Samhain: Rituals, Recipes & Lore for Halloween (Llewellyn's Sabbat Essentials) by Llewellyn & Diana Rajchel

Author:Llewellyn & Diana Rajchel [Rajchel, Diana]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: rituals, sabbat, s sabbat essentials, samhain, sabbats series, sabbats essentials, sabbat essentials, spells, halloween, sabbats, sabbat series, lore, diana rachel, llewellyn&#39
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD.
Published: 2015-09-01T05:00:00+00:00

Samhain has such rich visual and sensual themes that some people don’t want to put the skeletons back in their closet when it’s over! If you prefer gothic motifs for your home, this is certainly the season to shop. If you’re someone who prefers to change decor to reflect the seasons, take advantage of Halloween’s commercial popularity, whether you go ready-made or handmade. You can grab the last of the late harvest foods for your ancestral meal and stock up on black candles and no one will think twice about any cackling as you do it! While Halloween may have a reputation for all the sugar highs, there are plenty of traditional dishes that allow you to sidestep the excess sweetness and embrace the season.

Recipes

The last of the harvest comes in just before Samhain. The dishes of Samhain are often an effort to use up the food that did not get preserved and to make the most of fresh food while you can. Kale, apples, nuts, and grains form the flavor of rich Halloween traditions.

Kale Chips

Kale, in recent years, has become a health food darling. It is also integral to Samhain—it still grows late into the fall—should you sneak into someone’s yard and steal a kale stalk to see what kind of person you might marry, you might as well eat it when done!

Just because kale is healthy does not mean you can’t enjoy it. This recipe poses it as a replacement for the potato chip. It may take a few tries as you figure out at what temperature your oven plays best with the plant, but once you master that, you can revel in the happy crunch of a well-toasted leaf.

Ingredients:

1 bunch of kale

2 tablespoons olive or sunflower oil

Sea salt, to season to taste

Preheat your oven to 275°F. Thoroughly wash the kale, then remove the center stem (also called the rib), and cut leaves into 1 inch or larger pieces. You may wish to blot any excess water. Toss in a bowl with the oil until the kale has an even coating. Sprinkle with sea salt. Bake for 10 minutes or until crisp, then flip over and bake the other side.

Serve hot or cold. Another option is to flavor the chips with a favorite spice mix before baking.

Baked Apples

Apples are everywhere at Samhain, used in games such as bobbing and biting, for apple peel divinations, and for pulling apart in tests of strength.

Ingredients:

Apples, cored—one for each person you are serving

1 tablespoon maple syrup (per apple)

1 tablespoon raisins (per apple)

1 teaspoon allspice, cinnamon, or ground cloves (per apple)

Set the cored apples in a ramekin or glass dish on a microwave safe plate. In a bowl, mix the raisins, maple syrup, and spices until evenly distributed. Fill the apple. Microwave on high for 2 minutes per apple.

If using an oven: Preheat oven to 375°F. Bake filled apples in a glass dish or in individual cups for 10 to 13 minutes.

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