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- Xoxo Angie

How to celebrate Lughnasadh/Lammas 🌾

Hello my witchy friends! I am going to talk about Lughnasadh/Lammas and some ways to celebrate it.

First off a quick summary of Lughnasadh/Lammas, Lughnasadh/Lammas is a Irish festival marking the harvest season, it’s starts on August 1st!

Now some ways to celebrate Lughnasadh/Lammas 🌾

Candles 🕯

You can light a orange, yellow, red, or green candles to celebrate the seasonal energy as the earth heads into the harvest season and you can add it to your altar 🕯

Baking bread 🥖

Baking some bread for Lughnasadh/Lammas is a common ritual, here is a recipe to bake bread for Lughnasadh/Lammas!

Sourdough Braided Bread 🍞

Original recipe (press link)

-Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups whole milk warmed to 100-110 degrees F

• 1/2 cup whole wheat flower

• 1/4 teaspoon active dried yeast (optional)

• 2 tablespoons butter(softened)

• 2 1/2 cups bread flour

• 1 teaspoon sea salt

• 1/4 cup dried calendula petals

• 1/4 cup sunflower seeds(divided)

• 2 tablespoon of raw honey

-Instructions

* In a large bowl or in a stand mixer, add the sourdough starter, whole milk, whole wheat flour, honey. Stir well to combine. If you are not confident your starters ability to "lift" your loaf (perhaps it is still young and hasn't fully developed), sprinkle the yeast over this mixture to hydrate. Let this mixture sit for approximately 20 minutes, after which you should see some bubbles forming.

* Remove 2 tablespoons of sunflowers from the called for amount and set aside. Coarsely chop the remaining seeds.

* Add softened butter, salt, calendula flowers, and sunflower seeds to the starter mixture. Mix and add bread flour in batches until the dough is cohesive and slightly sticky.

* Turn dough out onto a floured surface and knead, adding flour, until the dough forms a smooth elastic ball -- about five minutes. The dough should be very soft, but not sticky.

* Place dough in a buttered or oiled bowl and cover with plastic film or a towel. Let rise for about 1 1/2 hours or until doubled in volume.

* Turn dough out onto a floured surface and pat into a 12"x6" rectangle, approximately. Cut dough lengthwise into three logs. Separate the dough logs slightly and select a center point. From the center of the dough logs, braid dough from the center to the end, repeating on on the other side.

* Transfer braided dough loaf, to a parchment lined or buttered baking pan, tucking the ends under, I prefer a ceramic baking dish with sides, just slightly bigger than the dough braid itself to discourage spread in the next steps. Cover with plastic film or a towel and let rise until doubled in size, about an hour.

* Remove plastic film or towel and brush loaf with an egg wash created from one egg beaten with a small bit of water. Sprinkle the top of the loaf with the reserved sunflower seeds. Bake in a preheated 375 degree F oven for 25-32 minutes, until the top is evenly golden and the loaf sounds hollow if tapped (I suggest rotating at least once while cooking).

* After baking, remove from oven and cool completely before slicing.

- Xoxo Enjoy luv

Decorate your altar for Lughnasadh/Lammas ✨

Decorate your altar for Lughnasadh/Lammas! You can add flowers that are in season (sunflowers, zinnia, black eyed Susans, snapdragson, cone flowers etc) or add some crystals that support the season like Carnelian, Pyrite, Citrine, Green Aventurine, Tiger’s Eye and of course you can add candles (I talked about it in the beginning ^_^)

Clean up 🧹

To show gratitude for our planet head down to your local park, beach, walking trails, etc. and clean it up. This would show how grateful you are for Mother Nature and your helping the environment :)

Spell Jars 🌙

My favorite thing to do is make spell jars and of course we have to make a spell jar for Lughnasadh/Lammas!

Let’s make a prosperity and abundance spell jar for Lammas

-Ingredients

• Cleanse Jar

• Basil- wealth/good fortune

• Adventurnite- luck/abundance

• Thyme- bringing abundance

• Dried Sunflower- flower that is in season for Lughnasadh/Lammas

• Cloves- attract good luck

• Orange Candle to seal it- if you do not have a orange candle you can use a white candle

You can set this spell jar on your altar for Lughnasadh/Lammas!!

Fun Activities 🌿

Here are some cool fun activities to do for Lughnasadh/Lammas!

- Corn Dolly

You can make a corn dolly and add it your altar, it’s a cute activity and very relaxing to do

- Bonfire

Invite some friends and family members to sit down and enjoy a bonfire, you can reflect and think about bad habits and how you can change them or if you do not want to do a bonfire you can light a candle and reflect on your journal/meditate 🧘

Feast 🍂

Lughnasadh/Lammas is all about giving thanks for the delicious bounty of the first harvest! Here are more recipes for Lughnasadh/Lammas feast!

Barley Mushroom Soup 🥣

The original recipes I got it from (press the link)

• 5 Cups. vegetable broth

• 1 Cups. Barley (uncooked)

• 1/2 lb. mushrooms (use morels or enoki for a woodsy flavor)

• 1/2 C. onion (diced)

• 1/2 C. fresh carrots (chopped)

• 1/2 C. celery (chopped)

• 2 cloves fresh garlic (minced)

• Salt and pepper to taste

- Directions

* Bring the vegetable broth to a low rolling boil on the stove and then reduce heat. Add the mushrooms, onions, carrots and celery, and allow to simmer for ten minutes. Add the barley and garlic, cover and simmer for another hour.

* Add salt and pepper, seasoning to taste. Top with fresh croutons and chives, if you've got them handy. Serve as a side dish at your Lammas celebration, accompanied by a nice soft chunk of buttered bread!

Roasted Garlic Corn 🌽

The original recipes I got it from (press the link)

• Unshucked corn cobs

• A pot of water

• Butter

• Minced garlic

• Salt, pepper, and paprika

- Directions

* Soak the corn cobs in the pot of water—leave the husk on—and let them sit for an hour or two. This will make the corn cobs nice and moist.

* Put the wet corn cobs, still in their husks, on a grill. If you're lucky enough to be using a campfire, drop them into the white coals on the edge of the fire ring. Turn the corn cobs once in a while, and let them cook for about half an hour. You'll know they're done when the husk is dry and slightly burnt.

* Remove the corn cobs from the grill and let them sit for a few minutes to cool a little. Don't let them get cold. Peel the husk all the way back and use it for a handle, or use wooden skewer sticks. Brush the cob with butter, and sprinkle with garlic, salt, pepper and paprika.

If you press the links I put under the recipes you can see even more recipes for the feat!

Have a Happy Lughnasadh/Lammas! 🌾

-Xoxo Angie

the original recipe (press the link)

Hello my witchy friends! Today we’re going to make Violet Lemonade 🌱, I wanted to do this recipe before summer ends and before the harvest season 🌾, so today is a couple days before Lammas starts (August 1st, mark your calendar!)

- Ingredients

^Lemonade

• 8 cups of water

• 1-1 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice

• 1-1 1/4 cup sugar

• 1/4 teaspoon rosewater (optional)

• 2 cups violet tea

^Violet Tea

2 cups violets flowers only (lightly packed into a pint jar or measuring cup)

- Directions:

^making the violet tea

* Pour boiling water into your jar of violets until it is full, making sure to gently press on the violets to release any air bubbles. Cover your jar and keep it out of bright sunlight for about 24 hours. The color of the violet tea will look sapphire blue, not purple.

* Line a colander with a paper towel or coffee filter and strain the violet tea, squeezing out the flowers to get as much color out as possible. If necessary, add enough water to your tea so that the mixture equals 2 cups.

^Making the lemonade

* In a medium saucepan, combine 2 cups of the water and the sugar. Cook over medium heat until sugar is dissolved. Cool completely.

* In a large pitcher, combine the remaining 6 cups of water, the sugar syrup, lemon juice and rosewater, if desired. Then stir in the violet tea (while stirring you can add a intention like “this violet lemonade is going to bring me happiness”)

* Chill completely and serve over ice.

Enjoy luv <3

-Xoxo Angie

Cake 🍰

the original recipe (press the link)

Hello my witchy friends, today I’m going to give you a recipe! One of my favorite cake is Strawberry Shortcake 🍰 and I wanted to show you guys how to make it :)

- Ingredients:

^Cake

• 2½ cups all purpose flour

• 3 teaspoons baking powder

• ½ teaspoon salt

• 1¾ cups granulated sugar

• ½ cup vegetable or canola oil

• 2 large eggs (room temperature)

• 2 large egg whites (room temperature)

• 2½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract

• ½ teaspoon almond extract (optional, but highly recommended)

• ⅔ cup sour cream

• ¾ cup milk (preferably whole or 2%, room temperature)

^Filling

• 3 cups sliced or diced fresh strawberries (divided)

• 2 tablespoons strawberry jam

• additional whole strawberries for garnish (optional)

^Frosting

• 8 ounces cream cheese (softened to cool room temp)

• 1 cup powdered sugar

• ¾ teaspoon vanilla extract

• 2-¼ cups heavy whipping cream (chilled)

- Directions:

^Cake

* Preheat oven to 350°F.

In a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt until combined. Set aside.

* Using a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment (preferred) or a hand mixer, beat sugar, oil, eggs, egg whites, and extracts until combined. Add the sour cream and beat until combined. Add half of the flour mixture, beating until just combined. While still beating, slowly add milk, then the remaining flour mixture. Scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl as needed. Be careful not to overmix it.

* Line three 8-inch cake pans** with parchment paper and grease the pans. Evenly divide the batter between the three pans. Tap/gently drop the pans on the countertop a couple times to remove any air bubbles.

* Bake for 18-22 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. If necessary, rotate the pans once during bake time to ensure even browning. Place the pans on a rack to cool completely.

^Filling

* Combine the strawberries and jam and set aside (these will be used for the filling and topping). (Note: I sliced the strawberries for the filling (about 2 ½ cups), and I diced the strawberries for the top of the cake (about ½ cup). You can slice or dice, your choice.) You'll need about 3 cups total.

^Frosting

* Place the cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract in a large mixing bowl. Using a stand mixer or hand mixer with the whisk attachment, beat the mixture on medium speed until smooth. While the mixer is still whipping, slowly pour the heavy cream down the side of the bowl. Stop and scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl periodically. Increase the speed and continue whipping until the cream can hold a stiff peak.

- How to assemble it:

* Place one layer of cake on a platter. Top with one-third of the frosting, then top with about 1 ¼ cups of strawberries. Place another layer of cake on top and repeat. For the third/top of layer of cake, top with remaining whipped cream frosting, then place the remaining strawberries in the center. Decorate the outside with whole strawberries, if desired.

Enjoy luv <3

-Xoxo Angie