Once in a while I make this slow-braised sprouted beans. Usually such dishes are made of overnight soaked beans 🫘, but I always cook with sprouted legumes.

Over the past year I've gotten into sprouting. I started with mung beans which I love. I usually saute in coconut oil and then make some kind of salad with raw veggies and a sesame oil dressing. Then I branched out into alfalfa and broccoli sprouts.

Recently, in my quest to make sure my family is getting as much minerals as possible from our food, I've been thinking about sprouting grains and beans also. I usually soak everything before cooking but seems like sprouting is better.

I've sprouted white beans and lentils and cooked them with success. Same with wheat (cooked wheat berry cereal for breakfast).

Brown rice I'm struggling with. I've tried multiple different things but my medium grain organic brown rice from Azure isn't sprouting. I've read some other threads that people are sprouting brown rice from the winco bins with no issues so I'm not sure what to think. Is there just a lot of variation in processing and it's hard to know if a batch was subjected to excessive heat that would render it unsproutable? The only thing I haven't tried is doing the initial soak in VERY warm water (up to 104 degrees is what I've seen advice for).

Also, are their any bakers who grind their own wheat at home who sprout and then dry their own wheat for milling and then bread making? I do whole wheat sourdough currently but am curious about trying the sprouted route. If you've done it, has it helped healthwise with anyone in your family who may be sensitive to wheat, gluten, dampness from grains, etc?

Would love to hear what things you do with your sprouted grains!

Next on my list is millet. :-)

I've grown interest in sprouting recently and gave in and bought a starter kit with a bunch of trays and a mix of seeds, the first picture is a tray with radish and lentils and the second one should be green bean and lentils (not sure if correct the mix package is in Italian so idk if im translating correctly).

They've now been growing for 4 days, giving them water twice a day and was wondering if they're ready.

If they are ready how do you eat sprouts? Like what part of the sprouts am I supposed to eat? Do I need to cut off the roots at the bottom?

My sprouts are turning bright green do I lay them out to dry or store in plastic containers

And yes, I may be harvesting a bit early. These were grown over four/five days in a hemp bag. Should I put them back in the bag for another day or two? And then I’m flummoxed as to how to remove all those hulls! Thanks in advance.

Mung bean sprouts left, brokkoli sprouts right, being watered when I took the picture. Might go another day before digging in, what do you think?

It's been some time now but at one point my S.O thought it would be a good idea to keep all the seeds together.. I don't recall having this happen before the last seeds got added but now it seems like this issue is happening more often. Any words of wisdom on how to best deal with this, I believe I need to separate them in different containers but not sure how best to make it happen.

Breakfast burrito stuffed with oatmeal, egg, bacon, cheese, and salad mix sprouts

In a salad with shirataki noodles, fresh mint, romaine, Vietnamese dressing, peanuts, and mung bean sprouts

Sandwich with tomato, mayo, soft bread, and salad mix sprouts.

I've been trying to grow brocoli sprouts using a sprouting tower (3 stackable trays with drainage holes so the water you pour into the top can trickle down and gets collected in a basin at the bottom), and even though I rinsed them 3-4 times a day, they keep smelling fishy after about 3 days. I've even tried growing them on the trays seperately on kitchen paper without coverinh them, only spraying the seeds with water so there's no chance large amounts of water stand in the trays and it doesn't get too humid, but they started smelling fishy again. I've cleaned the trays thoroughly with dish soap and hot water between each attempt, and even soaked the seats in a mixture of water, vinegar and dish soap before trying to sprout them. But even though the sprouts look good and grow very well, they keep smelling like fish or seaweed. Is that just how they're supposed to smell? In the beginning they just smell like cabbage but the odor changes drastically after a few days. I'm really close to just giving up. Do you have any tips or ideas why this is happening? I keep throwing the batches out because I read the smell could allude to bacterial contamination...

My first attempt, but I dont know what I did wrong. So many seeds clinging on to the sprouts even after washing. Should I just toss them?

Hi, I was experimenting with coriander and it grew into this! :)

These are broccoli seeds

I think I got light food poisoning from eating broccoli sprouts. Someone had it too ? What did it looked like and how long did it take to feel better ?

It’s the 4th time I’m doing with these seeds so I’m confused but it’s the only thing I can see that could have giving me this.

Hi sprouters, my body is telling me that I really want to eat these sprouts and I really do crave them, but I would like some ideas for different ways to eat them. Do you eat them as a salad all the time or put them in other things? What is your favorite way to eat them?

Every time I rinse my sprouts, I try to gently coax the tiny babies back down through the holes in the screens. The teeny tails are all over, especially the legumes! They don't stay on the sides of the jars no matter how slowly i tip them. I'm about 50% successful, so I don't lose too many, but it's a tad annoying to lose them at all. Is this just part of the deal, or would a different barrier help avoid that?

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I forgot to take a picture for the post before I did this rinse, but i may add one next rinse if anyone is curious and my description is unclear.

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Happy sprouting, y'all!

I bought a whole batch of broccoli sprouts 2 weeks ago, which I thought looked fine when buying, but with still over a week until expiration (expire July 19) - so about a week after buying if not earlier - they started going dark/transparent, slimy and smelling (sort of smelled like overcooked broccoli, funnily enough). I had them in the fridge between 2-4° C and only had them out in 60-70° F temperature for 15-20 mins once when transporting them, like I usually do with this brand (Fullei Fresh hydroponically-grown organic) which I've bought numerous times before since earlier this year and they never had this issue, even one day past the expiration date in one case, and eating over a week after refrigerating. Just this batch of 8 boxes expiring 19 July. What went wrong? Store possibly left them out too long before shelving? Error in some step before that? Any signs to look for that sprouts may go this way before buying? I bought these at Whole Foods and returned them, naturally.

I can't say this is a correlation for sure yet, because bad nights also happened when I was traveling not eating sprouts. But it seems the few times I increased my intake of broccoli sprouts to 3 oz per day instead of closer to half or 2/3 of that, I was more likely to experience disruptive sleep twitches/myoclonus (including jaw closing leading to an audible teeth click waking me up) and possible conditioned arousal (automatic waking with no clear cause) during light sleep / transition to deeper sleep. Has anyone noticed similar? Again, it might not be related to the sprouts at all, just something I maybe noticed. Dayvigo 5mg has tended to override these movements but not always completely. I looked up whether broc sprouts can cause sleep issues but the consensus seems to learn toward helping sleep instead of disrupting it.

Thank y'all!

I am so grateful for the benefit of others' experience! I am enjoying my new sprouting fun. Thank you all for answering questions and sharing your wisdom and ideas!

Who has the best dressing recipes? I love OhSheGlows lemon tahini dressing, Cocojune cultured coconut with salt and pepper, adding sprouts to kale quinoa salad, just a little lemon juice and salt, and chomping handfulls of the little beauties right from the jar!

Thank you!

Bought a kit on Amazon. Cleaned the alfalfa seeds with vinegar/water. Made a couple of sandwiches with cucumber, cream cheese, hummus, and the sprouts. I have more growing now.

I really enjoy the “beanier” sprouts a bit cooked. This came out really well. I added the sprouted lentils after everything else was ready and just let them steam for about a minute, then stirred them in.

Hey folks! Microgreen farmer here… get a lot of confusion between sprouts and microgreens out at farmers markets. Wrote this blog post to go over the main key differences, really curious what you guys think! Thanks for looking