Sprouts are considered as wonder foods. They are the freshest and most nutritious of all vegetables available. By the process of natural transmutation, sprouted food acquires vastly improved digestibility and nutritional qualities when compared to non-sprouted embryo from which it derives.
Alfalfa is the king of all sprouts. Apart from minerals, alfalfa is also a rich source of vitamins A, B, C, E and K and amino acids. Flaxseed sprouts are an excellent source of nutrition as well as the radish sprouts. Sprouts are an inexpensive method of obtaining a concentration of vitamins, minerals and enzymes. They have all the constituent nutrients of fruits and vegetables and are 'live foods'. Eating sprouts is the safest and best way of getting the advantage of both fruits and vegetables without the contamination and harmful insecticides.
Instructions for Seed Sprouting
Make sure the seeds are sproutable, which means they are not chemically treated. All of our seeds at HealthyFoodMall are sproutable.
The seeds should be washed thoroughly and then soaked overnight in a sprouting jar with a mesh cover.
The duration of soaking depends on the size of the seed. Small seeds are soaked for 5 hours, medium size for eight hours and beans and grains for 10 to 12 hours.
On the following morning, the seeds should be rinsed and the water drained off. Make sure that not more than one-fourth of the jar is filled with the sprouting seeds. They will expand about eight times their original size.
The seeds should be rinsed and water drained off three times a day until ready to eat. Use 1 tsp. of citric acid to 1 quart of water to rinse the seeds to prevent spoilage.
The seeds will germinate and become sprouts in 2 or 3 days. Be sure that the sprouts do not lie in water. They should be kept well drained. Sprouts are at their optimum and ready to use when tiny leaves appear at the tips.
Their nutritional value is also optimum.
Sprouts should be kept in the refrigerator when they have reached this optimum level and can be kept for several days.
Happy Sprouting!
