Sprouts

A while back, I bought a bag of "sprouting" seeds.  I had never heard of "growing" your own sprouts until recently, but now that I know about it I wonder why people buy sprouts!

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I started with 1 tablespoon of seeds.  I put the seeds in a quart size canning jar with 1 cup of water.  Instead of using a regular canning lid, I have a mesh screen that fits the top of my jar.  I left the seeds to soak overnight.

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The next morning I drained the seeds and then rinsed them and drained them again.  Basically in the morning and evening I repeated this procedure for several days.

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After a couple of days the seeds began to sprout.

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They just kept growing!

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When most of the sprouts were a couple of inches long, and the jar was pretty much full, I decided that they were done.  I switched the mesh lid for a regular lid, and now they are in my refrigerator waiting for a salad, or a sandwich!