Sprouts

I love to travel out to Westham Island with my family. It is an easy 15-20 minute drive from our home. We travel over a beautiful little bridge past u-pick farms to Reifel Bird Sanctuary near the ocean. It is a great area for buying local produce, seafood, eggs and so on.

The added bonus for me is I get to visit West Coast Seeds- one of my meccas. This time I picked up a packet of sprout seeds for just under $7. And a mesh cover for a mason jar. I may buy more in bulk in the future. But already I can make a large jar of sprouts for less than a dollar (that would cost $4-5 at Whole Foods or the farmer's market). It is quite fun to make too.

1) Scoop a few tablespoons into the jar and screw on mesh.
2) Fill with 1/2 cup of water and rinse.
3) Refill with about 1/2 cup of water and let sit 4-8 hours.
4) Drain and lie on side.
5) Twice (to 4 times) a day rinse with water and drain.
6) Put in sun for a day to increase chorophyl, otherwise grew in a cupboard (3-4 days).
7) When desired size put on proper jar lid and refrigerate.

Update June 2012: Sprouts are going very well. We use them in smoothies and on sandwiches. And go through a fairly large Mason jar a week. However, the next purchase of bulk will be from Whole Foods. Looks like their unsprouted seeds are half the price of what I originally purchased and in the bulk section too (less packaging and reuseable).