These eggs are 'Dino-mite'

Sometimes we live in our own bubble on the farm. We get so bogged down in our daily duties and of course parenting too. But last Sunday we had the absolute pleasure of attending a birthday party for some very special brothers.
R and M, celebrated turning the big 4 and 3 with a party that was “roar-some”. These dinosaur-obsessed boys – who can name dinosaurs and dinosaur body parts I’ve never even heard of before – were immersed in all things dinosaurs, including their very own tails.
Their mum Elyse learnt to sew just for the occasion and made not just any old stuff-newspaper-into-stockings creation, but these amazing tails. The stitching even looked good close up! Looks like I know who to approach when I need some sewing down for a Hattie party!
Having creative and foodie friends is great, but when this friend runs My Platter Artistry, you know the food is going to be epic. Her sewing skills may have been a surprise, but Elyse’s grazing table was on-point as always.
Hattie gorged herself on figs, blueberries and fresh hummus-laden pita bread. I ate ALL the cheese. And the top off all the class, she created a dinosaur head out of a water melon. It was a dinosaur party after all.
Elyse may have had it covered but I brought along a little prehistoric-inspired snack too. The birthday boys’ eyes opened with much surprise and delight when they were presented with “dinosaur eggs”.
Essentially they are hard-boiled eggs, but with a really cool food-dyed effect.
There’s a lot of different tutorials online if you search but here’s a quick summery of how to do it yourself:

1. Buy Kilmuir Farm pasture-raised free range eggs
2. Hard boil eggs using your preferred technique
3. Cool eggs in iced water (to stop egg yolk from going that weird colour and stay yellow)
4. Gently put cracks in shells by knocking on counter and pushing thumbs into shell
5. Soak in a dark-coloured food dye and water mixture overnight
6. Gently peel shells off in morning
7. Take lots of photos for your Facebook page because you will be pretty impressed with yourself and remember to tag @kilmuirfarm too

Next time – there will definitely be a next time – I will devil the eggs. They will be a lot more palatable as party food for adults too and well honestly I just LOVE devilled eggs.
I can’t wait to bring a whole new meaning to Easter eggs this year!

Natasha xxx