Natural Easter eggs dyes

Egg battles are part of every good Easter brunch. Red versus yellow, green versus blue ... A little colour makes the game even more fun. And you needn't necessarily buy special dyes to make your eggs beautifully colourful.

What you need:

• 1.5l water per colour

• Two handfuls of onion skins to make brown eggs

• A handful of spinach or stinging-nettle leaves to make green eggs

• A dash of blueberry juice to make grey eggs

• 2 tbsp turmeric powder to make yellow eggs

• 500g red cabbage or beetroot to make blue/purple eggs

Here’s how

• Add the ingredients to cold water, bring to the boil and simmer for 30 minutes

• In the meantime, wipe the raw eggs with vinegar. This enables them to absorb the dye better.

• Place the raw eggs in the boiling dye for 10 minutes.

• Remove the eggs from the water with a ladle, rinse and leave to dry.

• For a radiant colour, polish the egg with cooking oil to finish.

Zero-waste tip: you can scoop the red cabbage and beetroot out of the water and turn it into a soup or salad.