Sprouting Legumes - Lentils and Mung Beans - Super Easy Method

[ldyInBluJeanz]

Great, down to earth and easy to understand video...Love your videos! Can you elaborate on what you put on your 'bathed' sprouts. Your mung beans...do you just toss them in a salad? How do you most enjoy your sprouts?

[RAWlike100]

@ldyInBluJeanz Thanks for the feedback! After the sprouts are briefly boiled, they are simply placed on a salad or used in a rice / pasta dish. Sometimes, I just drizzle them in a little oil & Herb salt and eat as is. They are an addition to whatever I am eating at that meal. They can even be blended with oil, vinegar, and herbs to make a chunky salad dressing or basil pesto.

[danthadon87]

the monster zit on the right is making me want to throw up, how the hell is it related to sprouts??

[oceanofdarkstars1]

do you buy seed or grow it passed sprouting and harvest seeds?

[cnaatwork]

Hey, I got a black spot on some of my green lentils. Does this mean there are no good? Do I have to throw all of them out? Thanks!

[RAWlike100]

@cnaatwork Some species of lentils are flecked with black (specifically dupuy lentils)... if the seed shell has black flecks before soaking, then it is just part of the seeds appearance... but if the black spots appear after you start soaking them... then I would toss them. Use smell and your best judgement. (This is why cooking is suggested as it not only reduces any digestive inhibitors, but it also would kill any bacteria that may grow).

[Jen2848]

awesome video!!! I'm going to start sprouting for me and my dogs. They are on a vegetarian diet due to allergies and I bet this will be even better for them in combination with their dog food. I will do further research first though. Thanks for this!!!

[Pavlovafowl]

Very clear and logical explanation of the seeming enzyme and cooking conflict and also very well presented. I am about to make your sunflower pâté recipe and have had to go out and buy the organic sunflowers as I do not have enough of my own. The price here in France for organic sunflowers has doubled recently and this is for last year's harvest but with continuing fallout from Fukushima reaching Europe this is not surprising. Thanks for your videos we really enjoy them.

[TJsoutherngreen]

Please share, where do you purchase your organic seeds? I live in southern Louisiana, and have a few local health food stores, also a Whole Foods grocery (though 45 miles away),very limited organic for sprouting selections! I'm discovering Bob's Red Mill grains avail local groceries... I'm currently trying the only black oil sunflower found from local feed'nseed store, but problematic with fungus and low sprout count... TXS, I'm learning a lot from your videos and appreciate your educated info!

[RAWlike100]

@TJsoutherngreen You can go to sprouting-dot-com or Google "Mumm's Sprouting Seeds" to get to the website. They service both Canada and the US! They have the small black and brown lentils which sprout the nicest as well as the sunflower seeds, mung beans, peas and many other grains - I even experimented with sprouting my own breakfast cereals. It is definitely easy to do once it becomes part of your daily lifestyle routine. Awesome that you are exploring this stuff ;-)