What could you actually make with Microgreens?

[Sophia D. Hope]

Microgreens seem to be making a bigger and bigger hit on the market around the world. This isn’t shocking at all. For the benefits that you get out of them it is honestly absurd to think that someone would pass on the opportunity to enhance their health and vitality.

A number of benefits have been obtained from microgreens, for starts their sheer beauty. These little plants are amazingly beautiful and make meals a lot more attractive. An article published by a Dan Small, a neuroscientist based at Yale’s school of Medicine points out the direct link between foods appearance and taste. She went as far as saying that taste isn’t the main mechanism through which we identify particular foods. It is mind blowing to know that the visual appearance of the food we consume is as, or if not, more important than the taste of the food. If you would love to read more about this interesting topic you could read this.

Microgreens may be beautiful but their name and reputation isn’t held up by basic looks. It is their nutritional excellence and unique flavors that really put them on the map. This is so much so that a number of higher end restaurants use them as a garnish to their meals and salads to give their dishes a dash of excellence.

With all this mambo-jumbo aside you are probably asking yourself, ‘what is the benefit of putting a strange looking plant into my dishes; they could be weeds for all I care’.

1. They are really high in nutrients and minerals such as magnesium, potassium, zinc, and copper which function to promote heart health and your body’s immune system.
2. Microgreens contain tones of antioxidants that help your body get rid of all the junk that the human body tends to accumulate over time
3. These miniscule plants are packed with polyphenols that reduce the chances of acquiring various kinds of cancer.

We are going to give you a couple recipes that you could use right from home, that would leave you feeling like you are dinning like a king without that royal price tag attached.

1. Microgreen smoothie

These are good when you are on the go and don’t really have time to sit down to have your salad. They have also been affirmed to be excellent for curing colds. This is a neat trick when you have an important upcoming event and you don’t want to be ill by the time the even comes around.

You are going to need:

• A quarter cup of beet microgreens
• ½ a cup of pea microgreens
• 1/8 cup of oregano leaves
• 32 g of radish microgreens
• 1 large peeled frozen banana
• A mango, diced into cubes
• 5l of orange juice
• 1 cup of plain yoghurt
• 3 teaspoons of honey

You will need to take all your ingredients and toss them into a blender. Blend them until you have a smoothie with a uniform consistency.

2. Microgreen baguette

This is a really tasty meal that could be eaten for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Its contains lots of healthy fats and complex carbohydrates making it ideal for people with insulin resistance.

For this you are going to need:

• 1 fresh baguette
• 2 small avocados
• The juice of half a lime
• A pinch of salt
• 170g of sunflower microgreens
• A palm full of finely chopped onion

Directions:

• You will to take a clean bowl and toss in it the peeled avocados without the seeds
• Pour in the lime juice together with the sunflower microgreens and chopped onions
• Then add a pinch of salt
• Manually mash the contents of the bowl till you have a smooth to chunky consistency
• Spread this paste onto your baguette and enjoy

 If you would like to see more recipes go to https://allneedoff.com/microgreens-growing-indoors/. 

[Sophia D. Hope]

If someone interested in MicroGreens and how to grow it - please let me know and i will publish a full guide How to grow Microgreens at home 

Hope you are enjoy