Gosh, for so long, I have used synthetic food colouring for cooking, craft and activities with children....
Shocking that I haven't contemplated this until now..
NATURAL FOOD DYES...We should all be using them...they are SOooooo easy to make and we have access to pretty much all the ingredients and, better yet, we have governance over the exact colours should we choose to mix them. BUT, the best and top reason to be using natural food dyes is...the children!!!
We can get our hands even messier now but it's OK...it all washes off and it is all yummy in the process!!
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| A blender works just as well as a juicer. |
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| Keep the pulp..it will come in handy for something. |
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| Delicious juices...almost there |
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| yum! |
A lot of the time in cooking recipes, colouring needs to be added in a non liquid form. To get this you will need to boil down the fruits so the water evaporates.
This worked well for the raspberries and the mangoes.
As for the veggies, we used the pulp itself to dye the flour.
It kind of worked.
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| Finished, evaporated dye. Smells good! |
It's so refreshing to be able to do things with the children that they can create, enjoy and remember!
Yes, this is time consuming, but it is sooooo worth it when you take into account the damage continued use of chemical food colourings can do.
