šŸ½ WITCH CHALLENGE - Fantastical Food

Merry meet!

Thank you once again to all those who joined in for last week’s Witch Challenge - Mirror Magick :black_mirror: It’s time to step back from the looking glass, and is it just me, or is all this spellwork making you hungry, too? :face_savoring_food:

The theme for this week’s challenge is inspired by preparations for the upcoming ā€œBread Sabbatā€ Lammas and is…

:fork_and_knife_with_plate: :magic_wand: Fantastical Food :witch_cauldron: :green_salad:

From prepping to eating-
How do you stir magick into your meals?

Food may be a necessity, but it’s also one of the joys of life. And you don’t need to call yourself a Kitchen Witch in order to blend magick into your meals (although you certainly can)! :cook:

Whether it’s through drawing on the magickal correspondences of your ingredients, stirring in your intention, blessing the food, expressing gratitude for what you eat, leaving offerings for your deities, or more - we use food magickally in a feast of ways. This challenge encourages you to open up the pantry and your mind. How do you incorporate or acknowledge food in your Craft? :mage: :bowl_with_spoon:

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This challenge is about food magick - how you choose to take on this theme is up to you. So are you ready? Because it’s…

CHALLENGE TIME!

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From Spells8: Dumb Supper Essentials



Mouth-Watering Witchery :fork_and_knife_with_plate:

This challenge is all about magickal food - as always, feel free to explore the theme in a way that aligns with you and your unique practice.

Still not sure where to begin? To help you get started, here are a few suggested spells and other ways in which a witch might approach this challenge.

Please make sure you are logged into your Spells8 Account so you can view all of the resources shared!

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Magickal Cooking, Baking, and Eating :cauldron:

Magickal-Kitchen-Blends-by-SilverBear
Magickal Blends for Kitchen Witchery

Lunasa-Bread-Recipe
LĆŗnasa Sabbat Bread Recipe

→ Check out the Recipes category and the food tag for lots of tasty ideas!

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Food & Meal Blessings :consecrate_spell:

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Quick and Easy Tea Blessings

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Tea Blessings & Offering

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Magickal Tools for Cooking & Eating :spoon:

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Tools of a Kitchen Witch

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How to Consecrate Your Magickal Tools

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Other Magickal Food Uses :place_of_worship:

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Simmer Pots: Aromatic Magick

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Honey Jar Sweetening Spell

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Coffee Spiritual Bath

Related discussions and resources:

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…And More! :raised_hands:

The suggestions above are just a few ideas to help kickstart your creativity. If you feel called to explore the challenge theme in another way, you are welcome to do so.


From Spells8: Apples in Witchcraft :red_apple: Magick & Mythology



How to Join the Challenge :trophy:

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Where Do I Share My Entry? :thinking:

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Don’t feel comfortable sharing? No fear! For lurkers and those who are shy, it is absolutely okay to follow along with the challenge on the sidelines. At the end of the day, these challenges are here to help you help yourself by expanding and enhancing your personal magickal practice. I hope they can be helpful for you!


Deadline :spiral_calendar:

:exclamation: This challenge will close in 13 DAYS :exclamation:

To join in, please share your experience by:

Tuesday, July 29 at 7:00 AM EDT (Eastern US Time)
2025-07-29T11:00:00Z

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Prizes :gift:

For their efforts, all participants will receive a special shout-out and a small prize! :gift:

Acknowledgments will be given in a Props and Presents Post that will appear in the forums the day the challenge closes.

After the challenge closes, you are still very welcome to post but please be aware that no additional prizes will be given. This discussion will remain open for about a week after the challenge finishes.


From Spells8: Spirit Work: How to Host a Dumb Supper

A warm reminder that the challenges are designed to be very open- everyone is encouraged to participate in a way that honors and reflects their unique practice :open_book:

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From Spells8: Strawberry Cookies - Soul Food for Peace

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Bring out the dishware and lay out the plates
A feast of figs and honey, milk and dates
Whether savored alone, with deities or with friends-
Serve them up deliciously magickal blends!

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Blessed Be :fork_and_knife_with_plate: :sparkles:

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Pick the Challenge Badge

The tradition continues! Let us know - which title do you like the most?

  • Food Wizard
  • Magickal Foodie
  • Scrumptious Spellcaster
  • Kitchen Magician
  • Full of Tasty Blessings
0 voters

The title with the most votes will be awarded to all challenge entrants.

Thanks for sharing your vote - blessed be! :sparkles:

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@BryWisteria This will be another interesting challenge for me because I can’t cook or bake :rofl::joy::rofl:! I will give the bread a try though with my beloved tea! Also, great choices on the challenge names! I am not sure which one to pick!

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Ooh yum.

Food wizard it is. :partying_face:

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@tracyS I was leaning towards that one myself! I think if I successfully bake a loaf of bread I would like to be a Food Wizard :joy::rofl:

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I’m not the cook in our family, but my husband is definitely a food wizard :slight_smile:

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Hmmmmm, I don’t consider myself a kitchen witch even though I do make 90% of our dinners from scratch, so somehow this feels a bit out of my normal lane. However, I did have an idea pop into my head,d and I’ll see if I’m able to get it done tomorrow! :bread:

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Challenge Entry

I think I was attempting a dumb supper, today. I’d been thinking of my driver’s father. When we were at the storage unit, my driver seemed confused as to where to look for objects she needed. I asked her father to help guide her. She found something she didn’t know she had.

When it came close to suppertime, I murmured to her that it had been a while since we’d been to her father’s favorite steakhouse. I’d been there once before, and had an idea of what I’d like to get ā€œnext time.ā€ I didn’t think the grandson had ever been there.

Along the way, a distracted driver nearly got into several accidents. My driver was so upset at what she could have done to deserve it, she didn’t give her father much thought. The grandson was trying new taste sensations- pork chops and apple sauce?!? He liked it. A taste of Gyros? That was ā€œcrackā€: he really liked that! Tzatziki sauce tasted ā€œmintyā€ to him.

All of a sudden, my attention was pulled to a toast on the Spirit level. ā€œPahpawā€ was there, with us, and he knew I was thinking of him!

The grabbing of my attention confused me, so I didn’t try to pull anyone else into the toast. I wish I would have.

This was nowhere near a dumb supper. However I had intended it to be an honor and a memory. No clue what everyone else thought or felt on the Spirit level- it was more of a confusion mash- up on the physical level.

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For @Selena-Paloma, @Greenbriar, @Artemisia, and anyone who feels they can’t or doesn’t want to cook/bake - no fear! :grin: This could also be considered an eating challenge, or anything to do with using food in magickal ways.

Feel free to play with use food creatively- such as gratitude rituals, deity offerings, blessings, etc. No cooking or baking required if you don’t feel called to do so! :grinning_face:

Good luck (and bon appƩtit)! :heart:

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@BryWisteria I am up to the Challenge! I am buying a bread baking dish , a pastry board, the herbs, and yeast today! I don’t know how old the herbs I have are…

I am giving it a whirl! I am also going to incorporate tea, since you know I love tea :grin:

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That’s lovely - it sounds like the foods helped you reconnect across the veil, even with some distractions at the table. It sounds like a nice meal and a moment to honor a dear spirit :heart:

That’s awesome - you go! :partying_face: And absolutely, you know I’m a fellow tea-lover, so I’m looking forward to seeing what you choose to do. Happy baking! :blush:

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I keep forgetting to post this.

Challenge Entry - Fantastical Food

On Thursday, I decided to make sourdough discard challah bread.

I decided it was the perfect thing as I could weave my intentions in to the bread as I made it!



I’m pretty pleased with how it turned out, given there’s no baker’s yeast in it, just my active sourdough discard. I think next time I’ll let it rise overnight. I’ve seen some recipes call for 8 stands. I might give that a try :thinking:

I braid my own hair every day, often a couple times a day, and it’s always a meditative process. I used that mindset and braided my intentions in while weaving the bread strands.

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Witch challenge- fantastical food @TheMuslimWitch

I would like to share this banana cake i made today which i one of my family’s favourite :blush:

The receipe is from: https://www.taste.com.au/recipes/easy-banana-cake/3e88aa70-df01-411e-9f27-b25bf850d6eb

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@Artemisia Look at that gorgeous bread! :heart_eyes: That is some impressive dual kitchen witchery and knot magick there - beautifully crafted! I bet it was delicious too :face_savoring_food: :bread:

@TheMuslimWitch Wow that looks amazing! Banana cake is so tasty (and, since it has bananas in it, that means it’s healthy too, right? :wink: :banana: ) Enjoy - I’m sure it’s very tasty! :heart:

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WITCH CHALLENGE - Fantastical Foods

I am not a cook but I love to make great food for camping. There is something about eating outdoors that is Magick. Food tastes so good!

Then… I started obsessing on how to make simple meals even at home with bare bones equipment. This also corresponded with my Prepper phase.

Some of the following foods were made with a homemade alcohol burner and, for the baked items, two stainless dog bowls - one on top - to simulate an oven. Some were made at home. Some were partially made at home and then packed into a campsite.

I have to cut this short - I have lots and lots of photos but I hope you get the idea with some of the pics here.


The alcohol burner (one of several designs)


The dog bowl oven (wood on top is to retain heat and make it picker uppable ā„¢. Stove is inside tin can base.


Breakfast on the lake. One pan meal - stove only


Bulgogi - stove only


Apple Dump Cake - oven


Cheesy Ramen, poached egg, steak strips (steak prepared in advance)

Cinnamon Rolls made with biscuit mix (really good with morning coffee)


Prepper meal. Penne, freeze dried beef, powdered cheese, Sriracha


Salchipapas - Mexican street food. Sausage, fries, coleslaw and condiments. Made at home.


Shrimp Fried Rice (Northern Thai style). Could be made at camp but this one wasn’t.


TexJoy baisted chicken. Awesome taste. Too big for camp so… home done.


Udon noodles - started with a package but I got silly

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@dan3 - WOW Dan that food looks incredible!!! Just wow! The presentation is just amazing!

@Artemisia - Artemisia that bread looks absolutely delectable! Those weaves are so cool! You are an artist in cooking!

@TheMuslimWitch That cake looks really good! I have never had banana cake before! Now I want to try yours!

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@Dan3 - Don’t mind me wiping my mouth, those are some mouth-watering pictures of tasty treats! You have some amazing equipment and have crafted some real magazine-worthy pics of food. Deeeeelicious! :face_savoring_food: :fork_and_knife: :heart:



One week to go!

Thank you to those who have set the table and shared their fantastical food magick so far! :sparkles:

For those still pondering what to share, no fear - plenty of time remains on the challenge clock. There is one more week until this challenge closes.

Looking forward to seeing and hearing about your cooking, eating, and tasty magick - blessed be!

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Challenge Entry

I have no pictures, sorry, but here’s my entry.

Last week my granddaughter stepped in the middle of a fairy circle after I told her not to and then stepped on one of the mushrooms. The Fae appeared to be quite upset with this as things were kind of chaotic and going wrong all week. Sunday I put a small bowl of honey and a slice of bread in our fairy garden. I also apologized to them for my granddaughters defiant behavior. That seems to have calmed the fae down considerably.

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Oh, perfect timing! I know, I’m late to the challenge itself, but we went berry picking over the weekend and I have so many blueberries! :blueberries: I’ll be making my blueberry spread today, so I’ll share that with you all when I’m done, as well as some basic information about blueberries and their correspondences!

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@Mystique I love that!

@MeganB YUM CAN’T WAIT!

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