I grew up eating homemade whole wheat breads and healthy foods (1970s) but not sprouts.

I recently jumped into the world of sprouts by ordering the SproutHead SuperBundle kit from SproutPeople in San Francisco.

Let me say that I LOVE this company. They were able to help me with a special request (remove all nuts from the order) and the quality of their seeds and sprouters are simply super fantastic. I am so happy to support them. I am not associated with them in any way, just a happy customer!

This SproutHead SuperBundle kit, which you can order here, includes the following (as described on their site):

A Sprout Lover’s dream come true, our SproutHead Kit includes 10 pounds of seed, 5 Sprouting Devices,
Sproutpeople’s 1st Cook Book(let) and of course, our Growing Brochure – with all the information anyone needs to sprout any seed anywhere.

The Seeds in this Kit are all supplied to us by farmers who are Certified Organic!

Contents:

The Sprouters
Three Easy Sprout Sprouters
One Hemp Bag Sprouter
One SproutMaster 8×10 inch Sprouter

The Seeds
One Pound each of:

Amber Waves of Grain
Just about Every Grain Under the Sun, Combined into a Sweet and Nutritious Treat:
Wheat, Spelt, Kamut, Triticale, Rye, Oats, Barley, Quinoa, Millet, Sesame, Amaranth

Beanie’s Awesome Mix
A Lovely Pastel Blend of Beans:
Green, Marrowfat + Yellow Peas, Green + Red Lentils, Beige + Brown Garbanzos, Adzuki Beans

French Garden
Our Most Popular Clover Based Blend:
Clover, Arugula, Cress, Radish, Fenugreek, and Dill

Hot2
Spicy Brassicas mixed to perfection.
Daikon Radish and Oriental Mustard.

Italian Blend
Our 2nd Most Popular Clover Blend:
Clover, Cress and Garlic

Madison Market Mix
We sell this fresh at the Dane County Farmer’s Market – it is Astounding!
Almonds, Peanuts, Pumpkins and Sunflower

Mung Beans
The Most Consumed Sprout on Earth. A staple of Asian Cookery and a Very Fun Sprout to Grow

Peasant Mix
Simple yet elegant, this is Gil’s favorite Bean Mix:
Red, Crimson, Green, Black and French Blue Lentils

Russian Mix
Our Original and still Favorite Clover Blend:
Clover, Fenugreek, Mustard, Onion and Dill

San Francisco Mix
Our Most Popular Bean Mix is Beautifully Dark and Contains a Wide Range of Tastes:
Mungs, Adzukis, Peanuts, Black, Brown + Beige Garbanzos, Green, Crimson, French Blue + Black Lentils, Green, Marrowfat, Speckled + Bill Jump Peas

The Sproutpeople’s First Recipe Book (version 1.5, updated in 2005) and our Grow your Own Sprouts Brochure

So, when I got the box, I ripped it open and immediately started soaking some mung beans!

After an overnight soak, I rinsed them and then put them into the miniprouter.

Since I am already growing all sorts of plants for my garden, I had my seed sprouting mat up and going. I loaded up the minisprouter, wrapped it in foil to keep the sun out and then let it sit on the seed mat.

The soaked mung beans sprouted little tiny rootlets on the second day.

By the third day, the mungs are sprouted and looking luscious!

I used some of this first batch of mung sprouts for a delightful salad! I added equal parts balsamic vinegar and cold pressed olive oil to a quart canning jar with a lid and added some salt, shoyu, some greek herb mix and shook to emulsify it a bit. I dumped in a load of sprouts and then shook some more to coat the sprouts. I added some of this to mixed greens to make the salad you see below!

Let me know what your favorite sprouting recipes are!

I have been making smoothies with sprouts, will share some of those recipes in a later post.