Mr Fothergills Mustard & Cress Seed (1)

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If you sow your seeds in the morning then they may have started to germinate by bedtime – small white roots will be visible. If you wash out empty eggshells, you can draw faces on the front and grow ‘egglings’ with cress hair!

Keep the seeds dark until after germination and then move to a warm well lit spot ensuring that the medium stays moist. If it’s the middle of winter and there’s nothing much going on in the vegetable garden, or you want some easy and ultra-fresh salad greens, or a rainy day project to help keep the kids occupied, then try growing mustard and cress! This is one of a series of articles on basic gardening that I have put together for those of you who are just starting out. Garden cress, known as chandrashoor, and the seeds, known as aaliv or aleev in Marathi, or halloon [11] in India, are commonly used in the system of Ayurveda. Cress, sometimes referred to as garden cress to distinguish it from similar plants also referred to as cress, is a rather fast-growing, edible herb.In a 100-gram ( 3 + 1⁄ 2-ounce) reference quantity, raw cress supplies 134 kilojoules (32 kilocalories) of food energy and numerous nutrients in significant content, including vitamin K (516% of the Daily Value, DV), vitamin C (83% DV) and vitamin A (43% DV). A delicious salad and sandwich ingredient, Mustard Cress takes up little space and a very small amount of your time. Public Notice: We have become aware that some SEO companies are redirecting domains not owned by us to this site.

Cress ( Lepidium sativum), sometimes referred to as garden cress (or curly cress) to distinguish it from similar plants also referred to as cress (from old Germanic cresso which means sharp, spicy), is a rather fast-growing, edible herb. Children find it fascinating to watch it grow as in only a few days it produces healthy and nutritious food. To boost the nutritional value of microgreens include extra-virgin olive oil with your meal as the presence of oil helps improve the bioavailability of the fat-soluble nutrients in microgreens (carotenoids, vitamin E, and vitamin K). Whilst every care has been taken to ensure this information is correct, the data contained here has been supplied by the respective brand owners and Creed Foodservice is not responsible for the accuracy or completeness of this data.

It is also eaten as sprouts, and the fresh or dried seed pods can be used as a peppery seasoning ( haloon). Mustard Cress is a wonderful ingredient in salads and works well in combination with carpaccio or raw fish. In some regions, garden cress is known as mustard and cress, garden pepper cress, pepperwort, pepper grass, or poor man's pepper. Raw cress is 89% water, 6% carbohydrates (including 1% dietary fiber), 3% protein and less than 1% fat (table).