oh yes, the dreaded sprout. that fuzzy, squiggly thing that people pile on their burgers, sandwiches and salads. i cannot tell you how many people have a sproutaphobia. how can you be afraid of such a cute little thing? i know, i know, they come by the thousands and they are green. so what, they are amazing little buggers.i remember eating sprouts as a little one. back in the day my mom would pile them on salads and us kids would devour them. i know that i was a strange kid, but who could resist the appeal of a sprout or few? all considering that the 'all you can eat' salad bar was my fav spot to chow down at the age of eight, you were looking at a sprout junkie back then.
twenty some years later and i am still digging those great green goodies. why not? they are super nutritious, super cheap to grow and i can eat fresh goods all winter long right out of the kitchen. plus, you aren't limited to alfalfa sprouts any longer. there are a myriad of sprouting seeds out there. onion, garlic, fenugreek, lentils, radish, broccoli...and on and on. the flavor is out of this world and they add zing to any dish.
how do you do it, you ask? well, there are folks out there like The Sprout People out of San Francisco that do an amazing job of supplying sprout addicts with seeds and sprouting supplies. they have everything you need to get the job done. if you are just starting out, they have a kit for $55 that includes a seed sampler and sprouting containers. if you think about it, that's the cost of about fourteen store bought sprouts, which have been sitting on the shelf for weeks, come from who knows where and have been handled over and over again. yuck! these folks have a ton of info, FAQs and resources on their site...don't fear, The Sprout People are here. if you grow your own, it takes a little lovin' from you and about 6 days to get a fresh batch of sprouts fresh from your kitchen. yup, no transporting those little guys and no waiting for days on a shelf in the produce section for you to buy them. can't get any closer to home than that. new meaning to 'local'.
as winter creeps in on us, think of how nice it would be to have fresh green goodness grown by you. cold days and nights doesn't mean going without fresh local goodies, it means that you need to take two minutes every day to rinse your sprouts and no effort munching on them with every meal. embrace the power of the sprout and go for it...check out The Sprout People to get started.
oh, as for sprout therapy, maybe you should bring
it up to your therapist. it isn't HEALTHY to have
a fear of sprouts.
