Simple Fruity Wheatgrass Recipes That Are Fun and Delicious

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Wheatgrass has a very potent smell and taste, not many like it. Here are 3 simple wheatgrass recipes to help you drink your juice, get your nutrition and enjoy it! Remember don’t ever cook with wheatgrass or heat it in any way – heating wheatgrass will destroy all the vital nutrients in it.

Red, Green and Orange Dream

You will need 2 oz of fresh wheatgrass and an orange. Juice the orange with an orange juicer and make sure that there isn’t any pulp. Pour the orange juice into a tall clear glass and pour the wheatgrass shot directly into the middle. Garnish the drink with a cherry on the side.

Watermelon and Wheatgrass Wonderland

You will need a quarter of a watermelon and 2 oz of wheatgrass. Put the watermelon into a blender into you get a very liquid like consistency, you want about 500 ml of juice. Put the watermelon juice into a tall glass and mix in the 2oz of wheatgrass juice with a spoon. Garnish with a watermelon slice and serve.

Green Berry Blast

You will need 2oz shot of wheatgrass, a banana, two handfuls of mixed berries (these can be anything ranging from blackberries to strawberries and raspberries) and a tablespoon of agave or maple syrup. Blend together the banana, berries and agave or maple syrup until thick and pour into a glass. Pour the wheatgrass slowly into the mix and stir until well blended. Garnish with a strawberry and serve.

Feel free to add more fruits to these wheatgrass recipes and experiment, or pass these wheatgrass recipes on to a friend!

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Benefits of Wheatgrass Juice Exposed

There are many benefits of wheatgrass juice.  When you drink high quality wheatgrass juice your body may produce spectacular results such as:

• A physical and mental sense of well-being
• More energy and better sleep
• Stronger immune system
• Detoxification on a cellular level
• Reduced inflammation in the entire body
• Strong bones and smooth joint function
• It produces results you can see in live blood cell analysis such as the unclumping of oxygen-carrying red blood cells

From the book Wheatgrass by Steve Meyerowitz, he cites some of the benefits of wheatgrass backed by research as:

• Repairs DNA
• Enhances immunity
• Stops free radicals
• Inhibits carcinogens
• Increases longevity
• Provides growth hormone
• Helps skin diseases
• Reduces cholesterol
• Prevents inflammation
• Promotes cellular rejuvenation
• Enhances stamina and endurance
• Neutralizes pesticides
• Provides antioxidants
• Lowers atherosclerosis risk

With so many benefits of wheatgrass juice out there, everyone can really benefit from taking some, especially with our toxic diets and polluted lifestyles.

Besides the listed benefits of wheatgrass juice, other wheatgrass benefits are its nutrient content. Rich in the 8 essential amino acids, it is also jam packed with vitamins and minerals including vitamin C, calcium, more protein than chicken, magnesium, potassium, B6, folate..etc.

For vegans and vegetarians that have a problem with B12, you will be happy to know that wheatgrass has the same mcg of vitamin B12 as eggs and is higher in B12 than chicken! The list goes on for all the wheatgrass benefits there are. Start taking some today!

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How To Grow Wheatgrass Without Soil or Hydroponically

Wheatgrass Doesn't Have To Be Grown With Soil

Growing wheatgrass hydroponically or without soil, is one of the cheapest and easiest ways of growing wheatgrass. This is because wheatgrass is considered a sprout. You can sprout wheatgrass very much the same way you would sprout alfalfa with a few more considerations.

All you need for learn how to grow wheatgrass are organic wheatgrass seeds (they may be labeled wheat berries – check the label to make sure they are for wheatgrass growing), and two plastic stackable trays that you can pick up from any garden center, one with holes and one without.

When choosing tray for wheatgrass growing, choose the tray based on your location and volume needs. Many garden centers give away the black plastic trays that smaller plants come in, so ask around.

To start the growing wheatgrass process soak two cups wheat berries overnight (a minimum of 12 hours). The next day you should see some of the berries starting to sprout, rinse well in cold water 2-3 times for the next 2-3 days and transfer them to the tray with the holes in it. They tray without holes will be stacked underneath the tray with holes.

At this point, the root system should be long enough to prevent them from falling out of the tray. Continue to rinse the wheatgrass seeds under cold water for the next 10 days or so and make sure that the trays are receiving sunlight to absorb chlorophyll. It takes wheatgrass an average of 12 days to grow before they are ready for juicing.

Make sure that when you are juicing that you are trimming the wheatgrass and not juicing the roots as well. If there is a mold problem it would be in the root system, so by trimming, you avoid this problem.

Now that you know how to grow wheatgrass give it a try, it’s a lot easier than you think!

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