Showing posts with label monday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label monday. Show all posts

Monday, September 20, 2010

The Moon's Foods

The following foods are ruled by the moon and are useful for stimulating your psychic awareness. They are also utilized in healing, purification, promoting sleep, love, friendships, spirituality, fertility, peace and compassion.

Blueberry
Broccoli
Brussels Sprouts
Butter
Cabbage
Cauliflower
Chickweed
Coconut
Cucumber
Egg
Grape
Grapefruit
Ice cream
Lemon
Lentil
Lettuce
Melon
Milk and milkshakes
Mushroom
Omelet
Papaya
Passion fruit
Poppy
Potato
Pumpkin
Seaweed
Souffle
Soup
Soy
Watermelon
White whine
Yogurt

Ideas:

Pumpkin pie smoothie - Mix 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice, 1 cup pureed pumpkin, 3/4 cup vanilla soy milk and some ice cubes in your blender

Mushroom soup or a mushroom omelet

Lentil or potato soup

A salad with lettuce, cucumbers, cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower dressed with lemon juice and olive oil

Sushi

Source for foods: Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Wicca in the Kitchen

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Cooking by Days of the Week - Monday

This comes from Patricia Telesco's book, A Kitchen Witch's Cookbook.

Monday - Originally known as Moon's Day. Cooking on Monday will improve magicks for creativity, insight, maternal nature and Goddess-related efforts.

Good foods to eat are mushrooms, for moon magick, and potatoes, for grounding. Here, then, is a recipe for potato-mushroom gratin, courtesy of epicurious.com

Potato-Mushroom Gratin

Ingredients:
5 Tbsp olive oil, divided
2 1/2 pounds Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and cut length-wise into 1/8"-thick slices
1 1/2 tsp coarse Kosher salt, plus extra for the mushrooms
3/4 tsp ground black pepper, plus additional for mushrooms
1 1/4 cups heavy whipping cream, divided
1 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese (approx. 3 oz), divided
2 Tbsp chopped fresh thyme
6 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
12 oz fresh crimini mushrooms, sliced

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 F. Oil a 13x9x2 glass baking dish with 2 Tbsp oil. Arrange 1/3 of the potatoes so they overlap. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Pour 1/3 cream over; sprinkle with 1/4 cup cheese. Repeat layering 2 more times. Bake uncovered until potatoes are tender, adding additional cream by tablespoonfuls if dry, about 45 minutes. Remove from oven; maintain oven temperature.

Sprinkle thyme and garlic slices over gratin. Toss mushrooms in a medium bowl with 3 Tbsp oil; sprinkle on salt and pepper. Arrange mushroom slices atop gratin around the edge of the dish. Drizzle with 1/4 cup cream; sprinkle with 1/4 cup cheese. Continue to bake uncovered until mushrooms are tender and potato edges are golden brown, about 20 minutes longer.