Wednesday, February 17, 2010

I Have Sprouts!

On my last major shopping trip, I purchased 2 sprouting jars. So, I decided to start the project on Monday (today is Wed)
  1. Monday night, I started soaking about 1 cup of white wheat berries in each jar. I filled the jar up with water and let it soak overnight. 
  2. Yesterday morning, I rinsed thoroughly under running tap water for at least 30 seconds. Then I drained them for a couple of minutes, letting them sit upside down. 
  3. Around 3, I rinsed and drained them again. 
  4. By 6 or 7ish, I saw teeny, tiny white buds coming of the tips of most! I couldn't believe it happened so fast! I rinsed them again, drained and let sit overnight. 
  5. By this morning there was a bud coming off most, if not all the wheat berries. So, I laid them all out out on 2 cookie sheets an put them in a 170 degree oven to dry (I can't wait to get a dehydrator! I think the oven is too hot, I think it destroys some of the nutrients.) 
I'm following instructions from 2 sites:

http://thehealthyhomeeconomist.blogspot.com/2009/06/how-to-make-sprouted-flour-at-home.html
http://www.ezhealthydiet.com/sprouts.html

I'm going to try making the flour in a spice grinder, I can't wait to get a grain mill. We plan to get the attachment for out Kitchen Aid. It's a bit pricey, so I'm gonna sell some stuff to earn some money to get it.

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