Category: Microgreens

One of the hardest part of being a parent is convincing my children to eat their vegetables. As the saying goes, the struggle is real.

Just recently, I introduced microgreens to them and the result really pleased me. They just dig in and get without counting how many pieces. They either use it as toppings or just put it straight into their mouth. The struggle is now gone. I am so inspired that I would like to share this experience with other parents out there who want to give their children the best of health. This is it pancit!

So for today, I’m serving Grey pea microgreens and Kale microgreens. Grey pea microgreens are high in Vitamin C, A and K. An excellent source of these three protective agents: folate, antioxidants and carotene. This is what me and my husband eat.

As for the kids, they eat the Kale. Kale microgreens are also high in antioxidants with anti-cancer properties. It is 30x more nutritious than its adult version. For more information on Kale microgreens, you may refer to https://yogreens.net/blog/the-easiest-but-definitely-not-the-weakest/

I plant microgreens every weekend which will be ready for harvest in 8 to 14 days.

Good news to my readers who reside in Davao City! If you want to serve microgreens to your family but do not have the time to plant it, we can do it for you. To know more, send us a pm through https://www.facebook.com/yogreens.

Stay healthy, #eatyogreens

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Started using my personal microgreens grow shelves. Now, more microgreens can be grown indoors. 🙂

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Two questions people often ask me before buying their Yo Greens Microgreens Grow Kit:

1. Kaya ko ba yan? (Will I be able to do it?)
2. Madali lang ba yan? (Is it easy?)

Of course, the answer to these are yes and yes. The results are not instant though. There are factors to consider like temperature and humidity. Other than that, it’s as simple as ABC that even little children can do.

The most common difficulty is controlling molds. There are seeds that are more prone to molding. In the coming blogs, I’m going to share which seeds are the easiest to grow and least prone to molding.

But let me define a couple of terms first:

1. Free radicals – These are unstable atoms or molecules (unpaired electrons) in our body that may cause oxidative stress in our cells. Oxidative stress is the process happening in us that make us sick and physically look old. If compared with metals, it’s like our body is rusting if our cells are full of free radicals. We can acquire free radicals from normal metabolic process of the body and/or the food we eat like too much processed food and too much sugar. Free radicals also arise from pollution, smoking or 2^nd hand smoke, exposure to xrays, etc.  
2. Antioxidants – These are substances that repair the cells with free radicals. It is the antidote to oxidative stress. In short, these are the good guys.

Now let’s move on. One of the easiest to grow microgreens is Kale.

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Kale is known to have anti-cancer potential. It is high in Vitamins C and K, and highly loaded with antioxidants. The good news is that Kale microgreens is 30 times more loaded than the adult counterpart. Talk about superfood. As somebody describes it, the microgreen version is like adult Kale on steroids.

Antioxidants in Kale include beta-carotene, vitamin C, flavonoids and polyphenols. Flavonoids and polyphenols are powerful substances that help our body function efficiently and also help fight free radicals and stressors.

We have been talking about boosting our immune system. Here is a superfood that is packed with antioxidants.

Kale is harvestable in 10-12 days. It has spicy, nutty taste that is like wasabi. If you don’t like wasabi, it’s easy to cover up its taste by adding it to your favorite cooked meal, then you will hardly notice it, but your body will thank you for it.

Kale is easy to grow because given the right conditions, and in my experience, they don’t grow molds. Just follow the basic instructions and you’re good to go.

So there, hope this helps. Stay healthy and eat yo greens!