Easter Deviled Eggs

The long weekend has arrived!

To celebrate spring, the long weekend and Easter we are having a potluck lunch at work today.

I wanted to bring something fun, festive and deeeelicious. My competitive side comes out for these potlucks. I love making new and interesting things that wow my coworkers and I had just the thing for this year!

Last year I found a recipe for dyed deviled eggs and made them for a family dinner. How perfect are these pastel coloured eggs! I'm sure some of you have seen this floating around the internet as this egg-tastic holiday approached.

These are super easy and super fun to make. I'm always left wanting to dye anything and everything in my sight once I see how beautiful the colours come out on the eggs.

Go ahead and get prepared to make deviled eggs as you normally would. I find the best way to hard boil eggs is to throw them in a pot, cover with water, bring to a boil then cover and remove from heat. Let stand for about 10 minutes and you've got yourself perfect hard boiled eggs!

For these, put the eggs in ice water for at least another 5 minutes to cool down and be ready for handling.

While your eggs are boiling get your colouring ready. I used plastic cups because I'm lazy and didn't want to wash extra dishes. I filled half the cup with cool water then added 1 tsp of white vinegar. The vinegar will help the colour stay on the egg whites. Then I added my food colouring as desired. I followed the package instructions for the purple and orange colours.

Once my eggs were boiled and cooled I peeled them, cut them in half scooping the yolk into a bowl and dropping the egg whites into the various colours. Depending on how dark you want your colour leave the whites in the colouring for 5 - 10 minutes. They didn't need to stay in the red dye for long, that colour seemed to pick up the best. But I left the whites in the yellow and green for at least 10 minutes to get the colour I wanted. Just check on the whites once in a while by lifting out gently with a spoon until you get your desired colour.

While your eggs whites are dying mix your yolks with mayo, mustard, and salt and pepper to taste. I was making 15 eggs (!) so used 6 tbsp of mayo and 2 tbsp of mustard. But again, this is something that is really subjective so don't be afraid to taste your yolk as you mix and add as much "taste" as you'd like!

Finally, fill those eggs whites up with a spoonful of eggs yolk and sprinkle with paprika. Voila! you've got delightful, delicious, deviled eggs! Believe me, you will be the talk of the town after making and sharing these.

The best part about it is you can use any deviled egg recipe you like and colour them for any occasion, birthdays, showers, themed parties, St. Partick's day, etcetera!

Try it out and enjoy.