Adventures In Sprouting

Our dear friends here lent our family The Sprout Master. Their family has gotten really into it, and I was naturally curious. If you search sprouting on Youtube, you will find a bunch of videos and more info that you knew there was on such a topic. Did you know that you can sprout almost anything (as long as they are raw)? Almonds, garbonzos, adzuki, alfalfa, mung beans, lentils. . .



Anyway, we have been having fun with the sprouter. It is soooo easy to use. Just soak your things you want to sprout for about half a day, and then pour them into the tray. Rinse them twice a day with water and you are good to go. Amazing to see the power of LIFE as these little babies visibly grow and sprout like crazy!!!

I put them on my salad, and make wraps out of them with romaine lettuce as the "tortilla." I have cut down in the amount I sprout at a time because I cannot keep up with how much is being yielded!

And here's a little story for you.

One night a couple of weeks ago I was making a salad (to go with my sprouts). I cut and washed and spun my romaine and put it in a salad bowl. Then I used the last of my sprouts straight from the Sproutmaster. We ate the said salad. After dinner, as I was cleaning up, look who I saw in the sprouter:



Look at that little guy! Knowing how bug-obsessed my children are, I quickly yelled for them to come and see.

Aaron stood on a stool and said, "Oh I love you, yittle caterpiyar."



They wanted to keep him, and brought him a romaine leaf, and covered the tray with plastic wrap. I spoke on behalf of the caterpillar (or worm?) and finally convinced them he would be happier (and live longer) if we let him go. But they were thrilled and not at all grossed out by that little guy.