Author: aquatree
Hummus Recipe
Yield: 1 quart 3 ½ cups chick-pea sprouts (or peanut sprouts) 1 cup water from steaming Juice from 2 lemons 1 cup tahini 1 cup dried parsley (optional) 1 tablespoon curry powder ½ cup radish sprouts Place the chick-pea or peanut sprouts in a steamer for 15 minutes. Then, transfer the chickpea sprouts and the…
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Clover Salad Dressing
Yield: 1 quart 1 quart clover sprouts, tightly packed ½ cup lemon juice ½ cup water 2 celery stalks, coarsely chopped ½ cup tahini 1 tablespoon fennel seeds, ground (or anise) 1 tablespoon kelp Place the clover sprouts, lemon juice, and water in a blender. Blend, add the celery stalks, tahini, fennel seeds, and kelp,…
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Using the AquaTree to Improve Your Diet
Using the AquaTree hydroponic garden on a regular basis can have a positive impact on your life in many ways. And the most prominent one is by helping you on your health journey. It’s well known that eating green can improve your well being, but in this post, we want to explore several reasons why…
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Benefits of Eating Superfoods
First, What are Superfoods? The term “superfood” has been around since the early 20th century, and was initially used as a phrase coined to sell more bananas (no, really!). Since then, it has been used by various medical and dietary professionals as a term to indicate that a particular food has exceptional properties. Although it’s…
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Sustainability / Sustainable Farming: What it is and Why it Matters
Sustainable Agriculture As our world continues to develop and industrialize, there have been more and more demands for sustainability and environmental justice. One area in particular need of sustainable action is the farming industry, but what exactly is sustainable agriculture? Although there are a myriad of definitions, agriculture can be considered sustainable if it contains…
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Agricultural Education
In our ever-industrializing world, consumers are moving further and further away from their source of food. To many people, this increasing distance is relatively unimportant as long as the source of food remains consistent. To most Americans, however, this apparent food source is primarily grocery stores and supermarkets that offer everything pre-packaged and processed, both…
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