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Showing posts with label sprouts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sprouts. Show all posts
Thursday, February 16, 2012
The 2012 growing season has sprouted!
Friday, December 18, 2009
Hello, Friday!
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What have we been up to this week with cooking and the farm?
My sons and I made a big batch of Oatmeal Raisin Muffins (click for this healthy recipe, it is here on the blog).
Not too much cooking going on, as a stomach bug is being passed around our house. No one feels like eating much. Except the muffins, of course! :-)
Believe it or not, even though the temperature outside is hovering around 0, I am growing vegetables right now. Nope, not at the farm. The farm is tucked in for the winter under it's blanket of snow. I'm growing right in my kitchen. Sprouts, that is. I posted about this last winter here on the blog, click here to learn how to do it (it's easy!).
No, sorry, the green Matchbox car didn't sprout from my jar. Although that would be a neat trick.
Sprouts are a great winter-alternative green veggie. You can use them on sandwiches, in stir fry, or as a salad mixed with some other veggies (I use our winter storage carrots and shred them along with some radishes I still have from the fall garden).
In other news, I added the Recycled Tie Apron (click to see the blog posting) to my Etsy Store. Etsy is an online store where crafters of all types can sell their products. This is where I sell all the aprons I create.
Hope you had a great week!
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What have we been up to this week with cooking and the farm?
My sons and I made a big batch of Oatmeal Raisin Muffins (click for this healthy recipe, it is here on the blog).
Not too much cooking going on, as a stomach bug is being passed around our house. No one feels like eating much. Except the muffins, of course! :-)
Believe it or not, even though the temperature outside is hovering around 0, I am growing vegetables right now. Nope, not at the farm. The farm is tucked in for the winter under it's blanket of snow. I'm growing right in my kitchen. Sprouts, that is. I posted about this last winter here on the blog, click here to learn how to do it (it's easy!).
No, sorry, the green Matchbox car didn't sprout from my jar. Although that would be a neat trick.
Sprouts are a great winter-alternative green veggie. You can use them on sandwiches, in stir fry, or as a salad mixed with some other veggies (I use our winter storage carrots and shred them along with some radishes I still have from the fall garden).
In other news, I added the Recycled Tie Apron (click to see the blog posting) to my Etsy Store. Etsy is an online store where crafters of all types can sell their products. This is where I sell all the aprons I create.
Hope you had a great week!
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Thursday, February 12, 2009
Sprouterific
I've discovered that you can grow things from seed even when it's -20 degrees F outside!
I decided to grow some sprouts. They're great on sandwiches and salads.
I had some lentils, tossed them in a mason jar, but a piece of lace fabric over the top and screwed on a lid.
Soaked the seeds in water for 8 hours then drained the water off.
Just let them sit on the counter and once or twice a day I rinsed and drained them in the jar.
After a few days, they looked like this:
Then after a few more days they looked like this and were ready to eat:
Unfortunately, I quickly discovered that I am the only person in the house who enjoys sprouts! They were awesome on a turkey sandwich. Yummmm..
Perhaps I will order some sprouting seeds from a seed catalog. I've read that they all taste different depending on the variety. Maybe hubby will like a different type.
Update, December 2009: I did buy some sprouting salad seeds. It's a mix of alfalfa, radish, and broccoli seeds. All sprouts are "grown" the same way, so no matter what type of seed you're using you can follow the steps above. My family did enjoy the "salad" mix of sprouts better than the lentil seed sprouts.
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I decided to grow some sprouts. They're great on sandwiches and salads.
I had some lentils, tossed them in a mason jar, but a piece of lace fabric over the top and screwed on a lid.
Soaked the seeds in water for 8 hours then drained the water off.
Just let them sit on the counter and once or twice a day I rinsed and drained them in the jar.
After a few days, they looked like this:
Then after a few more days they looked like this and were ready to eat:
Unfortunately, I quickly discovered that I am the only person in the house who enjoys sprouts! They were awesome on a turkey sandwich. Yummmm..Perhaps I will order some sprouting seeds from a seed catalog. I've read that they all taste different depending on the variety. Maybe hubby will like a different type.
Update, December 2009: I did buy some sprouting salad seeds. It's a mix of alfalfa, radish, and broccoli seeds. All sprouts are "grown" the same way, so no matter what type of seed you're using you can follow the steps above. My family did enjoy the "salad" mix of sprouts better than the lentil seed sprouts.
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