Growing sprouts and microgreens at home

[the other mike]

Are they the same thing ?

I can never remember but I know they're good for you..... in fact I read that lentils have double the antioxidants after you sprout them.

 

[Concerned American]

Are they the same thing ?

I can never remember but I know they're good for you..... in fact I read that lentils have double the antioxidants after you sprout them.

I was just commenting to the other half the other day about how I hadn't seen any alfalfa sprouts in a LOOOOONG time. I used to enjoy them on the sandwiches that they served at ski resorts years ago.

 

[RodISHI]

Are they the same thing ? I can never remember but I know they're good for you..... in fact I read that lentils have double the antioxidants after you sprout them.

I think Lentil taste nasty. Maybe sprouts would be an improvement for them?

I was just commenting to the other half the other day about how I hadn't seen any alfalfa sprouts in a LOOOOONG time. I used to enjoy them on the sandwiches that they served at ski resorts years ago.

The great covid pandemic crushed a lot of those smaller enterprises that supplied things like the sprouts.

 

[Concerned American]

I think Lentil taste nasty. Maybe sprouts would be an improvement for them?



The great covid pandemic crushed a lot of those smaller enterprises that supplied things like the sprouts.

The legume, lentil is good if they are made right. My mom used to cook them up with a bit of well marbled beef and they were delicious. I've never had lentil sprouts though.

 

[RodISHI]

The legume, lentil is good if they are made right. My mom used to cook them up with a bit of well marbled beef and they were delicious. I've never had lentil sprouts though.

Perhaps its just the taste one gets used too. I grew up eating all sorts of tasty beans, potatoes and barley with beef, chicken and pork cooked various ways but never Lentils. I tried cooking them all sorts of ways and decided I just don't care for them. Spoonful in soup may be tolerable but that would be it. I have some in a bag maybe I try making them into sprouts.

 

[Concerned American]

Perhaps its just the taste one gets used too. I grew up eating all sorts of tasty beans, potatoes and barley with beef, chicken and pork cooked various ways but never Lentils. I tried cooking them all sorts of ways and decided I just don't care for them. Spoonful in soup may be tolerable but that would be it. I have some in a bag maybe I try making them into sprouts.

My wife has a problem with certain textures. She doesn't care for lentils, hominy or black-eyed peas--staples that I grew up with. Sadly I haven't had any of them during our 47 year marriage. LOL

 

[strollingbones]

sprouts and microgreens are not the same....sprouts being the result of using some type of bean...microgreens are greens like lettuce etc harvested very early

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[luiza]

Are they the same thing ?

I can never remember but I know they're good for you..... in fact I read that lentils have double the antioxidants after you sprout them.
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Totally agree . But lentils and sprouts can be bought very cheap. .
My policy for many years has been to grow things I like best and are expensive to buy .
So, for me Chicory , Fennel , aubergines , globe artichokes , tomatoes and peppers are my big crops .

Admittedly the price of potatoes and leeks , for example , have increased , but you can still buy them much cheaper versus my preferred crops .

 

[Blues Man]

I grow sprouts in a quart mason jar.

Soak the seeds over night cove the mouth of the jar with cheese cloth and drain set the jar upside down on a wire rack over a plate to catch the drips then just rinse and drain the seeds twice a day in 5 days or so you have a jar stuffed full of delicious sprouts.

Store in a tightly covered container in the fridge and start a new batch

I love lentil sprouts, radish sprouts that tase peppery, pea and broccoli sprouts