Hi, my loves and welcome to WiccaNow. I’ve been covering some of the Sabbat recently, like these posts on Imbolc, Imbolc symbols and Imbolc altars as well as this post on Samhain. I’ve also started talking about Ostara, and I’ve shared my favourite ritual along with some fun altar decorations for you to try out. Today I want to share a little more about the Spring Equinox by sharing my favourite Ostara recipes!
For me Ostara is all about creating balance, stimulating joy, allowing myself space to foster creativity and new ideas or dreams and enjoying the start of the warmer seasons that are coming. I like to celebrate by watching the sunrise; although I have to admit that there have been occasions when I haven’t managed to make it out of bed because I am definitely not a morning person.
When I celebrate, I like to make a picnic-style brunch/lunch/dinner. I say brunch/lunch/dinner because you can make the same sorts of recipes for all 3 meals. There is something really frivolous and fun (’tis the season after all) about having a picnic on your living room floor at 10pm, eating ricotta pikelets covered in jam and cream while sipping a Pimms cup without a care in the world. I would recommend this to anyone, release your inner child and roll with it!
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Ostara Recipes
Below are a selection of my favourite Ostara recipes. They are in no particular order and you can make any or all of them. As I said, picnic-style is really fun, and if the weather is nice you can even head out to the park for an outdoor picnic. If not, move your furniture to the side, find a blanket, grab your picnic basket and get ready to camp out on the living room/bedroom floor! Build a fort if you want, watch a movie (I can recommend anything by Studio Ghibli for this occasion), play some board games or do something that reminds you of being a carefree, playful child.
Ostara recipe #1 Devilled Eggs
This is a super dividing dish. I think either you love them or you hate them. They definitely fit Ostara though, hence why they’re on the list. This recipe makes 12 portions. Scale it up or down depending on how many people you have to feed. If you want to make these extra festive, soak the boiled eggs in the juice from a tin of beetroot overnight. They go a super pretty pink colour.
Ingredients
- 6 organic eggs
- 3 tbsp mayonnaise
- 1 ½ tsp dijon mustard
- 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
- 2 tbsp finely chopped chives
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Paprika to garnish
Method
- Hard boil your eggs. Depending on the size of your eggs, the time will change a little. For small eggs, 9 minutes should do it and for large eggs, it can take as long as 15 minutes. I normally do mine for around 12, I hate when they get grey yolks so I try to avoid this with the shorter boiling time. Allow the eggs to cool then peel and ½ them. If you want pink eggs, boil the eggs a day ahead and soak them (whole) in the juice from a tin of beetroot overnight.
- Scoop the yolks out of the eggs.
- Mash the yolks together with the mayo, mustard, vinegar, chives and salt and pepper. If you prefer your eggs a little spicy, you could add a small dash of tabasco here too.
- Scoop or pipe the yolk mixture back into the hardboiled egg whites.
- Sprinkle a little paprika on top for extra colour.
- Enjoy!
Ostara Recipe #2 Jalapeno Scones
Scones are such a traditional picnic food! This is one of my favourite Ostara recipes, the pickled jalapenos add a great kick and I always make them small enough that you can have at least 2.
Ingredients
- 280g flour
- 15g baking powder
- 3g salt
- 120g cold butter, cut into small cubes
- 190mL milk
- 120g sharp cheddar, grated (I’ve had the wrong type of cheese many times, use what you have if you don’t have cheddar).
- 75g feta cheese
- 100g pickled jalapenos, roughly chopped
- Pepper
Method
- Preheat the oven to 200 celsius.
- Sieve the flour and baking powder together and add the salt.
- Add the butter to the flour and cut it in with a pastry cutter. You can also do this in the food processor if you have one. I don’t actually own a pastry cutter, so I use 2 knives instead, which also works. Mix until all the butter is in small pieces and the flour is starting to look crumbly. Try not to use your hands as you don’t want to warm the butter too much.
- Add ¾ of the grated…
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