Microgreens for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Microgreens are so delicioius and versatile that they can be used for every meal of the day. Here are some of our favorite ways to eat them at breakfast, lunch and dinner. Use these ideas to start thinking of all the dishes you love to eat on a regular basis and how you can incorporate more microgreens into your favorite meals.


Breakfast

Microgreen Breakfast Bowls

Egg breakfast bowl with avocado, tomato and microgreens in a green bowl on wood counter

Using eggs as your base protein, here are some additional ingredients to add into your breakfast bowl to pack it full of flavor and extra nutrition:

Ingredients

  • Crumbled or sliced, cooked sausage

  • Bacon bits

  • Spinach

  • Chopped tomato

  • Diced avocado

  • Shredded Cheese

  • Broccoli, Kale, or any favorite mix of microgreens


Lunch

Microgreen Tacos

Taco shell with beef, onion, tomato, avocado, microgreens and sour cream with lime wedge on a red and white plate.

Ingredients

  • Corn or Flour Tortillas

  • Beef or chicken, cooked, with favorite taco seasoning

  • Chopped red onion

  • Chopped tomato

  • Diced Avocado

  • Sour cream

  • Microgreens

  • Fresh lime juice, for garnish


Dinner

Creamy Microgreen Pasta

Pasta with cream sauce topped with microgreens on a white plate and gray tablecloth

Microgreens are a wonderful garnish to any of your favorite pasta dishes. Toss a handful on top of creamy mac and cheese, spaghetti, or carbonara. Here we made a simple cream sauce and topped it with our Spicy Mix.

Ingredients

  • 8 oz Spaghetti noodles, or pasta of choice

  • 2 tblsp butter

  • 3 garlic cloves, minced

  • 2 tblsp flour

  • 1 3/4 cup half and half

  • 1/3 cup grated parmesan cheese

  • 1/4 cup sun dried tomatoes, finely minced (optional)

  • 1/2 tsp salt

  • Pepper

  • Fresh Microgreens

Directions

  1. Boil water for pasta and cook as directed on package. While pasta cooks, make cream sauce.

  2. Melt butter in saucepan over medium heat. Add minced garlic and cook until fragrant, 2-3 minutes, stirring constantly.

  3. Stir in flour and cook 2-3 min to make roux.

  4. Add half and half and stir to combine. Cook additional 2 min until thickened and bubbly.

  5. Mix in parmesan cheese and sundried tomato. Add desired amount of pepper.

  6. Combine pasta and sauce and serve immediately topped with microgreens and additional parmesan cheese.


We would love to hear all the ways you use microgreens in your meals. Share your ideas below!

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