Growing Sprouts Video

Growing sprouts is one of my favorite subjects. One of the reasons is because many people think it's very hard. It is NOT! To prove it, I posted a little article on how to grow them in my December 2009 entry. Now, finally I created this video to show the steps. I am using the green pea sprouting seeds as an example but the technique applies to most of them. As soon as they become live (germinated) or open up (which happens after about 8 hrs of being in the water) they are ready for you. You can eat them then or you can keep them on a counter in a wet environment and wait until they grow little tails. Keeping them the fridge will slow the growing process. Rinse them up once a day and cover with the wet paper towel as shown on the video or with a cover with some ventilation. The picture on the right is of the 3 day old green pea sprouts and this is when I prefer putting them in my meals and in the recipe below.

Growing Sprouts Video

Here is one of my favorite recipes, taken from www.vegan-food.net

Sprouted Pea Patties (Raw)

Ingredients

• 2 cups sprouted peas
• 1 large carrot, chopped
• 1/2 cup tahini
• 1 cup pignoli (pine) nuts
• 1/2 cup parsley
• 1/2 red onion
• Braggs to taste

METHOD

Process peas and carrot until finely minced using s blade. Set aside. Process remaining ingredients. Combine all, add braggs and form into patties. This is what you get on the picture:

HAPPY SPROUTING !!!

Growing Sprouts

Growing Sprouts is really easy! And the benefits are immeasurable because you are dealing with a power house of vitamins and minerals. The sprouts are bursting with nutrients as they are getting ready to grow into a big plant and need a lot of energy to do so.

Here is what you do. You go to a local natural store, an organic farm or home depot and buy a flat tray with wholes on the bottom, organic soil and the sprouting seeds.  If you are a beginner, you should buy wheatgrass sprouting seeds kit online (real easy to grow) and the sunflower seeds (relly tasty sprouts). In my case, I buy them either in the Granary Store near the Siesta Key or online.

Rinse them up, and leave them in the water for the night or for 8 hours. Rinse them in the morning, get out of the water, and leave them in the same container, wet and covered with a wet paper towel. In that wet environment they'll have a nice germination start, this is when they come out of they dormitory state and become live!. You can start using them now. Keep them in that container and use them in salads, snacks, or other meals as the time goes. Keep them in the fridge once the germination process started so they are growing slowly for you, but no longer then for a week.
You can also spread the sprouts out in a tray with soil after a few days (once they started to have a tiny tail) and they will start looking like the ones on the picture. The sprouting seed bags usually come with instructions on when they are ready to be harvested into your delicious green juices or for your salad. Usually the size varies from 2 to 5 inches.

You should put a little less seeds together then the amount on my pictures.  These are the pictures of my very first sprouts and they look a little bit too crouded. They need more room to grow.

Here are my green pea sprouts and I have a great recipe with them as the main ingredient, I'll have to post it next time.





Germination is the process in which a seed or spore emerges from a period of dormancy, when the seed starts to open up and grow. It is when it becomes a nutritious power house. Before that, it doesn't have much value except for the future potential :)..