This collection of Imbolc recipes is perfect for celebrating Imbolc and Brigid's Day, a traditional seasonal celebration with Gaelic roots.

What Is Imbolc?
Imbolc, also known as Brigid's Day, is a traditional seasonal Celtic holiday that falls between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. It is celebrated between February 1st-3rd. It is traditionally a pre-Christian festival celebrating the Irish goddess Brigid (later deemed a Christian saint). Whether in ancient or modern times, Imbolc symbolizes those first beginnings of spring and the word itself means "in the belly". Brigid herself was the goddess of fire and fertility, and Imbolc celebrations are often accompanied by bonfires and lit candles. Apart from Brigid herself, the fires that are part of Imbolc celebrations also symbolize the sun, purification, rebirth, and the tending of the "inner fire". As snow melts and animals emerge from hibernation, Imbolc is a wonderful way to usher warmth back into your life.

How Is Imbolc Celebrated?
It is not unusual for an abundance of symbolic ingredients to accompany a grand Imbolc feast as part of the celebratory festivities. In pre-Christian times, celebrants welcomed Brigid into their homes by burning an effigy of this goddess of fire. In modern times, you have the feast day of St. Brigid and also modern Pagan celebrations of the goddess Brigid, both traditions often involving fire and wheat. In Christian traditions, wheat is woven to form a cross for St. Brigid, with many variations in form. A woven wheat effigy is not uncommon in modern Pagan celebrations as well, with much cross-over of traditions between the two.
Imbolc Foods
Oats, in the form of bannocks, soda bread, and oat cakes; honey symbolizing the bees and the sun; rosemary, also symbolizing the sun; eggs, butter, milk, cheese, and other dairy products celebrating fertility and spring on its way; onions, peppers, and garlic representing the fire and life within; sprouts and greens representing those first green shoots and the coming of spring; berries, and dried fruit for both the preservation of winter and the coming fruits; and seeds for fertility are all common ingredients used in dishes to celebrate this special sabbat.
45+ Imbolc Recipes
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