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Vitamin bomb! We grow watercress

home Watercress - winter beauty vitamins! 01.26.2013, Author: Anastasia Of course, such a miracle as watercress useful to have at any time of the year. But it is in the winter and early spring tender and flavorful greens watercress can become great vitamin support - as well as seaweeds, we talked about recently. Sprouts of cress have a mixed taste. To some it looks like mustard, someone considers it similar to a radish or horseradish. But the sharp little, spicy, slightly bitter, spicy taste and aroma dizzy watercress leaves no one indifferent. I so adore it! The shoots of watercress can be purchased in many supermarkets. But the main charm of this unpretentious greenery that is even easier - to buy the seeds of cress, and grow it in the urban cuisine! Watercress salad on a windowsill There are several types of cress. There planting and integrifolia - a variety with large, slaborassechennye or entire leaves. They are more suitable for planting in the country. We are interested curly cress with heavily indented leaves, which is ideal for germination at home and very quickly to keep pace. Seeds can be bought in special shops for seeds, as well as in parts of the seed in many supermarkets. Seeds cress sprout very quickly. If the evening to fill them with water, then in the morning you get a delicious sprouts, fully ready to eat (as in photo 1 below). Seedlings were covered with slimy shell and it can not please everyone. But if you add them to the salad, then this is not felt. Such a structure makes it possible not to add to the salad oil, as it creates a nice "sousnaya" consistency. And in order to get a lot of green watercress, you need a small plastic container to lay a layer of cotton wool or a paper towel. Pour the water. Pour the seeds of a dense layer of 2-3 mm ...
And after 7-10 days you will receive the watercress on the windowsill - and very tasty green shoots that will turn the most simple salad into a real delicacy useful! That all happened, it is important to observe only two rules: abundant and constant hydration dense layer of seed germination. If the seeds dry up - green shoots do not grow. If the seed layer is loose - not work to grow the thick foliage. I experimented with growing cress - tried and landed in the ground and cotton pads, and on a layer of paper towels
. But the most promising, in my view, the method - the use of a sponge for washing dishes! In this case, the seeds are 100% insured against drying!
Watercress - useful properties Useful properties of watercress known to people since the time of ancient Greece and its history is no less rich than vitamin and mineral composition. Hippocrates himself claimed that watercress patient returns vitality and cleanses the blood. A huge number of carotene, which is part of watercress, making it a staple food, indispensable for the preservation of youth and beauty. In addition, watercress salad contains almost all the B vitamins, vitamins E, C, K, D, PP, minerals such as phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, sulfur, iron, iodine ... Plus - proteins, essential oils, natural flavonoids - a real natural first aid kit! Official medicine recommends include watercress in the diet for the prevention of eye diseases and cancer. it is used as a tonic, bactericidal, anti-inflammatory agent in folk medicine. Women are useful to use watercress because of its cleansing and rejuvenating properties. Men - to maintain male power. And absolutely everything - to regulate the work of the digestive system, improve the blood and increase stress resistance of the organism. Recipes with watercress Watercress - exclusively syroedcheskoe plant. It is usually consumed mainly in fresh form. As in any other herbs, of course, lost the lion's share of useful properties. But in order to enjoy the benefit of the whole watercress, not necessarily to become raw foodists. Watercress can be an excellent condiment to many traditional dishes - feel free to add it to the usual sandwiches and salads, meat, fish, or crumble into soups and side dishes. But even if you are - so far - far away from raw food, do not deny yourself the pleasure and prepare, for example, such syroedchesky salad with watercress - I'm sure you will be thrilled! Watercress in cosmetics should not forget that the rejuvenating and healing properties of watercress manifested when applied externally. Oil watercress helps equalize skin color, wrinkles and treatment of various lesions. This oil can be found at the pharmacy, and may be prepared by. To do this, 1 part of crushed seeds in a coffee grinder pour 2 parts vegetable oil, to insist within days, strain and use, for example, for facial massage. Also, there are many recipes for home facial masks with watercress and additives, depending on the type of skin - oil, honey, lemon juice and others. I really liked the idea of ​​making a cosmetic ice from the watercress. To do this, a bundle of watercress whip in a blender with water and lemon juice until smooth. Pour into molds for ice and freeze wipe the skin in the morning. P.S. I hope this article will inspire you to use watercress for youth, beauty and health. And the "dessert" - a release of Ms. Malysheva about the unique properties of the wonderful watercress, which she recounts in his unique manner