Don't worry. I have not abandoned food colorings. A girl does like to have some options, though.
Over on The Pioneer Woman Food and Friends, I'm showing some easy (and interesting) ways to color icing naturally. Some of the ingredients you might guess...others, you might not. Hellooooo, microalgae. Yep. I said algae. On a food blog.
I colored royal icing for decorating cookies as well as buttercream. Ah, those speckles!
I LOVE the look of the natural dyes...they're soft, and pretty, and well, natural.
Come read all about them over at Ree's!