Purple Sage Brown Butter Gnocchi, Chicken, & Veggies for Psychic Power | Sara's Kitchen Witchcraft

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Brown butter. Sage. Gnocchi.

The Holy Trinity of seemingly bougie (but honestly really simple) foods.

Doesn't matter what anyone says, though: this little starchy dish is the perfect comfort food. Pillowy, soft gnocchi, slightly crisped up in sage-infused butter, all alongside some sweet and cinnamony root vegetables and crispy, delicious chicken? It's a meal that screams autumn, and it's one that we can get tucked into our recipe books just in time for Samhain.

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Now, we've got some important ingredients in the classic sage brown butter gnocchi meal plate: the sage, cinnamon, thyme, and the onion, all powerhouses for courage, psychic power, strength, and protection. Let's take a look!

Magic in Purple Sage Brown Butter Gnocchi

If you thought I was done talking about color magic, I sure as hell am not. Did you know just how many variants of herbs there are out there? Look at lemon thyme, for instance: it actually smells like lemon, and it can therefore combine the powers of lemon and thyme into one item. Same goes with the variant of sage we're using today: purple sage, which combines the attributes of regular sage (like energy raising, wisdom, and protection) with the associations of the color purple (psychic power, wisdom, and royalty).

If you can't find purple sage, though, regular sage will still do you just as well, since it's associated with the element of air—an element often found in spiritual and psychic enhancing plants, spices, and other items. Look for air or Mercury if you're looking for psychic items!

And now, listen: if you wanted to round this out to include all elements' energy, it's as easy as calling on the potato in the gnocchi—but otherwise, here we have a great blend of elemental influences as you work to enhance your psychic skill! These plant allies will help you harness not only the strength and progress you're looking for in your spiritual journey, but the protection and courage to keep progressing, too. And with the sun, Venus, Jupiter, and Mars casting their influences, you know you're in for a beautiful time—one full of luck, expansion, and achievement.

Purple Sage Brown Butter Gnocchi with Root Vegetables and Chicken

Prep time: 20 minutes

Cook time: 30 minutes

Makes 3-4 servings

Ingredients:

• 6 bone in chicken thighs

• 3 large beets (or butternut/acorn squash)

• 3 large carrots

• 2 onions

• 1 package frozen gnocchi (or 16oz homemade gnocchi)

• 1 stick of butter

• 1/2 Tbsp olive oil

• 1 1/2 cups fresh sage leaves

• 1/2 cup fresh thyme

• 1/2 cup fresh rosemary

• 1 1/2 Tbsp cinnamon

• 1 tsp nutmeg

• 1 tsp allspice

• Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

1. Peel and chop all your vegetables into small pieces, then set aside.

2. Remove stems from herbs and finely chop, reserving 1/2 cup of sage leaves for the gnocchi

3. Preheat oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit.

4. Mix cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, salt, pepper, and chopped herbs with vegetables and olive oil

5. Spread onto sheet pan and nestle chicken in between vegetables, dusting skins with a little cinnamon, salt, and pepper

6. Bake for 25-30min

7. Melt butter in a pan, then fry sage leaves in the butter until it turns brown. Set leaves aside.

8. Boil gnocchi until they float, then toss in the butter and let fry until crispy. Save leftover butter.

9. Garnish meal with fried sage.

This dish, along with my chicken tavern meal, are such wonderful dishes for that classic autumn flavor profile. Definitely tuck this one away as we come up to the end of summer! ♥

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Sara Raztresen is a Slovene-American writer, screenwriter, and Christian witch. Her fantasy works draw heavily on the wisdom she gathers from her own personal and spiritual experience, and her spiritual practice borrows much of the whimsy and wonder that modern society has relegated to fairy-and-folktale. Her goal is to help people regain their spiritual footing and discover God through a new (yet old) lens of mysticism.

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