Honouring Your Kitchen Goddess

Set up an altar in her honour. This should include a picture, statue, or other symbolic representation of your chosen goddess, as well as objects that are sacred to her.

Light a candle in her honour while cleaning and say, "[kitchen goddess], cleanse and bless this sacred space." Light a candle for her while preparing meals and say, "I cook with [kitchen goddess]'s fire."

Put out a small bowl or plate for offerings to her. Offerings might be bits and pieces from whatever you're cooking (a bit of pasta, carrot peels, pumpkin seeds, a small bit of bread) which you can add to your compost pile or bury in your yard. You can offer her seeds or nuts, scattering them outside at the end of the day for the wildlife to enjoy. Or you can give her libations of water, tea, or broth, which can also be poured out onto the earth later on. This helps connect us to the cycle of life, death and rebirth, and it's nice to return something to the earth which provided our food.

Compose a simple prayer or invocation to say each time you enter the kitchen and greet her. This can be memorized or printed out and framed on the wall.

Earth Mother
Thank you for providing