Red eggs

Learn how to dye red eggs which are a tradition at Greek Easter. Make them using natural ingredients and play the tsougrisma game once they're done.

Every year thousands of Greek women buy up all of the red egg dye in order to turn their eggs the traditional blood red color of Greek Easter eggs. This year I decided to try to make my own dye with onion skins, and it turned out pretty well! I also used some herbs from my garden and a couple old pairs of nylon stockings to "stencil" an imprint of the herbs onto a few of the eggs. It ended up looking a lot prettier than I thought it would, next year I think I might try the herb-stenciling on…

This recipe makes a natural dye for eggs with onion skins to create a dozen beautiful red-colored hard-boiled eggs for Greek Easter.

Learn how to simply and naturally dye eggs red using onion skins! This is a perfect non-toxic option for Greek Easter and Chinese birthday celebrations.

Christ's Passion Blood Red Pascha Eggs

The answer to gorgeously colored eggs could be right in your refrigerator.

Not surprisingly, Pennsylvania Dutch red beet eggs take on a rosy hue, since they have been immersed in ruby red beet juice. When you quarter the hard-boiled eggs and set them out to serve, you'll love the yellow surrounded by white that fades to pink and red. Make these eggs for a party and they'll get noticed.

Make this as part of a meze platter for an authentic Greek dinner.

Christos Anesti! Christ is Risen! My dad's family is Greek Orthodox, and even though I'm not, we still like to celebrate Greek Easter. Teaching my children to say, "Christos Anesti! Alithos Anesti!" has been one of my parenting highlights. If you're not familiar, it translates to "Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen!" In Greek, Easter is called Pascha, pronounced PAHS-kha. Or it might be referred to as Anastasi (ah-NAH-stah-see), which means resurrection. This year, Greek Orthodox Easter is…

Red Easter Eggs