Tie Dyed Easter Eggs

I found this website that teaches you how to make your own tie dyed eggs. We went shopping for silk ties at the thrift store and found some. They were cheap and under $4.00 a tie. It was kind of hard to tell if it was a silk tie cause some of those polyester ties can feel like silk sometimes. They will say if it's silk or not, but most of the ties there didn't.

How do you make these ty dyed eggs? You wrap the tie around the egg. Use some old cloth. I used left over bed sheets that we had used to paint with one time. Wrap the cloth around the tie really tight and use some twisty ties so the eggs and cloth stay secure. Bring some water to a boil. I didn't use any vinegar when I made these, which was probably why my eggs didn't turn out as bright as hers. Add in about 2 tablespoons of vinegar and let the eggs boil for 20 minutes. Unwrap the eggs to find some really cool tie dyed Easter eggs. My Grandpa and Grandma were really impressed with these and didn't know that you could dye eggs like this. My grandpa called me clever and all I said was that I had found this method on the Internet. They don't use computers at all.

I made egg salad with the eggs and it turned out pretty tasty. I wish my chives were in the garden right now, cause I would have thrown some in the egg salad.  Here is the recipe. Enjoy!

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Calories 131 | Total Fat 9.32g | Total Carbohydrate 2.36g | Dietary Fiber 0.1g | Protein 9.18g

Points Plus: 3

Eggy Salad

Ingredients

6 servings large eggs
2 tsps dijon mustard
2 tbsps light mayo
1 dash pepper
dash salt

Directions

1. Cook eggs until hard boiled. Or you can use this method to boil eggs on this post.
Once eggs are cool enough remove shell and mash with a potato masher.

2. Add in last 4 ingredients to taste.