Hello everyone, I want to know if anyone has tried to sprout chick peas (garbanzo beans). I'm not sure if that are supposed to be "crunchy" when they have...
My favorite food is sprouted chick pea hummus. I used chick peas from a sprouting seed supplier. My first attempt was with regular cooking chick peas was a...
I sprout them for my parrots, nearly every day I start a new batch. And yes, they stay pretty crunchy. I've never made hummus with them, but they do stay...
Hi Eve, Unfortunately, my juicer doesn't have a blank attachment but I'll try your other suggestions. I too bought my garbanzo beans from an organic seed...
Thanks to the many of you who requested FREE seeds. I still have quite a few left of Black-Eyed-Susan, Wildflower Mix, Rose-of-Sharon, Dwarf Fountain Grass,...
Hi, I am a recovering cancer patient. I have been on a juicing and salad diet for over 2 years. I have just started setting up what I need to begin sprouting. ...
... I've grown dandelion plants from seed. It seemed to present no special difficulties - I sprinkled down the seeds (which I got from a dandelion's seed head...
... a ... and ... http://timtyler.freeshell.org/sprouting/crops/graphics/seeds/dandelion ... HI, I am impressed with your success in growing the dandelion. It...
Hi I'm new to sprouting and have just bought and set up a mini greenhouse with mung beans, millet and quinoa at about their 2nd full day. But the quinoa has...
Try a different source of quinoa. Yours must be too old, or maybe it has been treated to prevent germination. Quinoa is the fastest sprout around (mine...
Thanks...it still hasn't done anything yet so I shall throw it away this evening and try buying online from a company that specialises in this sort of thing....
Thank you. I'm really looking forwayd to finding out what it tastes like sprouted. I certainly don't dislike it when boiled like rice. What have you found to...
I didn't pick up the bit wehere one is supposed to put the soaked seeds in THE DARK! I put them straight onto the windowsill Consequently small weedy 'things'...
Hi. I'm new to sprouting, and am wonering if I can get the needed amount of vitamin B12 from sprouts? If yes, how much of what of sprout do I need? Thanksa...
... The rule of thumb seems to be that greenery itself has basically no B12 in it. Eat some dirt with your sprouts and bacteria in the soil /may/ provide you...
Hi - I just joined the group. I have some arugula seeds I am very proud of - I collected them from my own plants. I found that they are mucilaginous. I have...
Arugula, cress, and some of the mustards are mucilaginous, of the crucifers. Sprouting on soil works well for arugula, or growing very lightly sprinkled on a...
Yesterday I made my first "dish" with my sprouts - hummus with assorted sprouted beans (from a mix for soup making) and lentils, tahini, lemon juice, and...
I have read that legumes of the Phaseolus genus are toxic to eat raw. These are the beans native to the New World, including kidney beans, black beans, pinto...
... Soup mixes might have some "serious" large beans in them - complete with their defenses against being eaten - go especially easy on those. However, also...
Thanks for the response. The idea that the Old World legumes are OK to eat raw but not the New World ones makes sense. It's now the third day, and my...
Hello, I am new to this group but have been enjoying sprouts since the early 70s. My husband has recently been on a low carb/high protein diet and I have been...
Hi Merry, I'd like to read that article too, if it's online, and you recall where. :-) Thanks, Linda in northeastern AZ ... OK to eat raw but not the New World...
... http://www.easygreen.com/articles/nutritional_data.html ...has P,C,F data for sprouts of kamut, wheat, broccoli, radish, alfalfa, pea, lentil and mung. ...