The rainbow colors,pastel colors, and all things green are coming our way for St. Patrick’s Day and Easter. What do you do when all of those brightly colored treats and sweets are loaded with artificial colors and flavors that make your kids bounce off the wall and fly sky high.
Shopping at Trader Joe’s helps greatly because of all the awesome natural food options they offer. What if you can’t get there or don’t have access to a grocery store like Trader Joe’s.
I started making my own natural food coloring so that my kids can still enjoy all of the awesome treats and sweets that are offered this time of year!
I had to do some research on how to go about creating my own colors and I would like to share with you the great resources that I found.
Great Resources For Making Your Own Food Coloring
1. www.nourishingjoy.com/homemade-natural-food-dyes gives three things to keep in mind when making your own food coloring and gives a great list of what to use by color to make your own.
2.http://eatplaylovemore.com/2013/11/10/diy-natural-food-coloring/ tells us what is really in food coloring and offers a list by color of alternatives of how to make your own. This post also includes a recipe for buttercream frosting.
3. http://bonzaiaphrodite.com/2013/03/natural-homemade-food-coloring-for-baking-frosting-and-easter/ offers natural alternatives to making your own food coloring. This post gives great ideas of what to use to make different natural food colors.
These resources are great because they tell you how to go about making the different natural food colors and they let you know exactly what you need to make each desired color.
Our Family Favorites:
Cranberry Juice for PINK
Carrot Juice for ORANGE
Coffee for BROWN
Grape Juice for PURPLE
Beet Juice for RED
Spinach Juice for GREEN
