Sprouting

Winter time is the best time of year for sprouting! Fresh green mini veggies easily made in your very own kitchen! 

Sprouting Wheat

Wheat Sprouts. Sprouting your own wheat sprouts at home! Follow the same steps I give in another post for Seed Sprouting at Home. I used Red Winter Wheat for my wheat sprouts, but you can use whatever you have on hand or what you can pick up local. Wheat Sprouts are suprisingly sweet in taste! I encourage you to try batch just to see how sweet they are! Sprouts are a great thing to get the kids involved in making!

Day 1: Wheat is soaking in water overnight.

Day 3: Little sprouts are starting to emerge.

Day 4: Growing more nutrients!

Day 5: Getting closer

Day 6: Ready for eating!

Wheat Sprouts are also a fav of the chickens and goats!

Sprouting Sunflower Seeds

Sunflower Seeds Sprouts. Sprouting your own Sunflower Seeds at home! Follow the same steps I give in another post for Seed Sprouting at Home. I used Organic Sunflower Seeds that I had purchased from IHerb.

Day 1: Overnight Soak

Day 3: Small Sprouts starting to appear.

Day 4: Still Growing

Day 5: Green Leaves begin to appear

Day 6: A little sun time and then into the salad! This is just a small handful from the jar and you will get alot more than this little handful.

Ill admit that sunflower seeds are not my favourite sprouts but they sure are the prettiest!
I do a blend of sunflower seed sprouts and wheat sprouts for the chickens & goats and they go crazy! 

Seed Sprouting at home Easy and Nutritious

Sprouting!

A powerhouse of nutrients that is cheap and easy to do yourself at home! Once again, the kids LOVE this process so GET THEM INVOLVED!! They will learn so much and get so excited to enjoy the sprouting right before their little eyes :)

 

All you need is:

Seeds

Jar and Lid ring

Cheese Cloth

Water

Day 1:

Step 1: Put 1 Tablespoon to ½ c of seeds (broccoli, radishes, alfalfa, etc). To fill a quart size jar with sprouts, use 3 tablespoons of seeds. Iherb.com has great deals on Zesty Sprouting Mix and also Alfalfa Sprouting Mix.   

Step 2: Fill the jar with water and put on your Cheese Cloth (doubled over) and tighten on your ring

Step 3: Let it set 12-24 Hours soaking in the jar full of water






Day 2:

Step 4: After they have set overnight, drain and rinse them with fresh water (keep the cheese cloth and ring on so you don't run the risk of washing all your seeds down the drain). Fill with fresh water and give it a good shake, then drain the water out and set the jars at a 45 degree angle so they have time to drain out all the water and have air circulate through them (cheese cloth and ring still in tact!)

Days 3,4,5,6
Step 5: Rinse them once in the morning and once in the evening with fresh water and a good shaking leaving them to drain out each time as well. Do this for 3-5 days.

<- By the second day of morning and evening rinsing you will begin to see tiny little tails emerging.

By the 5th day you will start to have significant expansion in your sprouting jar! ->

Step 6: Once the sprouts form little leaves, set the drained jar of sprouts in a sunny window for several hours to enrich the nutrients, then put them in the refrigerator for yummy eating!