Growing your own sprouts in 6 easy steps!

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Growing your own Sprouts

Growing sprouts in a jar are pretty easy and can be done in the smallest of homes and on the smallest of budgets. Being packed full of vitamins, minerals, and nutrients, it’s somewhat of a super food that can help improve your health, fend off colds and help improve your immune system.

It’s a pretty simple process to grow these sprouts; it happens in nature, and it really doesn’t need much-taking care of; its pretty hands off overall and you’ll enjoy the process and the end results, perfectly ready beans that you can cultivate at home, all year round.

Growing your own sprouts does not have to be expensive:

There’s no need to break the bank buying pricey packets of “ready-made” sprouting seeds; dried beans such as mung beans or chickpeas from your local market will sprout almost just as well, at a fraction of the total cost.

There are tons of seeds that you can grow other than sprouts which are as easy to grow, they include radishes, chickpeas, mung beans, alfalfa, clover, sunflower, broccoli, etc. They all have their own unique tastes and flavors and are perfect to add to your salad, all the while keeping it healthy and clean. When I first started growing sprouts I wanted a variety of seeds and beans, so I bought this variety bag from the Sprout House on Amazon.

Sprouters are easily available on the stores to buy but they are super cool to make your own. You might even find that growing sprouts in a jar is a much simpler way and provides you with superior results than a lot of commercial sprouters.

For making them, all you need is:

• Seeds or lentils/chickpeas
  
• A wide mouth mason jar with lid
  
• Scissors
  
• A piece of plastic crafting screen, sprouting lids or cheesecloth with an elastic
  
• Water
  

How to Grow your own Sprouts:

• Step 1: Take Some Sprouting Seeds and Wash Them – Sprouts produce much greater than their seeds, so you may be staggered by how some few seeds will make a jar of sprouts. So, take the sprouting seed of your own choice (which can be sunflower, broccoli, alfalfa, chickpea, mung bean etc.) and have them washed.
• You can do this by putting them in a strainer or colander and just washing them under cold water. If you are going with beans, then remove any stones if have.
• The kit I bought on Amazon from the sprout house has quite a variety of seeds including, Salad Mix, Alfalfa, Holly’s Mix, Mung Beans, Hard Wheat, and Broccoli seeds.

• Step 2: Take a Bowl and Put Seeds or Beans in It – Get a sprouting jar or a big mason, or a huge bowl. Put 1-2 tbsp of small seed, or 3-4 tbsp of bigger beans in your bowl or jar and put them in 4-5 times the volume of water. We have to re-hydrate and activate our seeds so we need a lot of water. Just allow the seeds to soak overnight, about 10 hours.

• Step 3: Drain Excess Water from Your Seeds or Beans and Let Them Mature – Now, in the morning, sewer water from the seeds. Then wash again by driving some more water through the sprouting screen and spinning them around. Drain well, shake out any left-over water, and place in another bowl so that the jar assembles at an angle.
• Repeat this process rinse, swirl, drain twice a day (morning and night) until your sprouts are entirely formed. This can takes 3-5 days.

• Step 4: Cover Your Re-hydrated Seeds or Beans – Now, cover your re-hydrated seeds/beans rest in the Mason jar or sprouting jar, and let them rest. Store the jar in a colander above the bowl or you can use these handy dandy sprouting stands.
• In case you don’t have mesh, you can use cheesecloth or even an unpolluted nylon stocking to cover the opening. Well, sprouting jars can be easily bought either online or at the health food store.

• Step 5: Rinse Your Sprouts Constantly – Now, Wash your beans or sprouts twice a day. Depending on your seed, you will see sprouts (little tails) within 2 to 3 days. I usually rinse mine morning and evening with cool water. The idea is that you have to rinse your seeds at least twice a day and give time to drain so that they do not end in just a pool of water.
• You have to be conscious that any growth of mold should be prevented and for doing this they need lots of air flow and they need to be well drained. If any mold grows, abandon the bunch and start over.

• Step 6: Transferring Your Sprouts from Container to Enjoy – Once all the above steps are done and you are pleased with your sprout’s growth, rinse them one last time, and drain.
• One, you can either change the sprouting screen with a sealed cover and transfer to the fridge.
• Two, which is the method I prefer. Spread your spouts out on a hand towel on a baking sheet and let them dry before transferring them to a container. I prefer a container that gives them room and I put a paper towel in the bottom to soak up any extra moisture.  Now your sprouts are ready to go. Eat and enjoy!

The Conclusion

Growing your own sprouts isn’t that hard of a task. It’s a great way to get fresh sprouts whenever you’re cooking your next meal. Sprouts are great as a snack too. I like to ferment mine. These steps are super easy to follow and simple enough that anyone can do it.

Hint: I have three bearded dragons and their diet consists of about 80% greens. Growing Sprouts I can supplement their diet at almost no cost.

This Video will help you get started! I have linked to all the products discussed and explained how you can do it without them too.

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