Wheat grass is grown.  About an eighth of the tray is harvested.  The manual cast iron juicer is assembled and clamped down on the counter.  And the first two ounces of wheat grass juice have been extracted.

I must admit, it was a more pleasant experience that I had imagined.  The wheat grass juice did taste grassy, as expected, but it wasn’t quite as pungent as I thought it would be.  There was a mild citrus flavor in the background as well.  The tip I saw about licking some cinnamon off the back of my hand to take the grassy after-taste away was spot on!  It worked like a charm.

The twins, although super excited to try it, must have had higher hopes for this green concoction and were subsequently disappointed with the grassy flavor.  I think dad will be the sole beneficiary of this new source of highly dense nutrients.  Go GREEN !!

Just a couple more days until I can try out our new cast iron manual wheat grass juicer and find out if I can stomach its grassy flavor.  I hope so.  This is so packed with nutrients, it’s insane.  I’m reading that my good friend, cinnamon, can remove the after taste and make wheat grass juicing a more pleasant experience.  We shall see!

Move over lettuce and make room for the better sandwich green, radish microgreens!  One of my favorite things about sharing our microgreens with friends is seeing how they end up consuming them.  How does this lunch look to you?

Lightly toasted multigrain bread with a little mustard, several slices of deli turkey with a slice of baby swiss, this delightful open face sandwich gets a burst of color from the daikon radish microgreens on top.  I’m a big fan of radish microgreens on sandwiches because their quintessential radish spiciness really comes thru in a pleasing after taste.  Complimented with a few wavy potato chips and some stuffed green olives, and you’ve got a winner for your dinner!

Would you delight in having this as your mid-day meal?  Comment below.

I’m not sure one can grow microgreens and not at least be a little curious about growing wheat grass, and so here we are starting to grow wheat grass.   The nutritional information on broccoli microgreens is very impressive, but reading up on the health benefits of routine and modest amounts of wheat grass juice is astounding.

Step one was to find a source of wheat berries.  Yes, that’s what they’re called.  Wheat berries.  I had to ask the stock ladies at Walmart if they stocked them, and after checking in the rice isle, the isle that carried wheat germ and an isle that had some specialty grains like bulgar, we had to give up.  She was still happy to learn that the seeds used to grow wheat are called wheat berries.  Next stop; Amazon.

It’s only now that I realize that the juicer I already own would be insufficient to juice wheat grass.  So, second step is to procure an economy, cast iron manual juicer.  That was found on clearance from Walmart online for $40 delivered, and it showed up a week earlier than expected!

Third step is to soak a cup of wheat berries overnight in a mason jar.  Drain it the next morning, and the rinse and drain about every 12 hours, keeping the jar tipped upside down in a bowl in the dark with a mesh lid for a day or so until you see little white tails sticking out of the wheat berries (see picture below).

In the fourth step, we spread them out evenly over about a half inch of garden soil and keep in the dark while it grows initially, then in light to green it up.  Once the wheat grass is grown, I’m going to trim it and juice it.  Yes, you can let it grow back and re-cut it a second time, but we probably wouldn’t continue to grow the same tray after that.