Someone Else's Favorite Recipe

 

7oz Crab Meat (Dreams and Visions, grounding and spiritual energy)

7oz Grated Sharp Cheese (Things coming to fruition)

2 tbsp mayo (psychic cleansing)

1 stick melted butter (spirituality)

½ teaspoon garlic salt (protection and health)

1 package English muffins

Spread mixture on muffins, cut into fours, bake 8-10 minutes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit and serve with hot tea.  (I added the last part because it seemed the perfect pairing to me.)

This is Ardi's recipe 

I choose this recipe because it’s windy today, and gray and cold and reminded me of a New England winter, without the ocean that I dearly miss. Seafood is my favorite food and I happened to have some crab on hand, so when I discovered this recipe in the digital cookbook of shadows, I knew it was the perfect choice for this assignment. In researching, the fact that there were so many grounding and cleansing properties, helped ease some of the homesickness I was feeling this afternoon. This morning at work, all I could think about was how much I wished I was back in Massachusetts where I could go sit on a rock and listen to the ocean after work, write and dance in the sand and dip my feet in the water even if it was cold. This brought me one step closer and helped warm me up too, especially after the long ride down a country road I took after work, in leu of having a beach to go to.

Making this I felt calm, relaxed, and in coupling it with the tea I could sit and focus on what I needed to do this afternoon, instead of what I wished I was doing. I’ve worked so hard to make a life for myself here in the Midwest where I could actually afford to be a writer and live my dream, rather than spend my days scraping by just trying to make ends meet. I looked out my kitchen window as I was working on this recipe, and I felt contentment and a sense of belonging. Warm and melty, and so tasty, this was a recipe I can file away in my comfort food list, it reminded me some shrimp toast, and I have plans, in the future, to serve these with some fresh made clam chowder. It was delicious, and it did make me feel less homesick and far more grounded than when I started.