Mediterranean Flounder for Protection of Mind and Heart | Sara's Kitchen Witchcraft

Because Pisces season is doing too damn much right now.

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Alright, alright, so! Here we are again with a Friday Lenten meal, and one that is especially goof for my folks who love a more "Mediterranean" (read: tomato-and-zucchini filled) flavor profile. While my natural inclination is heavy, carby stuff full of mushrooms and potatoes, as the weather warms up, we gotta get a little lighter with the food, too—if only because it's a sign that sunnier times are on the way!

And with all the frozen flounder staring at me in my freezer... yeah. We gotta get rid of that.

So as I saw that tomatoes were on sale, and remembering I had goodies like olives already in my fridge, I figured... why not go with the flow? I adapted this recipe from AllRecipes' Flounder Mediterranean (as I really just needed to see what the hell I was doing in terms of how long to bake this fish), and this is what I came up with. In this dish, therefore, we're looking at the tomato, zucchini, flounder, olive, and basil for our magic.

Let's take a look.

Magic in Mediterranean Baked Flounder

So, with this meal, we got a lot of the same magic as something like a pot of spaghetti—and that's because there's a lot of the same flavor profile, i.e ingredients, in here. And as always, if you're using something like Italian seasoning, you've got a ton of opportunities to vary the magic each time because these blends of herbs and spices have so many things in them at once. (So, like... yes. Buy your curry powders. Your seasoning blends. Your pumpkin pie spice. They're inconspicuous and full of magical potential.)

Here, we're really capitalizing on that sense of protection we get with things like tomato, olive, and basil, as well as the intuitive sense we get from zucchini—a robust, stockier relative of the cucumber. And flounder itself, if you check out the symbolism associated with the animal, has a lot to do with camouflage and caution: this fish buries itself in the sand to hide, after all, and also uses that camouflage to catch prey that wander by.

So in here, as we mix together the elemental associations of water and fire and all their associations with emotion, intuition, creativity, inspiration, rebirth, and unorthodoxy—and we also have the strangest combination of planets. The sun, Venus, Mars, the Moon—and even Uranus (flounder) come into play here, giving us a healthy balance of ego vs. subconscious, of drive vs. unique and inspired action, with beauty, fairness, and equilibrium helping us find our way forward. We're not just protecting heart and mind from outside influence, but also from each other, making sure both have their say in how we charge ahead.

Mediterranean Baked Flounder

Prep time: 20 min

Cook Time: 15 min

Makes 4-6 servings

Ingredients:

• 1 pound flounder fillets

• 8-10 campari tomatoes

• 2 zucchinis, chopped

• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

• 1 onion, chopped

• 4 cloves garlic, chopped

• 1 Tbsp Italian seasoning

• 1 cup kalamata olives, pitted and chopped

• ¼ cup white wine

• 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice

• (Optional) fresh basil or parsley on top

Directions:

1.  Preheat your oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit.

2. Heat olive oil in a pan, then saute onions until soft, then add garlic and fry until fragrant.

3. Add tomatoes and zucchini, then cook until soft and starting to break down.

4. Add olives, wine, lemon juice, and parmesan cheese, then cook until you have a thick sauce.

5. Put flounder in a baking dish, then pour the sauce on top of the fish and bake for 10-12 minutes, or until fish is flaky and easily comes apart when poked with a fork.

6. Serve with your choice of pasta, potatoes, or just some good bread!

Quick, simple, and best of all, easy to clean up after a long week, this dish is great for folks who want to get that classic tomato-based dinner on the table rather than any of these heartier meals we've been doing. Definitely try it out! ♥

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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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