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How to Sprout at Home

January 4th, 2008

In this short 2 minute video you’ll see how easy it is to grow your own Superfood, ultra nutritious sprouts in your own kitchen. It’s so easy kids will have lots of fun growing their own!

Steps:

Pour half a cup of seeds (alfalfa, lentils, mung, beans etc) into a glass jar
Fill with 2+ cups of water and soak overnight (12 hours)
In the morning, drain all the water out, leaving the seeds in the glass jar
Rinse the seeds twice daily (morning and night) and in 4 days you will have a bountiful crop of fresh live sprouts

Why Sprouts?

There are a great many reasons to eat sprouts. As we age, our body’s ability to produce enzymes declines. Sprouts are a concentrated source of the living enzymes and “life force” that is lost when foods are cooked or not picked fresh from your own garden. Additionally, due to their high enzyme content, sprouts are also much easier to digest than the seed or bean from which they came.

All nutrients necessary for life are contained in seeds—a food category that includes grain kernels, beans, legumes, and nuts. Because sprouts are so fresh, and do not sit for days or weeks in warehouses, we know that we are getting optimum nutrition.

Great Ways to Serve Sprouts

Add to tossed salads
Use in coleslaw (cabbage, clover, radish)
Try in wraps and roll-ups (alfalfa, sunflower, radish)
Stir-fry with other vegetables (alfalfa, clover, radish, mung bean, lentil)
Blend with vegetable juices (cabbage, mung bean, lentil)
Mix with soft cheeses, tofu, yogurt of kefir for a dip (mung bean, radish)
Stir into soups or stews when serving (mung bean, lentil)
Eat them fresh and uncooked in a sprout salad (salad mixes)
Top omelet or scrambled eggs (alfalfa, clover, radish)
Combine in oat, barley or buckwheat dishes (fenugreek, lentil, mung bean)
Add to sushi (radish, sunflower)
Sauté with onions (mung bean, clover, radish)
Puree with dried peas or beans (mung bean, lentil)
Add to baked beans (lentil)

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1 Comment Add your own

1. Organic Lifestyle »&hellip | January 28th, 2008 at 6:51 pm

[…] And I’m making my own sprouts too. It’s so cheap! I went to the health food store and got a small packet (approx 1 cup) of organic mung bean / haricot seeds for $2.70. I’ve used about a fifth of it and have a HUGE crop of delicious sprouts. My sprouts at the supermarket cost me $1.95 so it’s really cheap plus super fresh and convenient. See here how to grow your own sprouts. […]