Health Benefits:

Arugla offers a great source of folic acid, iron, copper and a variety of minerals and vitamins A,C et K.

 

• Aids in bone and brain health
• Helps with detoxifying food
• Reduces the risk of cancer as a cancer fighting food
• Boots healthy bones
• Antioxidant
• Improves eyesight
• Good for healthy skin
• Improves mineral absorption
• Activates the immune system
• Beneficial for weight management
• Natural aphrodisiac
• Lowers blood pressure
• Protects the aging brain and cognitive decline
• Reduces the amount of oxygen needed during exercise & enhances athletic performance
• Help keep body hydrated

 

How to Use:

Arugula has a nutty, peppery taste best suited as an edible garnish and primarily in savory dishes. The microgreens should be added at the end of preparations and are recommended to be dressed in lighter sauces and vinaigrettes to avoid wilting.  Arugula can be mixed with other lettuces to create a flavorful salad, or it can be used as a bed of greens under roasted meats and seafood. They can also be floated on soups and stews, used as a garnish over quiche, sprinkled as a topping on pizza, or stirred into pasta. In addition to using the greens whole, Arugula can be blended into pesto, chopped and layered onto sandwiches and burgers, or topped over roasted potatoes and vegetable medleys.  They are a great pizza topping or use as an ingredient for any pasta dish, or salad. You can also add arugula microgreens to your egg recipes – may it be scrambled, sunny side, or hard-boiled/soft-boiled egg, arugula microgreens will make it more delicious. You can also use this as an ingredient for soup or for savory baked goods. Arugula pairs well with cheeses such as burrata, parmesan, feta, chevre, blue cheese, Gorgonzola, and mozzarella, nuts such as walnuts, pine nuts, and pecans, fruits including pears, citrus, berries, melons, and avocados, balsamic vinegar, cucumber, tomato, olives, fennel, and meats including turkey, beef, veal, poultry, and fish.  Arugula will generally keep 5 to 7 days stored in the refrigerator in a sealed container.

 

Flavor:

Aarugula is one of the few varieties of microgreens with a very distinctive taste.  It is flavorful with a zest of pepper taste, just enough to make it a great food to eat. It is delicious on its own and when mixed in salads, soups, sandwich and other dishes.

 

Nutritional Benefits:

 Arugula is a good source of vitamin K and calcium, nutrients that contribute to healthy wound healing and overall bone health. They are also a source of vitamin C to strengthen the immune system and increase the absorption of iron, potassium to balance fluid levels within the body, folate to develop genetic material, and lower amounts of magnesium, phosphorus, and iron. It is important to note that the vitamins and minerals are found primarily within the leaves and not in the stems of the microgreens.

 

Including arugula microgreens in your diet means giving your body calcium, folate, iron, manganese, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, vitamin A, vitamin C, and vitamin K. Arugula microgreens can also help detoxify the body, boost bone health, eyesight, and immune system, help prevent cancer, help increase metabolism, and help in weight loss.

 

Arugula contains approximately the same amounts of calcium compared to spinach…In contrast to spinach, it contains fewer oxalate's which could prevent your body from fully absorbing calcium. It also has a high content in K-nutrition as well, which aids to improve bone health.”