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Lemon Syrup

Lemons- happiness, vitality, friendship, rejuvenation, clarity, cleansing, healing, protection, solar energy.

Sugar- sweetness in life, happiness, attraction.

You'll need enough lemons to make 1/2 cup of squeezed lemon juice. For me, that was 3 lemons.

Before juicing them, separate the zest (the bright yellow part of the peel, not the white pith underneath, which will make your syrup bitter).

Then juice the lemons, and add to a pot with 3/4 to 1 cup of white sugar.

Let it boil, and once it does, reduce the boil to a simmer for 10 minutes. If you think the syrup is not thick enough, add more sugar.

Add the zest and turn off the heat entirely. Once it has cooled, strain it to remove all the zest and any pulp. Don't leave the zest in the syrup, even if it looks aesthetically appealing, because it'll turn bitter.

Keep it covered and chilled and it can keep up to a year. You can add it to teas, cocktails, use it for lemonade, drizzle it on pastries, etc.

🍲 Cock-a-leeky Soup 🍲

Cock-a-Leeky soup (chicken and leek) is a really old and traditional Scottish soup. I make it with rice but you can add pearled barley instead if you want. This Scottish soup is traditionally served as the starter on Bruns night. It is delicious as an autumn and winter soup. I have to say it is really light so you might need something on the side to make it a full dinner. I love eating them with fresh warm cheddar scones.

I discovered this soup not a long time ago and I love it. It is really easy to do and really cheap as well. It makes my home smells really good!

🔮Magical correspondences🔮

This soup can be made to attract protection and love. In any case, if you to attract stir your soup clockwise. I like to bless my ingredients before I start cooking and also I light a white candle and meditate a few breath on the intention I want to infuse when cooking.

Leek: protection, love

Onion: protection, lust

Thyme: Love

🍲 Cock-a-Leeky 🍲

Preparation: 10 minutes

Cooking: about 1 hour

4 portions

Ingredients:

1 chicken breast

1L vegetable broth or chicken broth

1 big leek (or 2 medium size ones) cut in thin slivers

1 onion cut in thin cubes

2 thym sprigs

6 dry prunes cut in small cubes

50g dry rice (about 1/3 cup)

20g butter (about 2tbsp)

1 glass of dry white wine (optional)

Recipe:

Bring the broth (and the wine) to a boil, add the chicken and let it simmer.

Cook the leek and onion in a pan with the butter and the thyme on medium-low heat for about 15 minutes or until they are transparent, tender and smell really good

Pour the vegetables into the broth with the chicken. Let it simmer for about 30 minutes

Take the chicken breast out of the broth and shred it in fine pieces than put it back to the soup

Add the rice and the dry prunes and let it simmer for 15 minutes

Enjoy!

Notes:

It will last a couple of days in a air tight container in the fridge.

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Chicken Noodles

Roasted Pepper Ravioli 

Butternut Squash and Mushroom Noodle Bowl

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Sergeant Angua’s Vegetable Stew with Dumplings

Forest Porridge

 Stuffed Pumpkins

Spinach and Mushroom Calzones

Mashed Potato Bowls

Orzo with Caramelized Fall Vegetables and Ginger

Yet Another Ghibli Inspired Vegetable Soup

Vegan Mushroom, “Beef”, and Onion Hand Pies

Warming Autumn Soup

My all time favorite season is just around the corner, so I figured with all these soup recipes floating around that I’d post my own! I make this all the time when it’s cold, and the leftovers are amazing too. Feel free to adjust the ingredients to your liking.

Ingredients:

2 cups of water

2 cups of chicken stock

2 cans of cream of chicken

¾ Cup of milk 

3 Bay leaves

1 tablespoon of pepper

1 tablespoon salt

1 Tablespoon Rosemary

1 Tablespoon Basil

1 Tablespoon Oregano

1 Tablespoon Sage

You can substitute the above ingredients with dried herbs/seasonings or just use 2 tablespoons of italian seasoning

1 Cup of carrots cut into circles

2 cups of yellow or red (or both) potatoes

½ Cup of green beans

½ Cup of corn

4 cloves of diced garlic

½ cup of diced onions

2 large chicken breasts cut up into bite size pieces

Steps:

First cook the chicken pieces until they’re white both inside and out! You do this by boiling it, cooking it in a pan, baking, however you want! Feel free to season it a bit if you want to add more flavor to the meat, but it’s not required at this step!

While the chicken is cooking (I usually boil or Pan cook my chicken) go ahead and prepare your vegetables. Since this is a witchy stew, I like to ground myself and think happy thoughts while I’m doing this step. I always wish for whoever I’m making this soup for enjoys it and feels great afterwards. If you have those little bento veggie cutter shapes this would be a great time to use them!

Once this is done, get a large pot ready and put it on the stove at high heat. Go ahead and add in your water, herbs, chicken stock, veggies, seasonings, and cooked chicken, then cover with a lid. You could cook the chicken at this part, but I just like to cook if beforehand because you can never be too careful when cooking chicken. Beef is okay rare and stuff, but poultry HAS to be cooked all the way through or you could easily get sick. Stir occasionally.

Now you can just sit here and chill, maybe say a chant if you’d like while you wait for the veggies to cook. This should take about 20-25 minutes for them all to be cooked through. Honestly this is my favorite part because the house just smells amazing while it’s all cooking. 

Once it’s done turn the heat down to low-medium and wait for it to stop boiling before you add in your cream of chicken and milk. I do this part last because any other time I add it these two ingredients in it always turns out with the milk curdling or getting weird. 

I add in the cream of chicken to give it a little extra thickness. 1 can for semi-thickness and 2 for super good thickness. Add in however much you like. Now just sit there and put it on low completely with the lid on, stirring occasionally, until it’s all mixed in and nice and thick.

And tada! It’s done and now you have some delicious soup for the chilly days and nights. when Autumn rolls around this year I’m gonna try and make some homemade bread to go with it. If I do I’ll post or link the recipe on this blog.

I hope you enjoyed this recipe.

(Updated and changed a few things cuz it’s been up for about 2 years now)

heart warming potato soup

- 🌿🍲🐌🍄✨

this soup.. is a cure all. break up? bad day? lazy day? rainy day? stormy day? repressed all your feelings for too long and now they’re coming to the surface far too rapidly to get a grasp on and this was all you could manage to pour yourself into as some form of healing spellwork.. day? try this soup! aha

originally when i made this i was slugging around the kitchen throwing sh*t in the pot but i think i retained enough to slap a recipe together so here goes!

[ potato soup ]

• 2 medium yukon golds (or 3 small)

• salt

• thyme

• pepper

• 1/4 sm onion

• 2-3 cloves of garlic

• butter

• flour

• 1 tbs sour cream

• handful of sharp cheddar

[ steps ]

cube up and boil your potatoes in some salted water, throw some thyme and pepper in the water too, do the toothpick/fork thing and when it’s time to strain save maybe a cup of the liquid for later, throw the potatoes back into the pot a sec to sautee up with your onion and garlic and some butter for a sec, just enough to infuse the flavour

chuck it into a food processor or blender to get it smooth with about 2 tbs of butter or substitute and however much of that reserved liquid it takes to get it just smooth enough to blend nice

now! get your butter and flour and make a little roux real quick, just adds a nice texture and flavour density to the soup but you could omit, from here stir in your potato sludge and more liquid as needed to reach your desired consistency

add a little more salt pepper and thyme, maybe some more garlic powder if it needs it, stir in a handful or so of sharp cheddar and about a tbs of sour cream; ofc you can omit or sub both of these if you’re vegan/lactose, let the soup simmer and serve up with a sprinkle of thyme and/or fresh cracked pepper :)

BOJACK HORSEMAN //

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Literally just romanticize your own life. What’s stopping you. Who will care. Commit to enjoying things. 

SPIRITED AWAY / 千と千尋の神隠し 2001 | dir. hayao miyazaki.

hawyee😔

Kinda need a break from everything in life.

Bioluminescence | jordan_robins

Location: Jervis Bay, Australia

finished my halloween costume

I reach into my garbage can and locate my trash child.

Nursery Rhyme Curses:

A Gift of Ill Luck:

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Little Betty Pringle, she had a pig,

It was not very little, and not very big;

When he was alive he lived in clover,

But now he’s dead, and that’s all over.

Johnny Pringle, he sat down and cried,

Betty Pringle she laid down and died;

So there was an end

Of one, two, and three,

Johnny Pringle, He,

Betty Pringle, She,

And Piggy Wiggie.

————————————————————

Curse of Isolation:

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There were two birds sitting on a stone,

One flew away, and then there was one,

The other flew after, and then there was none,

And so the poor stone was left all alone,

Fa, la, la, la, lal, de (between each verse).

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Curse of Temporary Isolation:

————————————————————

(Begin with the prior verse)

One of these little birds back again flew,

The other came after, and then there were two,

Says one to the other, Pray how do you do,

Very well, thank you, and pray how are you,

Fal de ral–al de ral–laddy (between each verse).

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To Disband a Group:

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There were three crows sat on a stone,

Fal la, la la lal de.

Two flew away, and then there was one,

The other crow finding himself alone,

He flew away, and then there was none,

Fal la, la la lal de.

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Stealing Prosperity:

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Bessy Bell and Mary Gray,

They were two bonny lasses;

They built their house upon the lea,

And covered it with rushes.

Bessy kept the garden gate,

And Mary kept the pantry;

Bessy always had to wait,

While Mary lived in plenty.

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Curse to Vain a Person’s Efforts, to cause Failure:

————————————————————

A carrion crow sat on an oak,

Watching a tailor shape his cloak;

Wife, bring me my old bent bow,

That I may shoot yon carrion crow;

The tailor shot, and missed his mark,

And shot his sow quite through the heart;

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To counter or to remedy:

(The final two lines are as follows:)

————————————————————Wife! bring brandy in a spoon,

For our old sow is in a swoon;————————————————————

Take a bit of brandy, and add a signature ingredient that’s only purpose is to mean “end” “Stop” “undo”. It will serve as a figurative signiture so that not just anyone can reverse by drinking.

Speak the lines and, if you so desire, also a simple verbal healing charm.

Feed to victim.

A Diminishing Curse:

To be used against a someone, or some act of them, or any inadimate quality you wish to be rid of. For best effect, use during a waning moon.

———————————————————

Jerry Hall,

He is so small,

A rat could eat him,

Hat and all.

———————————————————

The way I would do this is to bake some confection In the shape of a rat, and inscribe the name of ‘thing’ onto it. Then eat it all.

Curse of Illusion- to make one Disregard Something:

———————————————————

Pretty John Watts,

We are troubled with rats,

Will you drive them out of the house?

We have mice, too, in plenty,

That feast in the pantry,

But let them stay

And nibble away,

What harm in a little brown mouse?

———————————————————

Note: many of these would do well to be used with a poppet or surrogate.

tragicgirls.co

Hey Hay!

today will be a good day. i need today to be a good day. give me a saving grace after two bad weeks

shoutout to visibly psychotic people

psychotics who dont want to hide their symptoms

psychotics who cant even if they want to

psychotics who twitch

psychotics who talk to themselves

psychotics who have obviously disorganized speech

psychotics who have obviously disorganized ways of acting

psychotics who are paranoid they’re being obviously psychotic

psychotics who are called freaks for being symptomatic

psychotics who are unaware when they’re in psychotic episodes

here to my psychotic siblings who cant hide it

Less talked about parts of depression and some self care tips -sleeping in trash. Around it. Water bottles soda cans empty bowls everywhere. Tips: have a friend come over, ask for accountability and maybe some help with cleaning up. Even just taking three cans when you go downstairs will make a difference.

-not showering for days maybe weeks, not shaving but wanting to. Tips: nice smelling preferably herbal perfume. Its actually quite calming. Using a wet rag or wipes. I sometimes shave in the car or outside while I’m smoking a cigarette. Combined with the wipes it makes me feel like I actually did something good for myself. Nice smelling lotion is an amazing pick me up.

-Bad acne Tips: they have nice herbal face wipes at places like cvs for 4-5$. I have mugwort ones and it’s worked wonders for my skin and I can do it anywhere.

-not brushing teeth for weeks. Tips: mouth wash helps a lot. Even keep an empty water bottle you can spit it into in your room if it gets that extreme. They also have mini tooth brushes for sale, have a water bottle for rinsing.

-Water sucks, coffee and soda is therapeutic but incredibly unhealthy. Tips: try to drink even at least half a water bottle, especially since summer is coming. Put a lemon in it even, that’s how my sister and I got started on trying to drink more water. OH when you go to a restaurant get a water first, knowing you can always ask for soda after you drink it. I would drink all the water as I’d get bored while waiting for food, consequently making myself not thirsty for soda after.

Socializing: friends can be a great source of accountability. Even though it’s hard try to tell them what’s going on, and how much your struggling. Ask them to even just come over and take a nap, or have them drag you out of the house. Isolation makes it worse, especially if you stay in your room on the weekends. Even bringing your laptop or phone outside and do what you usually do out there helps. Walk to the corner store, buy a nice drink or snack. Whatever you need.

-medication. Missing it because it’s all the way downstairs. Tips: get a weekday container for it. Fill it up once a week and keep it in your room. Easy to get to, even easier to take instead of opening all the med bottles. If you get suicidal after missing a dose even three days after, remind yourself it’s because you missed a dose and the feeling will pass.

These aren’t permanent solutions, of course, but lemme be real when I first started doing these things it really helped to open me up to even better self care. It took a bit but without these tips I just got even worse and more complacent. OK lov u all message me if ur struggling I get it feel free to add more tips and reblog

hey kids I just want to remind people that of you have a friend / child with delusions, don’t encourage them- jokingly or not. My main delusion is that I can see the future and I’ve told my psychologist, only to have her reply “ha ha, maybe you can!” Which, let me tell you, made the next few days MUCH worse. When I told my mother, she joked that I should “remember to buy her a lottery ticket!” which had about the same effect. Don’t encourage people’s delusions. Don’t give wake-up calls unless asked to, but DON’T encourage the delusions.

i love all girls in both a supportive way and a gay way

right now you might be in a situation that you think you won’t survive, but six months ago you were in a situation that you didn’t think you’d survive, and two years before that you were in a situation you didn’t think you’d survive, and the point is: you will always surprise yourself and you will always make it through.

Found a trash panda taking a rest on my deck last night

Person: smoking kills

Me: I hope so

Person: what?

Me: what??