Kathryn or others curious about raw foods

Thanks, Sham!
That's a site I hadn't found yet.

I just ordered myself a sprouter from Sproutman and some seeds, and am anxiously awaiting their arrival to begin to have my own kitchen garden!
 
Please let us know how the sprouter works out.
It is something I am thinking about getting.

Take care,
Sham
 
RE: Kathryn or others curious about Sprouting

>Please let us know how the sprouter works out.
>It is something I am thinking about getting.

Kathryn,

Me too!! I just ordered two books from amazon:) I can't decide if I should buy jars or trays. (I would be the only one eating them.) I read a little bit off the website (I didn't get my books yet) and they said the jars were harder to maintain, but I'm not so sure. The trays sound like they may drip after you rinse them and that may be aggrevating in the long run. The only other thing is my kitchen doesn't get a lot of light because of a great big fig tree in front of one window and a large covered patio area on the other. Can I still grown them in house without buying a special ugly light(the website didn't say much about light)? I really don't want to do anything funky or out of the ordinary to the decor of my kitchen...it's really quite nice.

I also thought of buying the outdoor wheatgrass spouter. It looks really easy to maintain. I wonder if I could get it cheaper (it doesn't look like much). Any thoughts on this?

http://www.healthy-eating.com/sprouters.html

TIA,
Robin
 
RE: Kathryn or others curious about Sprouting

> Can I still grown them
>in house without buying a special ugly light(the website
>didn't say much about light)? I really don't want to do
>anything funky or out of the ordinary to the decor of my
>kitchen...it's really quite nice.
>

Sprouts actually don't need that much light. Some, like the beans (garbanzo, lentil, etc.) and wheat sprouts (for sprouted wheat, not wheat grass) don't need light at all, because they are just grown until the sprout is about as long as the bean. You can grow those in the bags.

Alfalfa needs a bit of light at the end of its growing process, to make the leaves green (without light, some enzyme is not released, or something is inhibited...I just read about it recently, but obviously didn't retain the details!). Just a bit of indirect light, like near a window, can be enough. Other ' leafy' sprouts also need a bit of light at the end of their growing process, but not a lot (just think of the sprouter as the soil they grow in...they sprout and grow a bit before they even break the surface, but then get light once they break through.

You could even set the sprouts outside for a few hours towards the end of their growth.

And be sure to try sprouted wheat bread/buns. I made them once, and they were good. Basically, you just grind the sprouted wheat in a food processor, mash the paste together into a bun or muffin shape, and bake at a low temperature (or use a food dehydrator to retain even more enzymes). Naturally sweet and chewy.

(I want my sprout stuff NOW! LOL!)

I ordered the automatic sprouter, the sprout wheel, and the special sprout package, so we'll see how it goes. I'll report back after my first crop!
 
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