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Color of the day: Maroon Incense of the day: Geranium Eating cabbage on New Year's Day will bring you luck in the coming year. Try this family recipe for Lucky Sauerkraut and see how your new year goes. You'll need one jar of sauerkraut, 1/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed, and 1 1/2 teaspoons caraway seed. Dump the sauerkraut into a saucepan and, using a low-medium heat, bring to a boil. Add the brown sugar and caraway seeds. Stir to thoroughly mix together, envisioning luck for the entire ...
Color of the day: Ivory Incense of the day: Cinnamon Lavender is an age-old remedy for stress. We're fortunate today that we can get bath oils, shower gels, body lotions, and candles with lavender as part of the recipe. When you're feeling especially stressed, take advantage of those modern preparations and take a soothing bath or lukewarm shower using the lavender preparations. Light a lavender-scented candle and put a lavender sachet inside your pillowcase. Breathe deeply as you rub ...
Color of the day: Gray Incense of the day: Basil This special cake is baked in honor of Saint Phanourios, a kindly saint who helps lovers find one another and is called upon to locate missing objects. Before you bake the cake, say: Saint Phanourios, may your mother be blessed with eternal peace as you come to my aid. The recipe: 1 cup sugar 1 cup oil 2 cups orange juice 1 tsp. baking soda 4 cups flour 3/4 cup raisins 3/4 cup chopped walnuts Beat oil and sugar for 10 minutes or until creamy. In ...
Color of the day: Coral Incense of the day: Evergreen Aromatic herbal oils add subtle vibrations to the atmosphere while filling entire rooms with delightful scent. Dab the oil on light bulbs, linens, and pulse points. Take a hot bubble bath, scatter rose petals around the room, light a few pink and red candles and-voila!-you are ready for a romantic evening. To make the oil, grind the following herbs in your mortar and pestle: red and pink rose petals (passion and romance), hibiscus petals ...
