Microgreens provide an easy and delicious way to engage your children in gardening or add delicious, healthful touches to meals – they make great snacks on their own and also enhance salads, sandwiches and wraps with color, texture and flavor. In fact, their bold flavors may even protect against heart disease, cancer and other health concerns!
Sunflower shoots offer an irresistibly crisp citrusy flair when added to salads, while radish sprouts emulate their larger selves both visually and flavor wise for added pizzazz in dishes. Most microgreens thrive best when eaten raw as part of a salad or wrap meal.
Once your microgreens are ready to harvest (usually within three days for some varieties), you can start enjoying them immediately. Bear in mind that their flavor and texture may change with age, so eating soon after harvesting is key.
Cooking microgreens can reduce their nutritional benefits, so for optimal consumption they should be eaten raw. If salad isn’t your thing, try adding them to soups or stir fries instead or even sprinkle some over your breakfast eggs as an instant power-up! Also try including them in smoothies.
Sprouts make an excellent replacement for spinach in any dish, especially savory foods like soups and stews. If you enjoy Pho, replace the spinach with sunflower shoots or radish sprouts for an added punch of flavor and color – perfect! Also try them in your quiche or spanakopita to give both an extra burst of flavor while adding color!
Microgreens can add some crunch to a salad or sandwich by layering them atop other ingredients, like in this salad of arugula, radishes and broccoli sprouts combined with sweet potatoes, tomatoes, avocado and feta cheese. Or be adventurous and add radish microgreens as an unexpected twist atop your next summer pie for an unexpected taste experience that pairs beautifully with its berry filling!
Microgreens have become a favorite garnish among chefs and home growers alike, adding vibrant pops of green color to dishes like soups, sandwiches and drinks alike. Not only are microgreens fun and easy ways to add some green hue to dishes and beverages alike, they’re an excellent source of vitamins and minerals such as A, C, E K calcium magnesium zinc iron phosphorus selenium as well as selenium!