… to refreshing pizza accompaniments, such as this vegetarian pizza, nesting on a bed of full grown lettuce and lettuce microgreens. … and the air fried aromatic portobello mushrooms below (stuffed with hummus, spicy roasted chickpeas and red kidney beans, and topped with the same awesome Champion radish microgreens)… …to stuffed veggies, such as the sweet potatoes below (filled with leftover Scandinavian smoked salmon & farro salad, eggs and cheese, and topped with green onion and lettuce microgreens) … Since then, I have used microgreens in a variety of dishes, from salads (such as the one below, featuring Sitka Salmon Shares wild Alaskan Coho salmon, pan fried with Aleppo pepper, red cabbage, carrots, cucumber, chia microgreens, pumpkin seeds, and holiday grapes)… I added feta from Caputo Cheese, organic carrots and pomegranate, and I “bathed” them all in a lemon & cumin extra virgin olive oil dressing (I was inspired by Lemonette’s superb Zesty Cumin dressing) I served this warm for lunch – so wholesome and delicious: Here I used Champion radish microgreens and cooked wheat berries, the latter from Janie’s Mill (you can check out my review of this wonderful organic grain grower here). Not only is their germination rate astonishing, but the resulting produce is super delicious! Take, for example, the salad below, one of the very first I made last fall, soon after we started growing microgreens from True Leaf Market seeds. Having used their seeds for about 9 months now, I wholeheartedly recommend them. The company prides itself with being a tried-and-trusted supplier of organic seeds, and an opponent of genetic engineering. True Leaf Market is a small US business that has been selling heirloom, certified organic and non-GMO seeds since 1974. I went online, bought my first few packets of seeds from them – and the result was history, as they say □ The more I was reading about homesteading, the more I saw the name True Leaf Market being mentioned as a reliable purveyor of quality seeds. The only thing that seemed to be growing were some kale we had bought as seedlings from The Home Depot! Cue in the initial disappointment… The seeds we used at first had a very low germination rate, with minimal growth results. Have you ever thought of growing your own fruits and veggies? We first started thinking about it last year, but the process was easier said than done.
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