Love microgreens??
Microgreens which are nutrient rich greens can be added in your breakfast, lunch, dinner for good health and well being.
Here are the 5 best microgreen recipes for you to try out.
1. Microgreens salad:
Ingredients:
- For the Salad:
1 cup microgreens
1 peeled and chopped banana
1 peeled and cubed blood orange
2 ts of shredded carrot
2 ts chopped almonds
- For the Dressing:
1 ts cold-pressed olive oil
1 ts lemon juice
A pinch of salt and pepper
Direction:
Take the microgreens in a bowl and add the chopped banana, blood orange, walnuts and shredded carrot.
To this, pour the vinaigrette prepared over ingredients and mix well.
2. Microgreens Omelette:
Ingredients:
- 2 eggs
- Microgreens
- Water
- Tomato
- Onion
- 1 green chili
- Pepper powder
- Salt
Direction:
- Add 2 eggs, ¼ cup water, 3 ts chopped onion, 1 ts chopped tomato, 1 ts chopped green chili, add 3 ts of microgreens of your choice, pinch of pepper powder and salt as required in a bowl and whisk well.
- To a cooking pan add 1 ts of oil and heat well, pour the whisked mixture.
- Sprinkle some chili powder if required.
- Let it sit in medium flame for about 15 seconds and turn it to low.
- Cover the lid and cook the omelette. Make sure to cook on both sides.
- Now the microgreen omelette is ready to serve.
3. Green Pesto:
Ingredients:
2 ts peas
2 ts peashots
2 ts basil
3-4 almonds
cashews
Lemon juice
3 peeled garlic cloves
Extra virgin olive oil
Direction:
Add all the ingredients in a food processor and run for a few times until everything is coarsely ground.
Add some olive oil and run until you get a smooth paste.
You can use the pesto immediately or you can store it in the refrigerator after transferring it to an airtight container upto a week.
4. Microgreen smoothie
Ingredients:
1 cup microgreens
1 cup oat milk or any fruit juice
1 banana
Pineapple or any fruit of your choice
2 ts flax seeds
Direction:
Take all the ingredients in a blender. Blend it well until you get a thick smoothie. Add honey for extra sweetness.
5. Gazpacho:
Ingredients:
Microgreens
2 tomatoes chopped
1 onion peeled and sliced
1 bell pepper sliced
1 clove garlic
Water as per requirement
1 ts Olive oil
2 ts red wine vinegar
- 2 slices sourdough bread
Salt and pepper
Direction:
Add all the ingredients in half of it’s quantity and blend thoroughly and transfer it into a bowl.
Repeat the process with the other half of the ingredients.
Mix the 2 batches thoroughly and garnish with some more microgreens.
Final thought:
We hope that you find this blog helpful and try out these recipes as soon as possible.
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