Sprouted Meditation Salad (Imbolc) by Aidann Greenwolfe

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Sprouted Meditation Salad (Imbloc)

 

*** 4-5 days before Imbolc (Imbolg, Candlemass, feast of Brigit etc.) find a clean, wide mouthed 1-quart jar. Next choose some dried, un-hulled seeds or beans to sprout. Such as Sunflower, alfalfa, lentil, radish, garbanzo, wheat berries – or any other seed used for food. Make sure your seeds are organic and not treated with chemicals (for planting).

       Measure out: about a ¼ C seeds, and or beans. (1/4 C = about 2 individual salads) Pour a few of them into your palm and look at them closely, rolling them up to your fingertips with your other hand, realizing this is a dormant plant in it’s winter casing, waiting to explode with life. Place the seeds and or beans in the jar and cover with warmish water while wishing for prosperity in the year to come. Let them soak overnight imagining their life-force awakening and your hopes, for the year, being realized.  The next morning, cover the mouth of the jar with a clean nylon stocking or a piece of cheesecloth and stretch a rubber band around it to hold it into place. Empty the water. Cover the seeds and or beans with water once or twice a day and drain immediately keeping them moist. On the second or third day, look carefully and see that your seeds are splitting their casings. Then the first fine threads will emerge. After 2-3 days your seeds will sprout. Then find a sunny window to put them in to grow slightly and turn a beautiful shade of green. Keep them cool. Once they are green and lush cover your sprouts and refrigerate them for the salad. Sprouts are best when used fresh, within a few days.

 

 

Mixed Spring Greens

Red Onion, sliced thin

Carrots, julienned

Mixed Nuts, Chopped

Dried Apricots, coarsely chopped (or any other dried fruit desired)

Sprouted Mediation Sprouts

Feta cheese

Olive Oil and Balsamic Vinegar, to dress

 

**Toss all of the ingredients (except the Olive Oil and Vinegar)  together in a large salad bowl…or layer them, in order, in individual bowls. Dress with Olive Oil and Balsamic Vinegar. Enjoy. The spell is done.