Sprouts? What?

So many of us have the wintertime blues in February. I know I do – especially during CHICAGO winters. This is when many of us who do gardens start getting ready, if you haven’t already, to start your seeds inside in those peat pots or in little squares of soil.

Well, what if you want something really healthy without waiting until May for REAL results?

SPROUTING!!! It really us SUCH a nice way to get MAX nutrition in about 2 to 5 days. Now that is MY kind of harvest time!

So everyone has heard of Alfalfa Sprouts – and you might not LIKE alfalfa sprouts. What else IS there?
Broccoli Sprouts have 50 TIMES more potency in antixidants than real broccoli. And all you need are broccoli seeds, a jar, a square of old pantyhose and a rubberband to secure it. And then you rinse the seeds everyday with water and dump out the water. WHALA!!

KIDS think these are SO cool and they will have fun eating them – and they are WAY more healthy than actually eating fruit and veggies. I have DISTINCT memories of growing sprouts when I was a kid and rinsing them out and watching how much they grew each day. It is a great gardening experiment for kids. You can sprout onions, beans, sunflowers, radishes (very high in vit B,C, E, K and a couple others), clover, mustard, etc. and put them in salads, on sandwiches or eat them like I do – straight out of the jar with a fork (I know it sounds weird, but it tastes so DANG fresh!)

Here is a website that has a list of all the different stuff you can sprout:
http://www.isga-sprouts.org/nutritio.htm
and here is where I order my sprouting seeds – they include a TON in these packets:
http://www.parkseed.com/

GARDENING and escaping the winter blues IN FEBRUARY IS POSSIBLE!!! It will help you in your quest to make you and your family eat healthier!