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The Complete Guide to Growing and Using Sprouts Everything You Need to Know Explained Simply
Sprouts have been a happy addition to many sandwiches, noodle dishes, and side plates at restaurants for decades, and when they are properly grown at home, they can add a much needed boost of both plant protein and fiber to your diet. However, knowing how to properly grow sprouts so that they both thrive and successfully produce year after year can seem like a complex process in many cases if you don t have the necessary resources to successfully grow them at your disposal. Knowing where they grow, the proper temperatures for cultivation, and the many uses they serve are all necessary steps to being successful in growing sprouts.
This book was written with all of these details and many more in mind, guiding you through the complex process of adding a new plant to your garden. You will learn how to take advantage of the core benefits of sprouts, starting with how to recognize the various types of sprouts and what they do for your body. You will learn how they compare to other top super foods and vegetables and how to effectively use them to fight cancer, boost your mineral and vitamin intake, increase your raw food intake, cleanse the blood, improve liver function, and generally feel better.
Learn how to start growing and juicing your own sprouts as well, using your home, greenhouse, or garden as a source of daily nutrition and a boost to your body. You will read interviews from top nutritional experts and sprout growers who share their experiences and insights into how sprouts can benefit nearly anyone. As an added bonus, you will benefit from dozens of top recipes that help you utilize your spouts in foods that best take advantage of their high nutritional content, while bolstering their taste and texture. For anyone who has ever considered growing and adding sprouts to their diet, this book will be a much needed resource.
Atlantic Publishing is a small, independent publishing company based in Ocala, Florida. Founded over twenty years ago in the company president s garage, Atlantic Publishing has grown to become a renowned resource for non-fiction books. Today, over 450 titles are in print covering subjects such as small business, healthy living, management, finance, careers, and real estate. Atlantic Publishing prides itself on producing award winning, high-quality manuals that give readers up-to-date, pertinent information, real-world examples, and case studies with expert advice. Every book has resources, contact information, and web sites of the products or companies discussed.
This Atlantic Publishing eBook was professionally written, edited, fact checked, proofed and designed. The print version of this book is 290 pages and you receive exactly the same content. Over the years our books have won dozens of book awards for content, cover design and interior design including the prestigious Benjamin Franklin award for excellence in publishing. We are proud of the high quality of our books and hope you will enjoy this eBook version.
This book was written with all of these details and many more in mind, guiding you through the complex process of adding a new plant to your garden. You will learn how to take advantage of the core benefits of sprouts, starting with how to recognize the various types of sprouts and what they do for your body. You will learn how they compare to other top super foods and vegetables and how to effectively use them to fight cancer, boost your mineral and vitamin intake, increase your raw food intake, cleanse the blood, improve liver function, and generally feel better.
Learn how to start growing and juicing your own sprouts as well, using your home, greenhouse, or garden as a source of daily nutrition and a boost to your body. You will read interviews from top nutritional experts and sprout growers who share their experiences and insights into how sprouts can benefit nearly anyone. As an added bonus, you will benefit from dozens of top recipes that help you utilize your spouts in foods that best take advantage of their high nutritional content, while bolstering their taste and texture. For anyone who has ever considered growing and adding sprouts to their diet, this book will be a much needed resource.
Atlantic Publishing is a small, independent publishing company based in Ocala, Florida. Founded over twenty years ago in the company president s garage, Atlantic Publishing has grown to become a renowned resource for non-fiction books. Today, over 450 titles are in print covering subjects such as small business, healthy living, management, finance, careers, and real estate. Atlantic Publishing prides itself on producing award winning, high-quality manuals that give readers up-to-date, pertinent information, real-world examples, and case studies with expert advice. Every book has resources, contact information, and web sites of the products or companies discussed.
This Atlantic Publishing eBook was professionally written, edited, fact checked, proofed and designed. The print version of this book is 290 pages and you receive exactly the same content. Over the years our books have won dozens of book awards for content, cover design and interior design including the prestigious Benjamin Franklin award for excellence in publishing. We are proud of the high quality of our books and hope you will enjoy this eBook version.
288 pages, Paperback
First published July 30, 2010
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March 22, 2022
This very solid, no-frills guide covers sprouting in jars, sprouting in trays, and growing sprouts in soil (this more like microgreens). Detailed step-by-step instructions for each method. Chapter 4 includes a very helpful chart listing over 3 types of seeds with planting methods, amount of seed needed, soaking time, sprouting time and special instructions. Growing instructions for some major categories of microgreen seeds (alfalfa, sunflower, broccoli and radish, chives and onions, arugula/lettuce/mustard, and wheat/rye/oats) are also included.
The second half of the book is recipes with sprouts (somewhat hit-or-miss and coming across a little food fanatic). But just for the chart, a worthy book. It could have been improved by some more color photos but I won't quibble too much.
The second half of the book is recipes with sprouts (somewhat hit-or-miss and coming across a little food fanatic). But just for the chart, a worthy book. It could have been improved by some more color photos but I won't quibble too much.
October 7, 2018
The part of this book that is worth reading is buried between a lot of logic in the first few chapters. Then is turns into a cookbook. I would recommend if you no very little about sprouts and cooking. I already sprout a few things myself and enjoy cooking so there is not a lot I gained from the book. I think it could be great for people who love cookbooks though.
August 30, 2022
A nice book for beginners.
November 1, 2011
Sprouts may intimidate people who simply want to eat well and don’t follow different health-food trends. In addition, with all the preachy materials that exist about sprouts other individuals just get tired of the rhetoric.
Fortunately, this book makes it easy to understand the value of growing and eating sprouts. Best of all, the mystery is removed. You are presented with different methods for growing sprouts. In addition, you can use the handy chart to identify sprouts that balance nutritional needs. Some will, on the other hand, be attracted to individual sprouts based on the flavor profiles.
One of my favorite points of the book is the different methods. I’m naturally attracted to baskets so finding out I could actually grow sprouts using a basket as a base was interesting. Using mason jars however takes up less space and gets you closely involved because you can watch the entire process.
You’ll also get many options for eating and preparing sprouts in dishes. At the very least this is a great reminder about how easy it is to incorporate them into your regular meals. I grew up in a climate where fresh greens in the winter were hard to find at affordable prices. For anyone facing this situation sprouts are a great solution.
One of the recipes that really stood out for me used soaked wild rice. This was a completely new idea to me. I hope you’ll find this interesting, tasty recipe.
Wild Rice Salad (page 132)
4 cups sprouted wild rice
½ cucumber
1 cup sprouted adzuki beans
1 cup chopped red bell pepper
½ cup shredded carrot
1 chopped medium tomato
1 cup celery stalk
½ cup chopped sweet red onion or scallions
1 to 2 tsp. dried parsley or basil
1 mashed large avocado
½ to 1 cup tomato juice
1 to 3 crushed garlic cloves
Cayenne pepper to taste
1 cup alfafa sprouts
Combine: wild rice, adzuki beans, red bell pepper, carrot, tomato, celery sweet, red onion and dried parsley. Toss and set aside.
Fold tomato juice, crushed garlic, and cayenne into mashed avocado. Pour avocado mixture over wild rice mixture.
Place in individual salad bows and top with alfalfa sprouts.
Fortunately, this book makes it easy to understand the value of growing and eating sprouts. Best of all, the mystery is removed. You are presented with different methods for growing sprouts. In addition, you can use the handy chart to identify sprouts that balance nutritional needs. Some will, on the other hand, be attracted to individual sprouts based on the flavor profiles.
One of my favorite points of the book is the different methods. I’m naturally attracted to baskets so finding out I could actually grow sprouts using a basket as a base was interesting. Using mason jars however takes up less space and gets you closely involved because you can watch the entire process.
You’ll also get many options for eating and preparing sprouts in dishes. At the very least this is a great reminder about how easy it is to incorporate them into your regular meals. I grew up in a climate where fresh greens in the winter were hard to find at affordable prices. For anyone facing this situation sprouts are a great solution.
One of the recipes that really stood out for me used soaked wild rice. This was a completely new idea to me. I hope you’ll find this interesting, tasty recipe.
Wild Rice Salad (page 132)
4 cups sprouted wild rice
½ cucumber
1 cup sprouted adzuki beans
1 cup chopped red bell pepper
½ cup shredded carrot
1 chopped medium tomato
1 cup celery stalk
½ cup chopped sweet red onion or scallions
1 to 2 tsp. dried parsley or basil
1 mashed large avocado
½ to 1 cup tomato juice
1 to 3 crushed garlic cloves
Cayenne pepper to taste
1 cup alfafa sprouts
Combine: wild rice, adzuki beans, red bell pepper, carrot, tomato, celery sweet, red onion and dried parsley. Toss and set aside.
Fold tomato juice, crushed garlic, and cayenne into mashed avocado. Pour avocado mixture over wild rice mixture.
Place in individual salad bows and top with alfalfa sprouts.
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