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1 cup flour

1/2 teaspoon baking soda (Omit this if you are at high altitudes +3,000ft)

2 teaspoons salt

1 teaspoon brown sugar

1 cup butter (unsalted)

1/2 cup nuts

3 medium chopped apples

1 cup raisins

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon ginger

1-1/2 cups rolled oats

1 egg, beaten

1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla or orange

Preheat oven to 350 F

Mix ALL ingredients together completely

Place in a greased 9-inch cake pan

Bake for 30 minutes, or until it pulls away from the edges

Enjoy

Source: A Victorian Grimoire

Correspondence:

Flour: Life

Salt: Purification, Protection, Grounding, Blessing

Brown Sugar: Love

Butter: Hard work, delayed gratification

Nuts: Prosperity, Love

Apples: Love, healing

Raisins: Wisdom, longevity

Cinnamon: Success, healing, purification, clairvoyance

Ginger: Aphrodisiac, love spell

Oats: Money

Eggs: Rebirth, fertility, protection

Vanilla: Love, peace, harmony

We love Yule around here! My family began celebrating Yule openly about two years ago. Since then, I have always added more things every year.

This is going to be a masterpost of things I already do or want to do for Yule.

I am compiling my own resources and will be adding to this post up until Yule

BC - Broom Closet Friendly

KF- Kid Friendly

DF- Dorm Friendly

*- May need modifications to fit

Slaw:

9 ounces shredded cabbage slaw

1/2 cup mayonnaise

2 tablespoons lime juice

2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar

1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper powder

Cracked black pepper

If cabbage isn't already chopped, chop it into the desired size. Place into large bowl

Add mayo, stir well

Add lime juice and apple cider vinegar

Add cayenne and black pepper

Fish:

3 tablespoons of oil (canola or olive)

1 teaspoon cumin

1-1/2 teaspoon curry powder

1-1/2 teaspoon chili powder

8 medium size flour or corn tortillas

14 ounces tilapia filets

In a small bowl mix cumin, curry, and chili

Pour oil into a skillet and preheat on medium heat

Place fish into skillet. Sprinkle the mixture on one side of the fish

Cover and cook for 3-4 minutes

Flip, repeat steps 3 and 4

Remove from the pan, place into a bowl, and use a fork to shred

if you want warm tortillas, place tortillas into a skillet on medium-low heat.

Wait until they begin to bubble

Remove and place on paper towel-lined plate

Divide fish and slaw onto the tortillas and enjoy!

Correspondences

Cabbage: Protection, money

Mayonnaise: Protection

Lime: Divination, Healing

Apple Cider Vinegar: Purification, cleansing

Cayenne Pepper: Protection

Black Pepper: Protection, banishing

Oil: Luck, wisdom

Cumin: Love, Protection

Curry: Protection

Chili: Banishment, Protection

Tilapia: Fertility, rebirth

1 gallon of filtered water

2 teaspoons Cinnamon

A sprig of saffron

2-1/2 pounds of honey

1/2 cake yeast

2 teaspoons ginger

5 WHOLE cloves

2 capfuls rosewater

12 ounces of fruit or juice

Bring water to a slow boil with all of the herbs to make a tea

Add Honey until dissolved, then add fruit or juice

Cover tightly and boil for 15 minutes

Dissolve yeast in warm water

Cool to room temperature and add yeast water

Cover with a towel for two days

Strain and bottle.

Source: A Victorian Grimoire

Correspondence:

Water: Life, blessing, renewal

Cinnamon: Success, healing, purification, clairvoyance

Saffron: Love, patience

Honey: Wealth, fertility, love

Yeast: Growth, patience

Ginger: Aphrodisiac, love spell

Cloves:  Divination, exorcism, love, spiritual purification.

Lughnasadh is often a holiday I forget about until it's the day of. Well, this year, I hope that you all do better than me with a list of things to do!

I am compiling my own resources and will be adding to this post up until Lughnasadh

BC - Broom Closet Friendly

KF- Kid Friendly

DF- Dorm Friendly

*- May need modifications to fit

1 14.5 ounce can diced tomatoes with green chilies, drained

2 11 ounce cans Mexican corn, drained

1 15.5 ounce can black beans, drained and rinsed

1/3 of a medium sweet onion, finely chopped

2 tablespoons lime juice

1-1/2 teaspoons chili powder

Chop the onion and place in a bowl

Add lime juice, let sit for 5 minutes

Open and drained canned goods, and combine

Add chili powder

Refrigerate 30 minutes

Serve with tortilla chips

Source: Llewellyn's 2019 Sabbats Almanac

Correspondence:

Tomato: Health, money, protection, love

Corn: Fertility, Protection, Luck, Divination, Prosperity

Black Beans: Making important decisions

Onion: Dispel Anger

Lime: Divination, Healing