How to Ensure Positive Health in Regards to Easter Eggs

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Ensure Positive Health in Regards to Easter Eggs

One of the most fun and popular family Easter activities is coloring, hiding, and eating Easter eggs. Many families boil and color at least a dozen eggs, to make sure there are enough eggs to make hiding Easter eggs for children to find worthwhile. But there are some guidelines to making sure the right precautions are taken to ensure the safety of anyone eating those eggs.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

A non toxic easter egg coloring kit.
Eggs for boiling

Step 1

Select the number of eggs you want to boil and place them in a pan of cold water so that they are completely covered with an inch or two of water extra.
Step 2

Turn the stove on medium and once the water begins to boil, continue cooking the eggs for an additional ten to fifteen minutes to ensure they will be hard boiled and completely cooked. Carefully remove the eggs with a slotted or straining spoon and place them into a bowl to cool.
Step 3

Read the ingredients on the back of the coloring kits in the store and pay close attention to any warnings and look to see that the kit is non toxic and safe for children to use.
Step 4

After coloring the eggs place them in the carton(s)they were taken from, write the date and time they were boiled on the carton, and them on the first or second shelf of the refrigerator.
Step 5

When you take the eggs out to hide them in the yard, avoid sand or dirt where cats may have urinated or defecated. Try to find places to hide the eggs where they will be above ground.
Step 6

Look for places to hide the eggs such as in the low branches of a tree or shrub, on wooden fences, in an old tire, on top of a vehicle door handle, on the bumper of a vehicle, around or near a swing set or play equipment, etc. You may hide eggs under low shrubs or among fragrant flowers in a flower bed as chances are no animal will have been under them and are often not likely to be around aromatic flowers.
Step 7

Each time the eggs are found remove any eggs that have gotten cracked or that have chipped shells. You should immediately peel off the rest of the shell and gently scrub the outer egg surface with a vegetable brush, and put them back in the fridge in a bowl.
Step 8

When you are finished hiding eggs it is best to remove the shells, wash the outer surface of the eggs and use them to make devilled eggs, egg salad, or another egg dish. You could use only the eggs that were chipped or cracked and keep the others intact.
Step 9

Put the undamaged eggs back into their original cartons. Do not keep the colored Easter eggs, or any boiled eggs, in the fridge for more than a week. Do not keep raw eggs for more than two weeks.
Step 10

Do not leave the colored Easter eggs, or any boiled eggs out at all after they are all colored.