Easter in October!

I was looking in my refrigerator and noticed I needed to use my eggs before they went bad so I decided to hard boil them.  While they were cooking I remembered a picture I had seen of Easter eggs that looked like dragon eggs because there were a crackled green color.  I thought to myself, well it is Halloween, and Dragon Deviled Eggs" would be a perfect treat!

                                                  
Ingredients: 

• Eggs
• Red and green food coloring
• 1 cup distilled vinegar
• 1/2 cup cottage cheese
• 1 Tbsp mayonnaise
• 1 tsp sweet relish
• 2 Tbsp mustard
• garlic salt, pepper, and onion powder to taste

Hard Boiled Egg Directions:

• Place one layer of eggs to a large saucepan, do NOT over crowd the eggs.
• Add water (just enough to over the eggs)
• On high heat bring water to a boil
• Take the eggs off the heat once water starts to boil and cover.  Let sit covered for ten minutes
• Transfer eggs gently to a bowl of ice water, leave eggs in the water until they have cooled.

Once the eggs were done cooling I gently rolled each one on a cutting board to crack the shells.  This way the food coloring will penetrate the shell and leave a crackled pattern on the egg white. I pulled out my green and red food coloring, distilled vinegar, and got to work.  

Directions for Dying the Eggs:

• Mix 20 drops of green food coloring with 5 drops of red, a cup of vinegar, and 2 cups of water all together in a class bowl.  
• Add eggs.  Make sure eggs are completely covered in the dye mixture, rotate occasionally, and leave over night.

 (Matt thought these looked like rotten avocados!)

• Under running water gently take the skin off the eggs. They will look like this:

• Cut eggs in half with a paring knife and scoop out the yolk.
• Mix yolk and last 5 ingredients on a bowl.  Combine completely
• Spoon the yolk mixture back into each egg and put the two halves back together letting a little of the yolk squish out for effect.

This is a super fun and easy project to do with kids in the kitchen!  Who doesn't love a good Dragon Deviled Egg!