Got Sprouts?

I was speaking with a friend last night about...well mangos...and I was thinking about a seed. A seed has almost an unlimited potential energy. Basically one mango seed has the potential to cover the tropical regions of earth with mangos trees. From one mango seed can grow a mango tree with a lifetime of mangos with seeds and so on.

This is true with any seed. I am still amazed that all we need is a seed, sunlight, and water and we are given fruits, veggies, and oxygen! I <3 plants! I also <3 eating seeds with my plants. Especially sprouted seeds or beans. When a seed(this includes nuts and beans) is sprouted the protein content, fiber, and all other nutrients are enhanced. Sprouts give you easily digestible protein and provide an amazing energy burst! This is because the sprout is ALIVE when we eat them! 

All that potential energy is activated and brought into the NOW! Of course if you cook it, you kill it. So S.O.S.! Save Our Sprouts! Sprouts are full of life, enzymes, nutrients, protein, and water. I usually stick to mung beans and lentils, because these taste the best. But as you can see, I have sprouted every bean in the market.

Here is a basic, simple way any body can sprout:

1. Rinse one cup of dried beans

2. Add filtered water at: 2-3 cups water to 1 cup of dried beans

3. Let soak in a large salad bowl for 6-8 hours. 

4. Rinse beans and change water every 6-8 hours

5. After 24 hours of soaking drain the water, rinse beans, and transfer to a colander and cover with a 

    wet white paper towel. 

6. Rinse beans and change paper towel every 6-8 hours 

7. After you see a little white tail growing out of the bean, usually another 24 hours, transfer the beans to 

    a bowl and keep in refrigerator. 

The reason for the seemingly obsessive rinsing is because there is a chance for bacteria to grow if you let the water stagnate or don't rinse the beans. So, clean your beans! I use a white paper towel because I prefer not having ink and dye from a stupid paper towel design running into my precious little sproutlings. 

So, the whole process takes 48 hours. This is a great way for those of us without garden space to grow our own. Any one can do this as long as you have a bowl, water, and beans. At one point three years ago I was making a 'Sproothie'. This had seaweed, a whole bunch of fresh greens, and like 2 full cups of sprouts! lol I was actually considering opening up the universe's first sproothie shack...right near tha beach! 

Good thing that never happened, because these things were disgusting! lol I loved them because, you will feel absolutely amazing after drinking one, but it is a difficult flavor to mask. It kind of tasted like freshly cut grass and top soil mixed with salt water. 

Speaking of seeds, this was right before I was seriously considering opening up a fresh raw local coconut water business. This would have been great! However,  it turns out that there aren't many coconut groves in Florida and we couldn't nail down a consistent supply. Coconuts are the largest seeds in the world. Imagine sprouting a coconut!!! Any way, GO SPROUT!