Week 4
Hello everyone,
Now I am not a fan of sweet potatoes per say, but my kids love them, so….. If I can get them to eat healthy so, be it. For me even though this is not a long process of prep and cooking I would make a dish like this on the weekend as a nice sit down from the hard work week of craziness to just enjoy their company. So, enjoy. 😊
Main dish -
Sweet Potato baked pasta with hazelnut brown butter.
FOR THE PASTA
1 ½ lbs. of a large tubular type of pasta like maybe a rigatoni
4 tbsp of butter
4 cloves of garlic
2 – 15oz cans of sweet potato puree
1 cup heavy cream
¾ tsp salt
½ tsp fresh nutmeg (I used dried)
2 cups of Parmesan cheese (of course I used more cheese)
FOR THE BROWN BUTTER
4 tbsp of butter
½ cup chopped hazelnuts, toasted
2 cloves garlic thinly sliced (I used minced)
¼ tsp salt
¼ tsp fresh chopped sage leaves
Pinch of fresh nutmeg (I did not add more nutmeg)
1. NUTMEG - IS A WONDERFUL ITEM, IT HELPS WITH ASTRAL MEDITATION IF BURNED AS AN INCSENSE, THEN IF YOU HAVE AS AN ESSESTIAL OIL YOU CAN USE THIS IN SPELL WORK, (BUT PLESE BE CAREFUL WITH USING THIS AS PART OF AN ESSETIAL OIL ON THE SKIN, IT CAN BE AN ALLERGIC REACTION WAITING TO HAPPEN) THIS INGREDIENT IS ALSO USED IN A LOT OF RITUAL CAKES AND DESSERTS.
2. SWEET POTATOES - ARE ALSO A WONDERFUL MAGICAL PURPOSE. THEY AID WITH FRIENDSHIP, HARMONY, GROUNDING, NURTURING, AND MY FAVORITE INSPIRING LOVE.
3. SALT - AS WE KNOW HELPS OUT WITH GIVING OUR SACRED SPACE WHEN DOING SPELL WORK THAT EXTRA BOOST WE NEED, BUT DID YOU KNOW IT ALSO HELPS WITH BANISHING, CREATING SPELLS, BRINGING BEAUTY AND PROTECTION, AND HARMONY. SO, DEPENDING ON THE SALT COLOR AND USE YOU HAVE SALT IS A WONDERFUL TOOL FOR US WITCHES.
4. SAGE - WELL WHAT CAN I SAY ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL TOOL. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE SAGE. I USE SAGE OF MANY FORMS IN MY PRACTICE FROM SMUDGING, TO MEDITATION, TO CLEANSING MY CRYSTALS, TO AIDING IN HELP OF MY AXENITY, BUT DID YOU KNOW THAT SAGE HAS BEEN A SACRED HERB FOR SO MANY CULTURES FOR SO LONG IN THE EFFECTS IT GIVES IN THE HEALING OF LOST ONES, HELPING TO BANISH UNWANTED LOVE, WITH WISDOM AND GROWTH OF YOUR SPIRIT AND AS WELL AS HELPING WITH THE PROTECTION OF MENTAL DISTRUBANCE OF NIGHTMARES.
5. HAZELNUTS – IS BEST KNOWN FOR KNOWLEDGE, LUCK AND PROTECTION, FERITILITY
DIRECTIONS:
**** SIDE NOTE**** WITH THIS RECIPE I HAVE LIT MY CANDLE AND ASK THAT MY GUIDES COME TO COOK WITH ME. WHY YOU ASK WELL FOR ME THIS MEAL REMINDS ME OF MY ANCESTORS MORE THEN MOST. SO, I FOUND A SMALL CANDLE THAT SMELLED LIKE HONEY. NOW I AM NOT A FAN OF HONEY BUT ONE OF MY GUIDES LOVED AND SMELLS LIKE HONEY WHEN SHE IS WITH ME. SO IN HER MEMORY, I WOULD LIGHT THIS CANDLE WHEN I COOKED IT. I WOULD ASK THAT SHE BRINGS ME THE PEACE, THE LOVE, THE CLARITY, THE PROTECTION, THE SAFETY AND THE HARMONY THAT THIS MEAL WILL BRING TO ME. I THANK HER WITH ALL OF THE BLESSINGS SHE COULD GIVE AND I START THE COOKING. I DO HAVE MUSIC GOING BUT NOTHING TO BOUNCY AS I CALL IT. IT IS MORE OF A RAIN OVER THE OCEAN OR A RAIN OVER A TIN ROOF OR A RAIN IN THE RAIN FOREST TYPE OF RECIPE. SOMETHING TO JUST RELAXES YOU AND ENJOY THE HEAVYNESS BUT THE FRESHNESS OF THE FOOD****
1. Cook the pasta per the directions of the package. When almost ready to drain take about a cup of the pasta water out and save to the side.
2. You want to preheat your oven to 325 degrees.
3. Now here you are going to take 4 tbsp of the butter and add to a large skillet adding the garlic and stirring clockwise until that nice garlic smell starts so about 1 to 2 mins.
4. Add your sweet potato puree, heavy cream, salt, and nutmeg and bring it all together so it is somewhat thick
5. You now want to stir in all but 1 tbsp of the Parmesan cheese in the sauce to melt removing from the heat so that it does not burn.
6. Add the pasta in mixing all the sauce with the pasta, add the extra water if it seems like it is too thick but only in small doses at a time.
7. Now you want to make the brown butter in a small pot (or your cauldron)
8. Melt the butter on medium heat, adding slowly the hazelnuts, garlic, salt, and nutmeg.
9. Stirring quickly so that the butter will melt but not burn. You want the garlic and hazelnut to be a golden color.
10. Once the butter is done you want to take your pasta and transfer it to a baking dish add the brown butter you just made and mix it all together
11. Add the remaining cheese, and sage.
12. Place in the oven for maybe 5 to 10 minutes to just get that nice little toast on your pasta and the cheese.
SIDE DISH –
Roasted root veggies
6 small purple potatoes (about 2 lbs.) cut into thick wedges 1 to 2 inches thick
4 small sweet potatoes (about 1.5 lbs.) cut into thick wedges 1 to 2 inches thick
2 small red onions cut into thick wedges 1 to 2 inches thick
2 small yellow squash, these should be seedless when cooking them and you want to cut them into 1-to-2-inch thickness as well.
4 tbsp of olive oil
2 tbsp of coriander seeds smashed
1 tsp cumin seeds
Salt and pepper to taste
½ lemon
2 tbsp of honey
Chopped parsley or cilantro
1. CORIANDER SEEDS HAVE BEEN USED IN LOVE SPELL, HELPING TO INCREASE THE INCENSE WORK AS WELL FOR YOUR SPELL WORK, HELP WITH FERTILITY WORK, IT CAN ALSO HEIGHTEN YOUR PSYCHIC ABILITIES AS WELL.
2. CUMIN SEEDS HAVE BEEN LINKED TO HELP WITH PROTECTION AND HELPING IN RELATIONSHIP SPELLS, IT HELPS BY KEEPING NEGATIVE ENERGIES AWAY DEPENDING ON YOUR SPELL WORK, IT ALSO HAS WONDERFUL PROPERTIES WITH THE DIGESTION AS WELL.
3. HONEY- NOW AS I HAVE SAID I AM NOT A FAN OF HONEY, BUT THE THINGS HONEY CAN DO FOR YOU MAGIC WISE. IT CAN HOLD THINGS TOGETHER, HELPING IN THE DREAM PROCESS, CLEANSING AND CLEARING NEGATIVE ENERGY, HELPS WITH SOOTHING NERVES AND AXENITY, HELPS WITH RELAXATION OF YOUR SPIRIT, HELP WITH LOVE, AND BEAUTY. (MIGHT BE THE REASON ONE OF MY GUIDES LOVES IT SO MUCH)
4. PARSLEY – LOVE, LUST AND WELL SO MUCH OF THE NAUGHTY THINGS WE LOVE. IT HELPS WITH CERTAIN CRYSTALS FOR HEALING AND GOOD LUCK.
5. IF YOU DECIDE TO USE CILANTRO INSTEAD OF PARSLEY, CILANTRO IS ALSO A WONDERFUL TOOL IN THE WORLD OF MAGIC IT BRINGS PEACE, PROTECTION AND LOVE, IT CAN BE USED TO WARD OF NEGATIVE ENERGY OR USED TO HELP WITH DIFFERENT SPELL WORK.
6. LEMONS – SO LEMONS ARE A UNIQUE ONE BESIDES USING LEMONS IN CERTAIN SPELL WORK, YOU CAN ALSO USE TO HELP BALANCE WITH THE SOLAR PLEXUS CHAKRA, YOU CAN USE FOR DESSERTS OF LOVE, FRIENDSHIP.
DIRECTIONS
1. Since your oven was at 325 you will have to bump it up to 425 now for this.
2. You want to get a large mixing bowl big enough for all the veggies to go in a bowl and you want to take your olive oil, coriander seeds, cumin seed, salt and pepper and mix it all up using your hands.
3. You now want to separated the veggies in to two baking dishes and cook for about 20 to 30 mins or till tender. Once done then take out and squeeze the lemon juice over them and add the honey to it gently tossing it so not to smash the veggies and then serve while warm adding the parsley or cilantro if desired.