Wheatgrass

[nickdutch]

Brown lentils, Green lentils and Mung beans are a fave for sprouting in general. However I have heard that broccoli seeds sprouted probably provide the best nutritional and antioxidant bang for your buck (as a certain youtube nutritionist put it).

Quinoa seeds are also good, but have a different time scale for soaking and rinsing than others, I would refer you to youtube to search that one out as I can't remember the video I saw that one on and haven't done that for a long time myself, but as I am progressing more in the veganesque direction (not completely, but just much more towards organic and vegan type foods) I am sure I will be doing much more sprouting in the future.

The "biosnacky" sprouters are quite easy to use and seem to take some of the work out of the whole process, but jamjars with food safe plastic netting and rubber bands do just fine, but you need to find ways of doing them so that they drain.

[CynicalSurvival]

Thanks nickdutch, I might give quinoa a try....

Looking around a bit more, this type gets good reviews http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Easy-Sprout-S ... 27d361fcfb

[kizzie]

Thank you for your help, I will give it a good go. I want them for the nutritional value they give rather than as a food.

[featherstick]

I dehydrate herbs, spices etc and thinking about sprouting grasses, dehydrating them and grinding into powder making capsules out of them to make sure I get as many vits and mins as I can.

Why would you do that? Sprouting a few in sequence would be much easier.

What would you say would be good for a sprouting beginner?

Mung beans, brown lentils, and chickpeas are all really easy. You don't need any specialist equipment. I use empty jam jars and they work very well, and are freely available. Soak overnight, rinse with clean water twice daily, eat when visibly sprouting but before roots are developing.

On the other topic, I really like wheatgrass juice.

[kizzie]

I dehydrate herbs, spices etc and thinking about sprouting grasses, dehydrating them and grinding into powder making capsules out of them to make sure I get as many vits and mins as I can.

Why would you do that? Sprouting a few in sequence would be much easier.

What would you say would be good for a sprouting beginner?

Mung beans, brown lentils, and chickpeas are all really easy. You don't need any specialist equipment. I use empty jam jars and they work very well, and are freely available. Soak overnight, rinse with clean water twice daily, eat when visibly sprouting but before roots are developing.

On the other topic, I really like wheatgrass juice.

I dehydrate certain things just to get the vitamins and store them in my prep store.

I got the wheat grass taste was fine, but found out you are meant to hold it in your mouth for a few mins, rather than drinking it straight down.

Thanks for the advice

[featherstick]

But you can keep them in your prep store as seeds, beans, lentils etc., then sprout and eat raw, which ensures you get the freshest and most available vitamins, micro-nutrients, trace elements and enzymes. Dehydrating will inevitably cause decline in nutritional value, as well as being a huge faff.

Plus, you can cook and eat normally if the mood takes you. My opinion only, of course.

[kizzie]

But you can keep them in your prep store as seeds, beans, lentils etc., then sprout and eat raw, which ensures you get the freshest and most available vitamins, micro-nutrients, trace elements and enzymes. Dehydrating will inevitably cause decline in nutritional value, as well as being a huge faff.

Plus, you can cook and eat normally if the mood takes you. My opinion only, of course.

I dont eat things like that. I just want to grow them and have them for vitamins for my grandchildren ( if the shtf ) and for their parents, they dont know I prep for them.. But I am short of space.. its no bother I dehydrate a ton of things for vacuum packing away.

I will be packing all kinds of seeds up as well for growing .. but also having some already dried will be a great help.