Color an Easter Egg Without Dye

Sure anyone can color an egg using all the fancy dyes they have. Personally I don't care for eating blue and green eggs though. When my siblings and I were kids, my mom did eggs with us the way her mom taught her. It's simple, very easy, and the results can be spectacular. I did one up last night to walk you through with a pictorial, so you too can try it out for Easter.

What You'll Need:

Eggs. 

However many you want to do, and in whatever size you like.

Onions. 

Or to be more specific, their peels. My mom used to save all the dry peelings for a month in advance. Roughly 1 peel = 1 egg.

A pot.

With water high enough to boil eggs as you normally would.

Thread.

Instructions:

As carefully as you can, remove the peel from the onion(s). The goal here is to try and keep it as much as possible, in one piece.

Next, fit your egg into the peel and wrap it up inside.

Use thread to tie it up so the peel won't come off in the pot. The thread will also serve the double purpose of pressing the peel against the the egg, which allows for a better design. I've gone simple just to show you, but wrap it up however you like.

Place in pot and set it to boil.

As you can see, often eggs will float because of the peel. So make sure to turn it over after it boils. Once the peel boils a bit, the eggs should be able to sink. Just like with regular boiled eggs, reduce heat to light boil.

After 15 - 20 minutes remove from heat and let egg(s) cool off before removing the wrapping.

This actually has nothing to do with anything, but if you have strawberries in the fridge, why not enjoy one while you wait?

The Results:

I don't have the best lighting in my kitchen and I did this at night, so I can't properly do it justice. The egg is now yellow with purplish lines running throughout.

Up a bit closer. You can see better the cool designs left by the onion peel.

It's as simple as that. You can also use red onions just as easily. But the key is pressure. If the peel isn't securely wrapped around the egg, it's not going to leave a good impression.