deviled eggs

ANOTHER lazy dinner, this time of brats and canned baked beans.  Yeeesh.  I promise one of these first days (tomorrow, perhaps???) I'll actually make something delicious, nutritious, and/or creative.  Hopefully all of the above.  Today, however, I was in an uninspired, nothing sounds good type of mood, so I went with quick and easy.  I did, however, also prepare some deviled eggs to go along with our easy, boring meal.  How come I always forget that making deviled eggs is way more complicated time consuming than I think it will be?  And WHAT is with peeling the stupid things?  I even put plenty of salt in the water because that's supposed to make the process easy.  Whoever put that advice on pinterest was wrong (or else I screwed up, which simply can't be the best explanation).  After literally demolishing 3 eggs, I FINALLY figured out that if you just give the egg one good whack on the bottom, the rest of the shell comes off relatively easily.  So the next 3 came out pretty ok, except they were dyed easter eggs, so they ended up making my fingers blue and pink and some of the white of the egg actually was dyed, but that's ok.  I found it preferable to cutting my fingertips on tiny shards of eggshell that also took chunks of white with it.  After I got the yolks scooped out and set aside, I remembered I didn't have mayo because I hate it and don't usually keep it on hand.  Oops.  I substituted a hearty squirt of ranch dressing, and no one was the wiser.  A sprinkle of paprika (not chili powder, which is what I almost used by mistake), and they turned out pretty tasty.

Normally, I'd use a frosting bag and fancy tip if I were taking the eggs to a party or family gathering, but since it was just for the kids and me, I went with the ultra unfancy method of using a spoon and my finger to refill the yolk mixture. 

Didn't our Easter eggs turn out pretty?  The kids had a competition over who could make the more pink egg, looks like a tie to me.  What do you think?