Inside Garden, Fall 2020

 Several times recently I have watched videos on sprouting.  They all have promised that broccoli sprouts are really good for you.  We grew some broccoli sprouts months ago but they were not successful.  I decided it was time to try again.

The process was very simple: in a quart mason jar I placed 2 tablespoons of broccoli seeds that were meant for sprouting.  I filled the jar about half full with tap water then let them sit overnight.  In the morning I drained and rinsed them then put on the sprouting lid I had purchased sometime before.  

This lid happens to be plastic.  I looked around for stainless steel sprouting lids but they all apparently rust, so I continued on with the plastic.  At least the sprouts are not in contact with the plastic for very long.

Every day for about seven days I rinsed and drained the sprouts then leaned the jar up in a bowl so any other water could drain out which keeps the sprouts from rotting.  On the eighth day  we had sprouts on our salad!  I was so thrilled.  We ate about half a jar of sprouts this first go-round.  Dear One was not a great fan but he did eat all that he served himself.  We will have sprouts on salad again tomorrow!

You can see the little broccoli sprouts/plants on the spring mix salad greens.  We topped with sweet onions and maple balsamic vinegar.  SO VERY GOOD!!  At least to me.  Dear One had no onions, only greens and sprouts but with raspberry balsamic vinegar for dressing.  He lapped it up pretty fast, too!

Then I will start another batch!  I love feeling like my inwards are getting healthier, even though I cannot really see it from the outside.

Next time I will use the filtered water from the refrigerator dispenser.  When I watched the videos (after I had already started the sprouting process) I noticed that they all used filtered water.  We semi-filter our tap water by putting it in an open vessel on the counter and let it sit overnight because we are under the impression that this helps the chlorine and other water additives evaporate out of the water.  This could be wrong, but we do it...