

  Of course my kids (one strictly vegan, one not) want to do it, but I'm wondering how to do it in not only the most environmentally friendly way, but the most kind way.  For one, nobody here eats eggs.  Even my daughter, who is vegetarian and not vegan, has never eaten eggs.  Not that we would eat them after dying them anyway.  Really, what a waste.  

  Then I saw a pin on Pinterest that changed solved everything:

 

Egg Nots are dye-able ceramic eggs!  You dye them like regular eggs and you get to keep them!  How cool is that?!  Here are links to their website and their facebook. I will be dying them with natural dye recipes I found on Better Homes and Gardens or I might buy natural food dye at Whole Foods, which seems less wasteful.  I ordered 2 dozen and will let you know how it all goes.

Image from Better Homes and Gardens - click for to see their natural egg-dye recipes.