I am so excited to report that my second attempt at sprouting was very successful! This time, I only sprouted in one level and used Organic Sandwich Booster Sprout Mix from Gardens Alive. We love Gardens Alive because they very often have a $25 coupon available or have fantastic monthly specials. I originally purchased my sprouter when it was a monthly special.  Anyhow, the sprout mix contains clover, alfalfa, radish and canola sprout seeds. This first taste had a bit of a “twang” but I feel that maybe they were not quite finished at that time. Maturity is 3-6 days.

These were wonderful in our salad, but I did add them to a couple of sandwiches as well. I am anxious to hear DH’s report back from his lunch that I made today. I spread a light amount of the sprouts in his turkey sandwich and chicken salad sandwich. I am always looking for ways to slip in  more veggies to our meals.

There was a pretty decent “harvest” from the small amount of seeds that I sprouted this time. I just need to research how to store them, but for now I have them in a sealed ziploc with a damp piece of paper towel.

I already have some more alfalfa sprout seeds soaking for the start of a new batch tomorrow.

I wish I had a steadier hand for the  photos!!!!

Just before I placed inside the plastic bag and into the fridge…….

Bummer! Sometimes I just cannot win for losing. Dumb me, I started my seed sprouting, but failed to realize that I did not have enough time to complete the project before I had to leave town for several days. We ended up cleaning the sprouter out before we left, for fear of what we would find when we returned. I hope to start the process again this week. One thing that I believe I will change is the amount of seeds I placed in the sprouter. DH felt that I had over-crowded the contents….so I will follow his lead.

I am not certain I will be able to post photos every day of our journey to edible sprouts, but here are a few from day #2.  These were taken prior to the morning rinse.

As I have mentioned before, I usually do not spend my mornings watching television because it generally sets a tone of laziness for the day, but I watched a bit of Martha this morning. I was excited to see her segment about seed sprouting. My seed sprouter finally came in, but the sprouting seeds were on back-order so it has been sitting in its box tucked away on the back part of the kitchen counter. After finding some alfalfa and nine grain sprouting seed mix, I decided to give it a try. Martha made it sound as if you just placed the seeds in the sprouter and poured water over it every day. Well, either I wasn’t watching close enough, or she left out the part about having to soak the seeds overnight. Boy,was I disappointed to realize that the seeds had to be soaked before placing in the sprouter.

For now I just have a photo of my sprouter, but I hope to show the progress over the next few days.

You can find the sprouter available for purchase in my store located through the link at the top of this page.