Sprouting Wheatberries - easy as pie!

The naked berry

If you're still new to the art of sprouting, allow me to make it really easy for you.

All you need is a bowl, wheatberries, water, strainer and a few days.

I happened stumble on the nutty grain - where our beloved (wheat) bread comes from, sometime last year.

In a sprouting phase, I did what I'm about to extrapolate on below, sprouting the berries first, before drying them on low heat in the oven and then grounding down to a flour. We had the best digestive biscuits as far as memory serves, though an actual loaf of bread? Can't remember.

After 3 days 

How to sprout?

Take a medium sized (salad) bowl
Add a cup of berries
Wash and then cover with water
Allow to soak for a day (or night)
Strain and rinse the berries in a sieve/colander with small holes
Allow berries to air out for the day (or night) then rinse again

Wheat berries generally sprout quickly, and have a beautifully nutty sweet flavor to them.

I tend to soak overnight, and then rinse in morning and evening. When I'm happy with the roots, I blanch the berries in hot water as I prefer them as such. Can you eat them raw? Try them and see. :)


How my berries were enjoyed:

Over French Onion Soup
 (w/o cheese & bread)

Close Up 

Main Dish: Sprouted Wheat Berries over Sprouted Curried Mung Beans,
with my Home Made Spicy Peach & Pear Chutney
All made with love by yours truly:
This Little Cookie :** <3

Please, I ask you to play, create, share, inspire and repeat. Love you! 

xxManj

PS: as you know, I'm concerned most with beautiful food, made with love, and a firm believer in food is the energy/meaning you give to it.  I'm sure there's a heap of benefits to all of the above, and should you be interested, I encourage you to search further. 
For me the calorie count is: love
Fat content is: love
Carb contest is: love
Protein content is: love

You get the drift ;) 
More coming up on the topic of food/energy/love over at thislittlecookie.com :)  

A Heap of Sprouts, Brown Rice, Alfalfa, & Masoor Lentils

In my sprouting frenzy, I did a whole lot of brown rice, which meant a lot of playing :)

This little meal was heaven in my mouth, and if you don't count the sprouting time, it took only minutes to make.

Ingredients are on Instagram, though I've got a few more things to get up before switching tracks, so again, bear with me please. Thank you!





A Heap of Sprouts- Brown Rice, Alfalfa, & Masoor, with avocado, tamari, coriander and more :)

Sprouted Brown Rice 

Sprouting - the Easiest thing ever, and so good for you on so many levels!

I love Sprouting-it's a beautiful thing to take a bunch of  seeds, legumes, or grains, water them and give them lots of love (yes, I talk to mine :D), and watch them grow! For me, it's as miraculous as our existence, hence the act of sprouting is rather a sacred thing for me.

Sacred or not, so very easy to do. All you really need is patience, as they do take time to grow, but not as much as you may think.

As usual, pics for now, details later. Head on over to Instagram to get more of a peek at all things I love. :)

Masoor lentils 

Artsy Fartsy Masoor Lentils :) 

Wheatberrries, which were just beginning to sprout, so I started the drying
process (very slowly in oven, to eventually make my own whole wheat flour.

Brown rice sprouts which I used for sooooo many things!

Sprouted Rukola/Rocket 

A close up on Rukola

Another one of my favourite pictures, (and the very first thing I sprouted): Three little bean sprouts. Yurai said he saw lots of hearts when first seeing this
picture. I saw "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon." Don't ask ;) 

From little sprouts, to full blown plants, pictured alongside
chia and alfalfa sprouts.


Speaking of alfalfa, I am slightly biased towards these goodies than anything else, just slightly though :)  

The beautiful alfalfa spouts

Sprouted Chia Seeds 

A Close up on Chia 

A salad of onions and pease, with alfalfa sprouts and parsley
dijon mustard, yoghurt & pickles :) 

I made a lovely egg salad, and used the same them with the salad here, minus the eggs. I love to surprise my husband with weird but delicious.