![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlW_Sw4L6VW8qfLR3j_dZYV_H7m43453VBOQda0u5IhY0RKhzbnmsDV8NNiuJTgEavET0CwC_oB_IRypWGmdFMh4nGH1f21B1qPEIsIz4IufIzqb6BcjbmIwMCRntWjaIVThh1MoesLFQ/s320/20080625photo1.jpg)
My husband loves to garden. Me? I’d rather cook and eat than water and weed. And anyway, I don’t have much of a green thumb. Our bay tree is only now recovering from the time I tried to prune it a couple of years ago.
But even I can grow alfalfa sprouts. Just take a handful of seed.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLr8G2VDOmkdCA7cSJEsr_nGCOCnzCLgJVAW7X-4YgxBsE-Mjit4-l9ucvqVTddlIa390YoVvk1A8z7_5dHy5jnOf3wG0HpS0-zaXYlr2j12JbyeEzNHMwIzEexVOLMW0Wuos8rns6F5M/s320/20080625photo2.jpg)
Soak it in cool water for a few hours. Then rinse and drain a couple of times a day. I can handle that. I have a sprouter, you know how I love my toys.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw2_zT7X-aUre0YVfw2nDAlQC2egOaYddYXsN16cDisaoUYLUsxRBdkMIoNdqatIdcMzB2CXf80Jfi3zkaKo3oj5e8AVUx02L3uCMXOT-ocl0cMZA9DqMTFpQrys3zd4rdpAnIwAM-cWc/s320/20080625photo3.jpg)
You don’t need one though, I suppose you can do all of this with just a bottle and a fine mesh sieve.
In less than a week, the sprouter’s full. How can I describe the flavor of fresh alfalfa sprouts? Green. Alive. Downright yummy. Perfect on a salad or ham and cheese sandwich.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtmUddDUSvQ93hGBmpL95_v03wIImmGBbOQsAI13OHKS_Sy1pcn_cRCaQ0g-lmrR0-E8B3P13iQsB77qU4Z2msRZoAgMt85mqSJnwuFhMMtXV9EKx5WT27O9yCsI899V-t7_YulPU4oY0/s320/20080625photo4.jpg)
I’ll leave digging in the dirt to the gardener.
0 comments:
Post a Comment