It’s been a while since I sprouted anything but the pieces of our lives are starting to fall back into place and more and more things are returning to “normal”.  Yesterday I started some lentils and mung beans to sprout.

Here’s a post I did about making sprouts.  They’re very inexpensive and so fresh and quite simple to make.  Last night I was looking online at various sprouting gizmos and the one that seemed to get the most favorable reviews  – a half gallon glass jar!  I have that . . though I usually make small batches and use a quart or pint jar.  For the most part, I use lentils or mung beans that I buy in the dry bean section of the grocery store.  When I made those sprouts shown above, I figured that amount of lentil sprouts cost about a nickel to make.

I did order this sampler of seeds from Amazon for sprouting, mostly to see which ones we like best.  I’ve heard that alfalfa, buckwheat, broccoli and clover sprouts are great but as far as I know, I’ve never tried those.

There’s more info here, including info on some seeds which are poisonous or harmful when sprouted.

Whether or not you have a green thumb, a garden spot or have ever grown anything in your life, I do believe you can successfully sprout seeds/beans.