Another little milestone is happening in my Raw food transition... i am growing my own Alfalfa sprouts!!
My little Biosnacky Greenhouse from Christmas allows me to have my first trial of sprouting, and i love it :) The greenhouse has 3 sprouting layers with connecting water drains and a water collector on the bottom to collect excess for you to discard in order to allow an appropriately moist environment for sprouting. The process seems simple enough but i was a little nervous about the 3-8 day procedure!
Following my little books instructions i rinsed the green house but only used one try to start with. Without drying the tray i aligned it over the water bowl and sprinkled 1 1/2 tablespoons of alfalfa seeds from the health food shop over the tray. Then i added enough water to submerge the little red water drainer.
The green house worked its magic and the excess water drained into the bottom tray leaving around 1-2 tablespoons of water scattered over the top of the seeds. It is important to discard the excess water from the water bowl to allow the correct environment as mentioned before, THEN i waited...
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| The seeds... |
For the alfalfa seeds i had to rinse with water twice a day again discarding the excess drained water. In 12 hours the seeds had swollen and almost doubled in size, then i woke up to the 'birth' of my little sproutlings!!!
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| 24 hours later... |
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| 36 hours later... |
And after 48 hours here is the result so far...
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| 48 hours mark! |
The 1 1/2 tablespoons i used should make 6-8 servings when they are fully grown, i have my fingers crossed i am doing it right i don't want them to grow any fungus or anything, but they are growing themselves so i know i have something right at least... so much love for sprouts! Stay tuned for the end result :)
Rockin Raw
Xox
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