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Making Sprouts at Home   There are only a few requirements for sprouting at home. First you need seeds, either commercially available seeds from your local health food store, or a simple handful of whole wheat kernels, dried beans or lentils. Next you need a large jar. Canning jars are nice, but any kind with a wide mouth, like a peanut butter jar, works fine. Next you need a piece of loosely woven fabric like cheesecloth or nylon from pantyhose or knee-highs and a rubber band or piece of string. Finally you need water.   The method is simple. Place the seeds in the jar. Cover with water plus a couple of inches. Soak the seeds overnight. Place the fabric or nylon over the top of the jar and secure it with a rubber band or string. Drain the water from the seeds. Rinse the seeds twice a day. Save the rinse water and use it for washing dishes. It can even be used for hot beverages or soups if desired. It's perfectly good healthy water, so there's no need to waste it. In a few days your sprouts will grow. Some people like their sprouts before they make green leaves, other people prefer theirs with a moderate growth of green. Different sprouts take different lengths of time to “ripen”. As a general rule you can figure on sprouts taking between 3 and 7 days to be ready for harvest. Don't feel you have to use them all up on the same day. You can take a handful of them one day and leave the rest in the jar to use at another time. Continue rinsing the sprouts twice a day and they will keep for a few days before they start to turn slimy. When they are really slimy, and no amount of rinsing can salvage them, then it's time to dump them and start a new batch.   If you plan on eating sprouts on a regular basis it's a good idea to keep a couple of jars going at the same time. Start one jar and then 2 or 3 days later start another jar. Then 3 days later the first jar will probably be empty, so you can start it again. This is the best way to keep yourself in yummy green goodness. Alfalfa sprouts are the most similar in flavor to lettuce, so they are the ones I most often use for salads. There are lots of interesting mixes available though, my favorite being “Zesty Blend.” Several different companies make their own zesty blends and they all taste about the same.   There is a lot written about the “mystique” of sprouts, but they aren't particularly difficult. For the most part it's just a matter of being faithful to your sprouts, rinsing them as often as they require and harvesting them as they're ready.

Proverbs 31:27  She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.

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