Grow Your Own Sprouts ... This Week

3 Oct 2016

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Category: Archive

Beans and Legumes are easy to sprout and a great way to get started adding fresh, inexpensive, living foods to your diet!

Varieties:

· Adzuki Beans

· Whole Red Lentils

· Whole Green Lentils

· French Lentils

· Fenugreek

· Mung Beans

· Garbanzo Beans (Chick Peas)

· Green Peas

Seed Storage:

Store all seed at room temperature in an air tight container.

Seed Quantities:

Start with ½ cup of each. Adjust quantities as necessary.

Containers for Soaking and Sprouting:

· Glass or Plastic Jars

· Easy Sprouter

· Plastic Pitchers

· Water Quality/Type:

· Use filtered water

Choosing a location for your Containers:

Light: No direct sun.

Humidity: Low to Moderate. 50% or less is ideal.

Temperature: Between 65 and 75 degrees is ideal.

Harvesting and Storage:

To insure that your harvest maintains its freshness use Debbie Meyer Green Bags. These bags are impregnated with a natural mineral called “oya” that will absorb the ethylene gasses that are released. If used as directed these will certainly extend the life of your harvest.

Approximate Yields:

Sprouted Beans and Legumes will increase in size and weight 2 to 3 times. This means ½ cup dry seeds will yield 1.5 cup of sprouts.

Using your Harvest:

All of these varieties make a great addition to any salad.

Soak:

· Put 1 cup of beans in soaking pitcher.

· Fill with 3 times the amount of water. Stir to eliminate air bubbles.

Drain:

· Once the 8 to 12 hour mark has been reached, it is time to drain.

· Pour the contents of the soaking pitcher into the draining pitcher and rinse the seed with fresh water and allow water to drain.

· Insert the drain pitcher into the soak pitcher. This allows any excess water to drain from the seed and contains it in the pitcher.

Rinse:

· This will be performed two to three times per day.

· Re-sleeve pitchers, if not already.

· Fill or Flood the pitcher with water.

· Carefully stir seed. Allow seed to soak for a minute or two.

· Un-sleeve pitchers and allow to drain.

· Rinse with fresh water and allow to drain.

· Insert the drain pitcher into the soak pitcher. This allows any excess water to drain from the seed and contains it in the pitcher.

· Continue this procedure for two to three days.

Harvest:

· The roots will have emerged from the beans and should be at least as long as the bean itself. If another shoot with a leaf begins to emerge, you have sprouted longer than necessary.

Storage:

· Store sprouted beans and legumes in a green bag with the air removed. If moisture is present, placing a paper towel in the bag will extend shelf life.

· Place in the refrigerator.