Intention-Setting Recipes: Kitchen Spells for Every Need

Kitchen spells are simply intentional recipes—dishes crafted not just for nutrition but for magical purpose. Each recipe combines ingredients chosen for their correspondences, techniques that direct energy, and intentions infused throughout the cooking process.

These recipes provide a starting point. Feel free to modify them based on your needs, available ingredients, and personal practice. The most powerful kitchen magic is what you create yourself.

Before You Begin: Kitchen Spell Basics

Setting Up:

• Clean your kitchen (physical cleanliness supports magical cleanliness)
• Set your intention clearly in your mind
• Light a candle if that’s part of your practice
• Take three centering breaths
• State your intention aloud or silently

While Cooking:

• Maintain focus on your intention
• Stir clockwise to draw in, counterclockwise to banish
• Add ingredients with awareness of their properties
• Visualize your intention manifesting
• Consider singing, chanting, or speaking your intention

Completing the Spell:

• A final statement of intention when plating
• Eat mindfully, taking in the magic
• Express gratitude for the food and the magic

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Love and Relationships

Rose-Vanilla Love Tea

For attracting love or sweetening existing relationships

Correspondences:

• Rose: Love, beauty, psychic powers
• Vanilla: Love, mental powers
• Honey: Love, sweetness, attraction
• Cinnamon: Love, success

Ingredients:

• 2 cups water
• 1 tablespoon dried rose petals (food-grade)
• 1 teaspoon dried hibiscus (optional, for color)
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Cinnamon stick
• Honey to taste

Method:

1. Heat water while visualizing loving energy filling it

2. Add rose petals and hibiscus, saying: “Rose of love, flower of Venus, Bring sweet love between us”

3. Add cinnamon stick, stirring clockwise (drawing love in)

4. Steep for 5-7 minutes

5. Strain, add vanilla and honey while stirring clockwise

6. Drink while visualizing love flowing into your life

Best Timing: Friday (Venus day), waxing to full moon

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Honey-Cinnamon Love Pancakes

For sweetening a relationship or romantic breakfast

Correspondences:

• Honey: Love, attraction, binding
• Cinnamon: Love, success, warmth
• Eggs: Fertility, new beginnings
• Vanilla: Love, mental clarity
• Strawberries: Love, luck

Ingredients:

• 1 cup flour
• 1 egg
• 1 cup milk
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• Fresh strawberries for serving
• Additional honey for drizzling

Method:

1. Mix dry ingredients, thinking of the love you wish to cultivate

2. Create a well and add egg—as you break it, visualize breaking through barriers to love

3. Add milk and honey, stirring clockwise, saying: “Sweet and warm, love take form”

4. Add vanilla and stir clockwise

5. Cook pancakes, imagining each one as a circle of love

6. Serve with strawberries arranged in a heart shape

7. Drizzle honey in a clockwise spiral

8. Share with someone you love, or eat while focused on self-love

Best Timing: Friday, full moon

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Prosperity and Abundance

Money-Drawing Basil Pesto

For attracting wealth and abundance

Correspondences:

• Basil: Wealth, love, protection
• Pine nuts: Money, fertility
• Garlic: Protection (protects the wealth you attract)
• Olive oil: Prosperity, peace
• Parmesan: Abundance

Ingredients:

• 2 cups fresh basil leaves
• 1/3 cup pine nuts
• 3 cloves garlic
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1/2 cup parmesan
• Salt to taste

Method:

1. As you wash basil, say: “Sacred basil, plant of kings, Wealth and fortune to me bring”

2. In mortar and pestle (or food processor), grind pine nuts while focusing on financial goals

3. Add garlic with intention for protection

4. Add basil leaves, grinding/processing while visualizing green money energy

5. Drizzle in olive oil, watching it become one unified substance (resources combining)

6. Add cheese and salt, mixing clockwise

7. Taste and adjust, finalizing your intention

8. Serve over pasta, on bread, or with vegetables

Best Timing: Thursday (Jupiter, expansion), waxing moon, Sunday (Sun, success)

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Golden Prosperity Soup

For sustained abundance and financial security

Correspondences:

• Sweet potato: Abundance, grounding
• Carrots: Vision, manifestation
• Ginger: Success, speed
• Turmeric: Prosperity, healing
• Coconut milk: Prosperity, lunar energy
• Cinnamon: Success, wealth

Ingredients:

• 2 large sweet potatoes, cubed
• 2 carrots, sliced
• 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, minced
• 1 teaspoon turmeric
• 1 can coconut milk
• 4 cups vegetable broth
• Cinnamon stick
• Salt and pepper

Method:

1. As you prepare vegetables, visualize golden prosperity energy

2. Sauté ginger in oil, saying: “Ginger root, speed my need, Help prosperity succeed”

3. Add vegetables and turmeric, coating in golden color

4. Add broth and cinnamon stick, stirring clockwise

5. Simmer until vegetables are soft (patience in wealth-building)

6. Blend until smooth—smooth financial path

7. Add coconut milk, stirring clockwise

8. Season, saying: “Gold of earth and gold of sun, My prosperity has begun”

Best Timing: Thursday, waxing moon, or when moon is in Taurus

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Protection and Banishing

Protection Garlic Bread

For protecting the home and those who live there

Correspondences:

• Garlic: Protection, banishing evil
• Rosemary: Protection, purification
• Butter: Nurturing protection
• Salt: Protection, purification
• Bread: Sustenance, life

Ingredients:

• 1 loaf crusty bread
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 2 tablespoons fresh rosemary, minced
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Method:

1. Soften butter, thinking of it as a shield forming

2. Mix in garlic, saying: “Garlic strong, protection true, Guard this home and all who eat you”

3. Add rosemary and salt, mixing counterclockwise (banishing negativity)

4. Slice bread and spread mixture generously

5. Before baking, draw a protective symbol in the butter if desired

6. Bake until golden—the gold color amplifies protection

7. Serve to family, protecting all who eat

Best Timing: Saturday (Saturn, boundaries), Tuesday (Mars, warrior energy), dark moon for banishing

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Banishing Black Pepper Soup

For removing negativity and unwanted influences

Correspondences:

• Black pepper: Banishing, protection
• Onion: Absorbs negativity
• Celery: Mental clarity
• Bay leaf: Protection, purification
• Lemon: Cleansing, cutting
• Salt: Purification

Ingredients:

• 2 onions, diced
• 4 celery stalks, chopped
• 2 bay leaves
• 6 cups broth
• 1 tablespoon fresh black pepper
• Juice of 1 lemon
• Salt to taste

Method:

1. Chop onions, visualizing cutting away negativity

2. Sauté onions counterclockwise, saying: “Absorb all that harms and hurts, Transform it as this onion works”

3. Add celery for clarity about what to release

4. Add bay leaves and broth

5. As soup simmers, add pepper, saying: “Pepper black, drive away, All negativity from this day”

6. Simmer for 30 minutes, stirring counterclockwise

7. Remove bay leaves, add lemon juice for cutting

8. Season with salt for final purification

9. Eat while focusing on release and cleansing

Best Timing: Saturday, waning moon, especially last quarter

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Healing and Health

Healing Chicken Soup

For physical healing and recovery

Correspondences:

• Chicken: Healing, nurturing
• Garlic: Health, protection
• Ginger: Healing, energy
• Turmeric: Healing, purification
• Lemon: Cleansing, healing
• Sage: Health, wisdom

Ingredients:

• 1 whole chicken or parts
• 6 cloves garlic
• 2 inches fresh ginger
• 1 teaspoon turmeric
• 4 carrots
• 4 celery stalks
• Fresh sage
• Lemon juice
• Salt

Method:

1. Place chicken in pot, seeing it as healing energy incarnate

2. Add garlic and ginger, saying: “Garlic and ginger, ancient healers, Restore health, remove all illness”

3. Add vegetables, turmeric, and sage

4. Cover with water and bring to boil, then simmer

5. While simmering, stir clockwise, visualizing healing energy building

6. After 2+ hours, strain broth and shred chicken

7. Add lemon juice, saying: “Golden broth of healing light, Restore strength, make wellness bright”

8. Serve to those in need of healing

Best Timing: Sunday (Sun, vitality), waxing moon for building health

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Calming Lavender Honey Milk

For peaceful sleep and anxiety relief

Correspondences:

• Milk: Nurturing, moon energy
• Lavender: Peace, calm, sleep
• Honey: Healing, sweetness
• Chamomile: Peace, calm
• Cinnamon: Warmth, comfort

Ingredients:

• 1 cup milk (any kind)
• 1/2 teaspoon dried lavender (food-grade)
• 1 chamomile tea bag or 1 teaspoon dried chamomile
• 1 tablespoon honey
• Pinch of cinnamon

Method:

1. Heat milk gently, watching it warm like comfort spreading

2. Add lavender and chamomile, saying: “Lavender and chamomile flower, Bring me peace this nighttime hour”

3. Steep for 5 minutes, stirring counterclockwise (releasing anxiety)

4. Strain herbs, add honey while saying: “Sweet and soft, my worries fade, Peaceful sleep for me is made”

5. Add cinnamon for warmth

6. Drink slowly before bed, breathing deeply between sips

Best Timing: Monday (Moon), full moon for emotional release, or anytime needed

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Success and Courage

Victory Bay Roast Chicken

For success in important endeavors

Correspondences:

• Chicken: Health, victory
• Bay leaves: Victory, success, wisdom
• Rosemary: Success, mental clarity
• Olive oil: Victory (ancient tradition)
• Lemon: Clarity, success
• Garlic: Protection of success

Ingredients:

• 1 whole chicken
• 6 bay leaves
• Fresh rosemary sprigs
• 4 cloves garlic
• 1 lemon
• Olive oil
• Salt and pepper

Method:

1. Clean chicken, visualizing preparation for victory

2. Place bay leaves under skin, saying: “Laurel leaves of victory, Crown my efforts successfully”

3. Stuff with garlic, lemon, and rosemary

4. Rub with olive oil (oil of victory), saying: “As victors were crowned with oil, Success rewards my honest toil”

5. Season with salt and pepper

6. Roast until golden and triumphant-looking

7. Rest before carving, as you rest before revealing success

8. Serve, claiming your victory

Best Timing: Sunday (Sun, success), Tuesday (Mars, victory), waxing moon

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Courage Ginger-Garlic Stir-Fry

For building courage before challenges

Correspondences:

• Ginger: Courage, power, success
• Garlic: Protection, courage
• Red pepper: Courage, passion
• Onion: Protection, strength
• Soy sauce: Success in endeavors

Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons fresh ginger, sliced
• 4 cloves garlic, sliced
• 1 red bell pepper, sliced
• 1 onion, sliced
• 1 pound protein of choice
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon sesame oil

Method:

1. Prepare all ingredients, seeing them as tools for building courage

2. Heat wok or pan until very hot (building fire energy)

3. Add ginger and garlic first, saying: “Fire of courage, burn in me, Bold and brave I choose to be”

4. Add protein, cooking with confidence

5. Add vegetables, moving quickly (decisive action)

6. Add soy sauce, stirring clockwise for success

7. Finish with sesame oil

8. Eat before the event requiring courage

Best Timing: Tuesday (Mars), first quarter moon (taking action)

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Creating Your Own Kitchen Spells

The Formula

1. Define Your Intention Be specific about what you want

2. Choose Correspondences Select 3-7 ingredients that align with your intention

3. Design the Process Consider:

• Cutting direction and style
• Stirring direction
• Cooking method
• Colors and presentation

4. Write Words of Power Create simple rhymes or statements to speak while cooking

5. Time Appropriately Consider moon phase and planetary day

6. Complete the Magic Eat mindfully, completing the spell

Your Kitchen Spell Template

Intention:

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Ingredients and Their Properties:

1. _____________ for _____________
2. _____________ for _____________
3. _____________ for _____________

Words to Speak:

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Best Timing:

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Special Techniques:

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Hearthlight’s Spell Recipe Features

Our platform helps you create and organize kitchen spells:

• Intention tagging: Organize recipes by magical purpose
• Correspondence lookup: Check properties while planning
• Timing tools: Moon phase and planetary day tracking
• Spell notes: Document results and modifications

Begin your magical cooking practice with tools designed for modern kitchen witches.