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Wheatgrass Juice
   
 


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.......

   
  Grow your Wheatgrass    
 

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

Place white kitchen roll sheets at the base of a 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.

   
       
  Wheatgrass Juice    
 

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.


   
  Getting used to your high-energy drink    
 

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.

   
  Try different juices    
 

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 can be added in small quantities -

   
 
  pear   raspberries  
  strawberries   pineapple  
  watercress   raw peeled beetroot  
  cranberries   tomato  
  raw carrot   celery  
  any sprouted seeds eg.sunflower   root ginger  
  lime, orange or grapefruit   radish  
   
       
  As you get accustomed to the Wheatgrass Juice, add a little more (for superhealth).