Culinary Ideas
A sampling of local dishes using Grand Valley Micro Farms' greens.
Potstickers
With cabbage and pea microgreens
and Asian dipping sauce.
Potato Salad
Turn an ordinary potato salad into a gourmet display with a garnishing of
mustard microgreens.
Green Chili Egg Bake
Eggs, ham or Canadian bacon, green chili, drizzled with spicy Chiltepin sauce, coupled with avocado, and topped with microgreens (pea shown).
Chicken Salad
With arugula microgreens on toasted sourdough from Kulina Lani bakery.
Cabbage Slaw Salad
Dressed with sunflower and salad mix microgreens then topped with sunflower seeds and olive oil or vinaigrette of choice.
Spinach Wrap
Bacon, baby tomatoes, mayonnaise, and a hefty amount of arugula microgreens.
Smoked Salmon
Radish and mustard microgreens chopped fine atop smoked salmon, cream cheese, lemon-olive oil drizzle, and balsamic reduction eaten on seedy crackers.
Airfried Sweet Potato
Hummus, avocado, and microgreens of choice.
Sunflower Smoothie
Milk (whatever kind you like), fruit (blueberries shown), vanilla protein powder, and a healthy handful of sunflower microgreens.
Roast Beef Sandwich
Roast beef on bread of choice with tomatoes, Swish or Provolone cheese, with a hearty amount of mustard and/or radish microgreens (for a horseradish taste).
Superfood Pizza
Any type of pizza slice goes from casual to creative. These three are dressed with salad mix microgreens and drizzled with fig balsamic.
Pesto Linguine
Pesto made with sunflower microgreens, olive oil, fresh garlic, and sea salt in a food processor.
All topped off with fresh grated Parmesan.
Fresh Asian Bowl
Grilled teriyaki chicken over a bed of microgreens, brown rice pilaf, and sliced cucumbers with spicy sriracha drizzle.
Down Home
Pulled pork from an Orchard Mesa farm, corn and baby tomatoes from other local growers, and salad mix microgreens.
Caprese+
Mozzarella pearls, grape tomatoes, balsamic reduction drizzle, olive oil drizzle, and basil microgreens, atop toasted Kulina Lani sourdough bread.
Peach Dessert
Created by Le Snack Fine Foods: Half a peach with cheesecake pudding, oat crumble,
Marcona almonds, and
cantaloupe microgreens.