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Get a 2 Qt (half gallon) wide mouth mason jar with a screened cap or make your own with cheese cloth and a rubber band.
Start at dinner time and put 3 level Tablespoons of seeds and fill the jar up with water to soak overnight.
The next morning will start your first day. Put your screened cap on the jar!
Drain the seeds (use the run off water for your house plants) and rinse them by refilling the jar and dumping it out again. Place the jar in a dish drainer at a forty five degree angle or in a heavy bowl. See photos attached. At dinner time rinse the sprout seeds again by filling up the jar with water and turning it upside down to drain it. Remember to place it at a forty five degree angle to stay in a draining position.
This was your first day of growing and continue this for four days...rinsing at breakfast and at dinner.
When you start to see some little green leaves...place the jar and the bowl by some light like a window.
So far it's less than 5 minutes a day....easy!
At dinner time on the four day put the sprouts in a big bowl to get rid of the unsprouted seeds and the hulls. The hulls will float on the top and the unsprouted seeds will sink to the bottom. Skim the hulls off the top of the water with your hands and discard. Drin the water in the bowl by tilting it sideways with a piece a cheese cloth. Lift the sprouts out of the bowl with your hands and put them back in the jar. The unsprouted seeds will be at the bottom of the bowl, discard. Let the sprouts grow on the next day which is the 5th day without rinsing so they won't be too wet when you put them in the frig that night.
Viola!!!!! Lots of sprouts!!!!!
Keep on the Sunny Side
Love Carol
Pesoaking the seeds
About Me
- Carol D.
- I am the founder of Sunshine Burgers and I am a positive energetic person living this healthy alternative vegetarian lifestyle for over 40 years. I am a country girl at heart and I studied a lot about nutrition to raise my five vegetarian children. I love people, fun, and adventure, and I like giving back in a green way to the planet. As the founder of Sunshine Burgers, Keeping on the Sunny Side is my philosophy as a positive energetic outlook on life having a vegan and green lifestyle. I have vegan recipes and photos relating to the Sunshine Burgers and this healthy lifestyle. I include photos and write ups about recipes,fitness,gardening, sprouting, green ideas,and an occasional photo about me helping animals...just fun stuff!!! I also will include write up and photos about related events for your interests and curiosities.
Growing alfalfa sprouts
Get a 2 Qt (half gallon) wide mouth mason jar with a screened cap or make your own with cheese cloth and a rubber band.
Start at dinner time and put 3 level Tablespoons of seeds and fill the jar up with water to soak overnight.
The next morning will start your first day. Put your screened cap on the jar!
Drain the seeds (use the run off water for your house plants) and rinse them by refilling the jar and dumping it out again. Place the jar in a dish drainer at a forty five degree angle or in a heavy bowl. See photos attached. At dinner time rinse the sprout seeds again by filling up the jar with water and turning it upside down to drain it. Remember to place it at a forty five degree angle to stay in a draining position.
This was your first day of growing and continue this for four days...rinsing at breakfast and at dinner.
When you start to see some little green leaves...place the jar and the bowl by some light like a window.
So far it's less than 5 minutes a day....easy!
At dinner time on the four day put the sprouts in a big bowl to get rid of the unsprouted seeds and the hulls. The hulls will float on the top and the unsprouted seeds will sink to the bottom. Skim the hulls off the top of the water with your hands and discard. Drin the water in the bowl by tilting it sideways with a piece a cheese cloth. Lift the sprouts out of the bowl with your hands and put them back in the jar. The unsprouted seeds will be at the bottom of the bowl, discard. Let the sprouts grow on the next day which is the 5th day without rinsing so they won't be too wet when you put them in the frig that night.
Viola!!!!! Lots of sprouts!!!!!
Keep on the Sunny Side
Love Carol
Presoaking the alfalfa seeds
Pesoaking the seeds
3 days of growth
5th day after sprout Bath and Disgaurding hulls and unsprouted seeds
Carol,
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for reading my blog (and your kind comments) and getting in touch with my dad! Funny how the blog world brings people together! Anyway, yes I did graduate from college and am now in graduate school. I'm working towards my Masters in Social Work, but am also trying to develop my food writing and cooking skills! I have too many interests and I'm not sure what to focus on! Anyway, I'll add you to my blog links - keep on posting. I would love to see how you make your homemade pita bread!
-Sofia
PS I'll never forget the vegan cookies you guys used to make - they were DELICIOUS. Can you bring those back? ;)