Organic sprouting seeds can be enjoyed individually or added to healthy stir fry dishes for a highly nutritious addition to your meal. They are also a good choice if you want to start your own vegetable patch from organically grown seed. Genetically modified seeds are infiltrating the market, often with negative effects upon our health and well-being. Growing organic ensures healthy produce.
Not only are they delicious, but they provide plenty of minerals, vitamins, proteins and nutrients essential to proper function of the cells and organs. They are relatively inexpensive to purchase and they continue growing until they are eaten, so they remain fresh.
These growing gifts are also easy on the digestive system and eating living greens means that you lose none of their nutritional value. Foods that are packaged and stored for long periods tend to lose their nutrients over time. Home grown sprouting seeds are safer as they have not been contaminated with pesticides.
During the winter season fresh produce is generally transported over long distances, meaning that it loses much of its nutritive value. Home sprouting is also very easy and quite an inexpensive process requiring very few raw materials. You would need a simple sprouting jar, preferably glass, a piece of netting and a few seconds twice daily to rinse your sprouts.
You can have a fresh batch of ready to eat sprouts in as little as four days. Choose non-toxic food varieties such as mung beans, lentils, peas, alfalfa, fenugreek and radish. Other tasty varieties include mustard seeds, garbanzos, quinoa, broccoli and cabbage. Most vegetable seeds can be used for sprouting.
A good guide is to select grains that do not have hulls as they will sprout quickly. Be selective when purchasing your seeds and ensure that they are certified organic. Do the same if you are buying live sprouts. Insist on this as you want to ensure that you are ingesting the best selection of healthy live foods.
You are also assured that your organic seeds have never been treated with pesticides or harmful chemicals. There is also a reduced likelihood that the seeds have been exposed to animal waste thus reducing the chances of accidental salmonella exposure. To ensure that your growing sprouts remain uncontaminated you should grow them in bird and rodent proof storage areas.
Once your seeds have sprouted successfully you should move them to cool storage, preferably in a refrigerator, to keep them fresh until you want to use them for consumption. If you are collecting your own seeds for drying and later use, store them in a dry, cool environment away from direct sunlight. Be sure that the storage area for dry seeds is also rodent and bird proof.
Sprouting your own home grown organic seeds can be extremely rewarding, particularly due to the fact that you have the peace of mind in knowing that they are contaminant free. Being truly fresh ensures that you enjoy them at the height of their growth phase, when they are full of natures goodness.
Organic sprouting seeds are ideal for adding taste and nutrition to your daily diet. Broccoli seeds are easily sprouted and can be ready for consumption in just days.