(Spinacea oleracea)
Planet: Jupiter
Element: Earth
Energies: Money
Lore:
In the United States, spinach is remembered as the favorite food of a popular cartoon character, upon whom it magically bestowed great physical strength. This green, leafy vegetable seems to have been introduced from Persia (present-day Iran) to Europe in the fifteenth century; it was soon used on fasting days.
Magical uses:
Steam spinach and eat as a part of prosperity diets. Flavour with sesame seeds or nutmeg for added power.