Wheatgrass juice can easily be made at home in the kitchen. It is an extremely nutritious juice containing many vitamins, minerals and enzymes beneficial to health. It is a good source of vitamins B and E, amino acids, magnesium and phosphorous. It is very economical to make, and usually tolerated even by those people who have an intolerance to wheatflour. First grow your wheatgrass.......

(Instructions are on our packets of Wheat seeds)
Sow a tray of seeds once a fortnight for a continual supply

Place white kitchen roll sheets at the base of a large shallow plastic tub or a bought 1/2 size plastic seed tray. Wet the paper. Spread the wheat seeds fairly thickly over the paper. Leave in a warm place.

It is important to check twice daily that the paper does not dry out. Soak the tray with water and let drain off.

When the wheat seedlings are 3cm tall, place the tray in the light to go green. It will soon look like a little lawn. Grow on to 5 to 6 cms tall. Continue to make sure the seedlings have enough water.

Your wheatgrass can be grown using a thin layer of seed compost in a seedtray instead of kitchen roll. The wheat seedlings will keep going for longer, will re-grow and can be harvested several times.

Use an electric blender as used for making soup, etc.
Snip 3 cm off the wheatgrass with scissors (mow the grass!) and place the cut wheatgrass in the blender goblet. Add approximately a pint of water. Switch on for 10 seconds. Repeat several times so that the wheatgrass is well chopped up in the water. Sieve off the fibrous bits, and save the green wheatgrass juice in a closed container. It will keep in the refrigerator for 3 to 4 days.

Wheatgrass juice is a high-energy drink. It takes a bit of getting used to. You may wish to blend just a spooonful to apple juice to start with. Or you can make a delicious fruit/vegetable juice in your blender to which you can add a little Wheatgrass juice. We highly recommend using apple juice as a base, as it is relatively cheap for a one-litre carton.

Pour 1/2 litre apple juice into the blender. Add 1/2 sweet yellow pepper, and, if liked, one radish. Switch on. Sieve. Chill. Add a teaspoon of Wheatgrass juice and drink ! Delicious as a before-dinner drink.

Have fun experimenting making different juices according to your personal taste. Then add some wheatgrass juice to it. Below are a few ideas of what can be used. Starting with the mild flavours of apple juice/yellow pepper as a base (as above), any of the following fruits can be added to the blender in small quantities -