Allergy-Friendly Food Coloring - Natural Food Coloring
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Love to create festive holiday food but don\'t know how to do it so it is allergy-friendly? Check out these tips for creating allergy-friendly, natural food coloring.
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I love festive food. Especially when it has fun decorations. And chocolate (of course!). My sisters and I used to go all out for different holidays – we’d make cookies and spend hours artistically frosting each cookie to perfection. This was something we did all throughout my childhood and still do to this day. When I found out about my food allergies (corn in particular), this got a bit trickier. Even though I’ve found some good gluten-free and dairy-free sugar cookie recipes (not to mention, Enjoy Life’s Sugar Crisp Crunchy Cookies!), it’s really hard to find food coloring that doesn’t have artificial ingredients or top allergens in it, so I had to stick with white frosting for a while. Not as fun, maybe, but still yummy! However, one of the silver linings of living with food allergies is that it makes you get creative when it comes to cooking. There are several natural ingredients that you can use as food coloring— here are some of my favorites from Nourishing Joy: Red Pure Beet Juice Pure Pomegranate Juice Beet Powder Orange Pure Carrot Juice Carrot Powder Paprika Yellow Ground Turmeric Fresh Turmeric Juice Saffron Green Liquid Chlorophyll Matcha Powder Parsley Juice Spinach Powder Blue Red Cabbage Juice Any purple colorant + baking soda Purple Purple Sweet Potatoes Purple Carrots Pure Blueberry Juice Brown Espresso Cocoa Powder Cinnamon Black Black Cocoa Powder Activated Charcoal Powder To make the powders Slice and spread the fruit or vegetable on a tray. Dehydrate in a dehydrator or an oven at 150˚F for about 2-6 hours or until completely dried out. Then, place in a food processor or blender and grind into a fine powder. This is shelf-stable and can be stored in a sealed container for up to a year. To make the liquid coloring Pour 1 cup of fruit or vegetable juice (color of your choice) into a crockpot over very low heat, leaving the lid off of the pot. Do this until the juice begins to thicken, which will be roughly 24 hours. At this point, the juice will have reduced to about ¼ cup. This liquid color should keep in the fridge for 2-4 weeks. How cool are these ideas? When you’re using these ingredients as food coloring, you’ll want to remember a few things. First of all, these colorants may be more or less concentrated than commercial food dyes, so I recommend starting out with a small amount and adding more until you reach your desired shade. Also, many of these ingredients pack a strong flavor, so make sure you choose accordingly. This is also true for texture. Depending on what you want to color, choose a liquid or powder colorant. I don’t know about you, but now I’m in the mood to go all out with the food coloring and make some frosted cookies! Will you be trying these natural food dyes out? Tag @enjoylifefoods on social media with photos of your colorful creations. I’d love to see what you make! Eat Freely, Kathleen
See Our Variety Of Allergy Friendly Products That Everyone Can Enjoy! Safe for School, Gluten-Free & Free From 14 Allergens. Made With High Quality Non-GMO Ingredients. Types: No Dairy, No Tree Nuts, No Gluten, No Soy, No Eggs, No Casein.
I love festive food. Especially when it has fun decorations. And chocolate (of course!). My sisters and I used to go all out for different holidays – we’d make cookies and spend hours artistically frosting each cookie to perfection. This was something we did all throughout my childhood and still do to this day. When I found out about my food allergies (corn in particular), this got a bit trickier. Even though I’ve found some good gluten-free and dairy-free sugar cookie recipes (not to mention, Enjoy Life’s Sugar Crisp Crunchy Cookies!), it’s really hard to find food coloring that doesn’t have artificial ingredients or top allergens in it, so I had to stick with white frosting for a while. Not as fun, maybe, but still yummy! However, one of the silver linings of living with food allergies is that it makes you get creative when it comes to cooking. There are several natural ingredients that you can use as food coloring— here are some of my favorites from Nourishing Joy: Red Pure Beet Juice Pure Pomegranate Juice Beet Powder Orange Pure Carrot Juice Carrot Powder Paprika Yellow Ground Turmeric Fresh Turmeric Juice Saffron Green Liquid Chlorophyll Matcha Powder Parsley Juice Spinach Powder Blue Red Cabbage Juice Any purple colorant + baking soda Purple Purple Sweet Potatoes Purple Carrots Pure Blueberry Juice Brown Espresso Cocoa Powder Cinnamon Black Black Cocoa Powder Activated Charcoal Powder To make the powders Slice and spread the fruit or vegetable on a tray. Dehydrate in a dehydrator or an oven at 150˚F for about 2-6 hours or until completely dried out. Then, place in a food processor or blender and grind into a fine powder. This is shelf-stable and can be stored in a sealed container for up to a year. To make the liquid coloring Pour 1 cup of fruit or vegetable juice (color of your choice) into a crockpot over very low heat, leaving the lid off of the pot. Do this until the juice begins to thicken, which will be roughly 24 hours. At this point, the juice will have reduced to about ¼ cup. This liquid color should keep in the fridge for 2-4 weeks. How cool are these ideas? When you’re using these ingredients as food coloring, you’ll want to remember a few things. First of all, these colorants may be more or less concentrated than commercial food dyes, so I recommend starting out with a small amount and adding more until you reach your desired shade. Also, many of these ingredients pack a strong flavor, so make sure you choose accordingly. This is also true for texture. Depending on what you want to color, choose a liquid or powder colorant. I don’t know about you, but now I’m in the mood to go all out with the food coloring and make some frosted cookies! Will you be trying these natural food dyes out? Tag @enjoylifefoods on social media with photos of your colorful creations. I’d love to see what you make! Eat Freely, Kathleen
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