Boost Your Health with Sprouts: Easy DIY Recipes!

“The doctor of the future will no longer treat the human frame with drugs, but rather will cure and prevent disease with nutrition” Thomas Edison.

Organic sprouts are tiny, just sprouted plants and are nutritional powerhouses that not only taste great but offer us all kinds of essential vitamins and minerals. They are convenient and easy to grow using sprouting seeds and a sprouting kit in your very own home. The next size up from sprouts is microgreens, which have even more nutrition than sprouts or even the adult plant! Microgreens can be used in the same way as sprouts in the recipes below!

If you thought sprouts or microgreens are complicated to grow, think again! Nothing could be easier!

• You don’t need any soil to grow sprouts or microgreens – just seeds, a sprouting kit and a little water!
• Sprouts can be easily grown indoors
• They can be sprouted all year round
• After the initial cost of the sprouting kit, your only expense is the seeds – and a little goes a long way!
• By using organic seeds, you will have pesticide and chemical free micro-veggies at a fraction of the cost!

You can add sprouts and microgreens to all kinds of smoothies, curries, soups, stews and dips. Their crunchy, raw and unique flavours offer many health benefits. By adding sprouts to your cooking routine you offer endless health support and benefits to yourself, as well as family and friends. Our advice to you - Get sprouting for healthier living!

Sprouts can be munched as is or added simply to salads. However, you can also combine sprouts in smoothies, stir fries, soups, stews and use them as part of many other creative foodie ideas. Our DIY sprout recipes below are some ideas of just how you can use sprouts in daily cooking and food preparation. Feel free to add other healthy ingredients like Flax Seed Oil, Coconut Oil, Sesame Seed Oil  and Superfoods  like Hemp Powder, Chaga Powder or Spirulina Powder. The sky is the limit with just how creative you can get with sprouts!

DIY Brown Rice Recipe using Sprouts

Ingredients  

• 1 cup chopped fresh chives
• ½ cup Organic Olive Oil
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon Himalayan salt
• 1 and a half cups of sprouted legumes – such as mung beans, chick peas, green peas, or even leafy veggies like broccoli, swiss chard or red onion 
• 1 and a half cups of grated egg plant
• ½ cup cooked brown rice – you could also use Jugo Beans
• 1/3 cup sunflower seeds
• 1/3 cup coarsely chopped almonds 
• Freshly ground pepper

Directions

Mix all of the above ingredients in a large bowl. You can add more lemon juice and seasoning should your taste require it. How easy is that?

DIY Homemade Sprouted Hummus Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 cups sprouted chickpeas – you can cook them for 5 minutes if you prefer it is up to you! 
• 2 tablespoons Organic Sesame Oil 
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice 
• 1 clove of garlic 
• ½ cup Organic Olive Oil 
• 1 teaspoon Himalayan salt 

Directions

Place the sprouted chickpeas, sesame oil, lemon juice and garlic in a food processor or blender. Pulse until well processed.

Through the feeding tube drizzle in the olive oil while the processor is running. Add the salt. Serve and enjoy! Yum!

The above are just some DIY sprout recipes. There are so many out there! Eating sprouts as raw as possible is always best in order to get the highest nutritional value from them. If you are going to add them to cooked dishes, try and add them close to the end of the cooking time, they really do not need more than a few minutes of cooking time to soften.

If you have any questions, please contact our team or leave a comment below for FREE health advice. We always love hearing from you!