Kitchen Witchery: How to Make Every Meal Magical 

Whether you love or hate cooking, adding an element of magic while preparing your meals can not only make cooking fun but also bring you the added benefits of mindful cooking. When we say mindful cooking, it is really just about understanding the metaphysical properties to your ingredients as you prepare and make a meal. Everything has a metaphysical property behind it, whether that be fruits, vegetables, herbs and spices!

They say that, “a meal made with love always tastes better.” It’s not only a cute sentiment but in a way rings a lot of truth. When your mom or spouse makes a warm and homemade meal, every bite is filled with the knowledge your loved one poured their time and energy into making something for you. Loving energy is poured into the meal and therefore adds that energy to the food. This is just how any type of spellwork is conducted; by using the energy of yourself and the energy of your tools- in this case ingredients!

To make cooking a bit fun, think of it like potion making because in a way it quite literally is potion making. Adding thought behind each ingredient you add can be mixed together for a final goal. You can cook any dinner with the intention of good health, good fortune, love or even spiritual cleansing. Magic in the kitchen comes from the joy of not just creating a meal for the body but also for the soul.

There is a lot of heart and attentiveness that comes with cooking in general; constantly checking to make sure nothing is burning, that there is a perfect amount of each seasoning added and always a taste test to make sure everything is blending together as it should. A lot of energy goes into making a good meal you’re proud of! Every ingredient holds a purpose in the physical sense, so why not the magical?

Setting the Scene

Before any spellwork, a good cleanse is always called for! This allows a clean slate for us to draw in the energy we desire. Cleansing can be done in so many ways! Of course, the classic way most of us cleanse is by burning herbal bundles such as white sage, blue sage, cedar or rue. Dried herbs aren’t our only options though! We also love cleansing with resins such as frankincense, copal or even amber! Or, if a smoke free alternative works better for you, there are Liquid Smudge Sprays or Cedar and Sage Sprays that cleanse just as well!

Enchanting Your Tools

When you think of a typical witch’s tool, a giant dusty grimoire or maybe a table sized black cauldron may come to your mind (even those tools are totally awesome) your practical tools will do just as well! Whether it be your stir spoon or spatula or your favourite frying pan, they can all be blessed with good fortune. Enchanting or blessing an object can be done in so many different ways, some like to draw ancient runes on the handles of their cooking utensils or tie red string to the top of them- we like to anoint our tools with oils. Anointing oils can be used in so many ways even outside of the kitchen; to dress a candle, dropped in a diffuser or bath water, or even just as perfume! Protection oils can be anointed in runes, sigils or religious symbols on the body, windows, doors and so much more!

In this case, we will be using anointing our cooking utensils with any type of Blessing Oils which could also include Sweetgrass, Palo Santo or our in house blend Blessing Oil! You can drop just a little bit of oil on your pointer finger and then draw a rune, sigil, cross, pentacle or any other symbol you wish on the handles! 

Magical Ingredients

Mother Nature has gifted us with a bountiful land full of wheat, rice, vegetables and fruits and we are so lucky to be able to even grow a lot of our own food in our backyards! Even more so, we have grocery stores and farmer’s markets at our disposal! Our options are endless so it's bound to find ingredients that match what you look for to include in your meals both in taste and magic! 

Think of the two most basic ingredients for some of your most beloved recipes! What comes to mind? Maybe onion and garlic? Well, they both have amazing protection, purification and banishing properties!

Other ingredients like corn, rice and wheat are usually used in prosperity spellwork because they are foods that come in plentiful amounts! Making dinners like stir frys, pastas, soups and burrito bowls allows a lot of room to add many colourful veggie and herbal ingredients to layer up those properties. 

Herbs

Herbs are one of the main ingredients for any spellwork, not just the cooking kinds! Whether it be to soak in a bath, dress a candle or burn they are almost always included! But there are so many basic herbs you would already be adding to a dish that could elevate the magic in your pot! Even just salt and pepper have amazing qualities themselves! Salt has very strong cleansing and purification properties and black pepper can be used for protection! Rosemary is used for luck, love and money! Basil can be used for protection, happiness and wealth!

Overall, there are so many ways to bring good energy into not only your cooking space but your meals. It brings a new sense of life to the way we think about cooking and even the way we feel when we cook. We're all human, we all have to do it, so why not make the most out of it? And if you already love to cook then this is a total bonus to an already fun experience! Through this, we find a gratitude for the small details and everything that went into making a perfect creation! 

 Books for the Kitchen Witch 

The Magic of Food

Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs

The Garden Plant Care Journal

The Encyclopedia of Magickal Ingredients