Saturday, January 2, 2010

Sprouting with Mason Jars


You're looking at a wide mouthed quart sized mason jar with a small-sieved plastic lid upside down resting in a funnel, balanced in a coffee cup. In times past, anytime I tried sprouting, I would inevitably think too many seeds and end up with a musty smelling mess in the middle or too many sprouts for my family's taste buds to tolerate. I finally got it that with sprouts, you don't need a mega-meal of them to get the nutrients you need. So, for this batch, I used one rounded tablespoon of alfalfa and one rounded tablespoon of broccoli. I soaked them last night in filtered water, drained, rinsed, and have them sitting now on my counter.
According to the Azure Standard website directions for sprouting, I may need to move them up to a larger sized jar, but I think they're ok for today in this one. I'll rinse several more times today.

2 comments:

  1. Where does this sit in your kitchen during the sprouting process? Where did you get that AWESOME funnel?
    Very inspiring and making me think tackling sprouting again is DOABLE!!

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  2. The funnel is actually part of a small milk filter, I think it came from hoegger goat supply. I did this right by the kitchen sink. Yes, it's totally do - a-ble!

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