Tomorrow is Beltane, and my mom and I made a miniature Maypole for our altar. It turned out really well, and was simple, inexpensive, and fun to make! (We listened to my Beltane music playlist while we worked, and I added it at the end of this post so you can listen too!) We started …
This amazing carrot cake is perfectly spiced and full of carrots, pineapple, coconut, raisins, and walnuts! The cake texture is fluffy and lovely too! Here are the ingredients you will need to make it: You will need to use Freely Vegan GF flour (not available yet), make your own gluten free flour with The Plant Based …
Hot cross buns are traditionally served around Easter, and Christians find meaning in the cross and the spices. Marking buns with a cross has pagan origins, however, and many pagans still make them for Ostara (the Spring Equinox) as I do. The Saxons baked cross buns in honor of the Goddess Eostre, and the four …
I love to make homemade vegan candy, and have quite a few candy recipes on this blog. These truffles are my favorites, though, and I hope you will love them as much as I do! I made them for Ostara, but they are also perfect for Easter, Mother’s Day, or for any occasion that you …
Cadbury Creme Eggs are a classic candy this time of year, but you can’t buy any vegan ones. Fortunately, they are easy to make at home with simple ingredients! Here is what you need to make your own vegan Cadbury eggs:
Coloring Ostara or Easter eggs is still possible when you are vegan if you buy craft eggs! I found these at my local Meijer and Walmart stores: The ones from Meijer were $3.99 and did not come with any coloring. The ones from Walmart were only $1.98 and came with four coloring packets. I wasn’t …
Ostara, or the Spring Equinox, is on March 20th this year in the Northern Hemisphere. It is when the day and night are equal in length and it sits opposite Mabon (the Autumn Equinox) on the Wheel of the Year: At Imbolc, we celebrated the promise of Spring. Ostara is the actual coming of Spring, …
My mom and I made colcannon for the first time for Imbolc dinner this year, and we were surprised by how much we love it! It is basically mashed potatoes with green onions and cooked cabbage, which didn’t really sound all that good if I am being honest. It is traditionally served with lots of …
My mom and I had a wonderful Imbolc celebration! We did some crafting, made lots of delicious food, and planted some seeds to get a head start on our garden this year! We started out by planning what we would do and eat. (Click on the link to see my post on preparing for Imbolc.) …
My mom made a Bridget doll for our Imbolc celebrations, and I think she turned out great! My mom started by reading a book on making rag dolls, then drew her own patterns and colored in Bridget’s face with colored pencils. The patterns were traced onto the top layer of a folded piece of fabric: