hm bean sprouts?

**miss_thrifty** · 03-02-2009, 07:35 PM

Does any body know if ther any certain kind of bean to grow ur own bean sprouts? It cant be that hard to let them soak and grow roots left some where. Im just wondering what kind of bean and what results any one had?

**Judi Dial** · 03-02-2009, 08:08 PM

Usually I think it's mung beans!

Judi

**Spirit Deer** · 03-02-2009, 09:16 PM

I see alfalfa sprouts for sale at the store.

**redeme** · 03-02-2009, 10:58 PM

I sprouted mung beans. Here's the link I followed, it worked great!

http://www.i4at.org/lib2/sprouts.htm

**RetiredVeryEarly** · 03-02-2009, 11:37 PM

My sister sprouts all kinds of things, and puts them into her salads. Veyr tasty and fresh and healthy. I mean to start doing it soon. She has a special jar for doing it, but says she has found a different way to do it without special equipment. She is going to show me how when I visit her later this month.

**Grainlady** · 03-03-2009, 10:30 AM

Sprouts are an important part of our diet. Especially in the winter when there isn't any real nutrition to be found in so-called "fresh" produce. Our little "garden-in-a-jar". You can sprout all kinds of seeds/beans/grains.

I like to sprout alfalfa (sandwich topper and added to salads), beans of all kinds can be sprouted including the already mentioned mung beans (lentils and adzuki beans are good too), radish (great on cottage cheese), broccoli.... I use sprouted grains (like wheat/spelt) added to breads.

I follow the new recommendations for sprouting to prevent bacteria growth and spoilage, and I add 1-teaspoon Citric Acid Powder per quart of water used to soak the seeds in, as well as the rinse water used each day to rinse the sprouts during sprouting (you can find Citric Acid at most health food stores - a 4-oz (113g) bottle will last you a long time). You may not find the Citric Acid water suggested in most information on the subject.

The seeds/beans/grains all have different soaking times (some don't require soaking), as well as number of rinses per day, and how long it takes to sprout them. Then there is the yield amounts. One cup of mung beans = 4 cups of sprouts, while 1/4 cup of alfalfa seeds = 1-1/2 cups. Only sprout what you can reasonably consume in a week.

Mung beans and adzuki beans taste best when they are grown away from light and under pressure. If you expose them to light during sprouting, it makes them tougher because phytosynthesis stimulates the development of cellulose as well as chlorophyll in the growing sprouts.

Suggested reading:

The Sprouting Book - by Ann Wigmore

**Missy** · 03-03-2009, 11:01 AM

I sprout mung beans, soy beans, and alfalfa seeds.

**miss_thrifty** · 03-06-2009, 05:41 PM

thank u all so much. I had forgot to come and look back because i have subcribed to my hotmail account if someone writes back. I didnt see this . so thank u all
I cant wait till next week to get the beans.

**old_lady_in_the_shoe** · 03-07-2009, 04:59 PM

Originally Posted by Grainlady

Sprouts are an important part of our diet. Especially in the winter when there isn't any real nutrition to be found in so-called "fresh" produce. Our little "garden-in-a-jar". You can sprout all kinds of seeds/beans/grains.

I like to sprout alfalfa (sandwich topper and added to salads), beans of all kinds can be sprouted including the already mentioned mung beans (lentils and adzuki beans are good too), radish (great on cottage cheese), broccoli.... I use sprouted grains (like wheat/spelt) added to breads.

I follow the new recommendations for sprouting to prevent bacteria growth and spoilage, and I add 1-teaspoon Citric Acid Powder per quart of water used to soak the seeds in, as well as the rinse water used each day to rinse the sprouts during sprouting (you can find Citric Acid at most health food stores - a 4-oz (113g) bottle will last you a long time). You may not find the Citric Acid water suggested in most information on the subject.

The seeds/beans/grains all have different soaking times (some don't require soaking), as well as number of rinses per day, and how long it takes to sprout them. Then there is the yield amounts. One cup of mung beans = 4 cups of sprouts, while 1/4 cup of alfalfa seeds = 1-1/2 cups. Only sprout what you can reasonably consume in a week.

Mung beans and adzuki beans taste best when they are grown away from light and under pressure. If you expose them to light during sprouting, it makes them tougher because phytosynthesis stimulates the development of cellulose as well as chlorophyll in the growing sprouts.

Suggested reading:

The Sprouting Book - by Ann Wigmore

Thanks, I went ahead and ordered this book! I am looking forward to reading/using it!!

By the way, do you know if I can use liquid citric acid??? I have a 1 gallon jug of this food grade...should be ok??? I have it in powder too for cheese and such, but i would like to use the liquid up, since I have it.

**mommaloti** · 03-14-2009, 10:45 PM

Personally, my favorite is broccoli sprouts. I buy the broccoli seeds at a local health food store. I also purchased one of the gallon jars with the screen lid at the same store (I believe it was about $3-$4) and have had wonderful results with it for broccoli sprouts.
I add them to salads, sandwiches, tacos/burritos, etc. My favorite is a mixture of cottage cheese, diced fresh tomatoes and sprouts for lunch. In the summer when I have my homegrown tomatoes I will use the sprouts instead of lettuce for BLTs -- or just have a sprout/tomato/sweet onion sandwich.
My DH made fun of me at first when I started growing the sprouts, but now he won't eat a salad without using them and is gradually adding them to other things as well.

**miss_thrifty** · 03-15-2009, 06:37 PM

broccoli seeds hmmmm thats differnt. hmmmm wonder if I can get any here, we dont have natural stores of any kind. and only 2 places for groceries.

**mommaloti** · 03-18-2009, 08:11 PM

Originally Posted by miss_thrifty

broccoli seeds hmmmm thats differnt. hmmmm wonder if I can get any here, we dont have natural stores of any kind. and only 2 places for groceries.

I forgot to mention that when I first started looking into sprouting I found a lot of great information on different sprouts and how to grow them at sproutpeople.com They sell a large variety of seeds there too, but they are in one pound batches -- with broccoli seeds that would be a lot.

One reason I decided to even try broccoli sprouts was after reading that in an ounce of the sprouts you get the same amount of the "good for you" antioxidant as if you ate 3 lbs of fresh broccoli. Granted one ounce of sprouts is alot, but I don't have a problem adding some to one thing or another almost every day and I prefer that to eating fresh broccoli every day.

HTH