Sprouts for Your Food Storage Resources

Additional recipes, tips, and tools to help with your sprouting journey, organized by book chapter.

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Storage (Pre-sprouting)

• Mylar bags (for long-term storage of wheat and other items)
• Oxygen absorbers
• 5-gallon bucket with gamma lid
• Vacuum sealer
• Utah State University Extension study
• “What You Need to Know About Storing Nuts”

 

Sprouting Devices

• Hemp sprouting bag (perfect for travel)
• Easy Sprout Sprouter: a great all-in-one system from soaking to sprouting to storage. Also, a great sprouter for road tripping!
• The Stainless Steel Sprouter, ideal for growing vertical Leafy Sprouts and Brassica Sprouts. The vertical growing system is helpful for drainage.
• Mason jars
• Plastic sprout lid for wide-mouth mason jars
• Plastic sprout lid with tilt handle
• Sprouting jar lid and stand
• Two-tiered seed sprouter
• Stainless steel fine mesh strainers
• Stainless steel colanders
• Colander with bowl
• Flour sack towels (to cover colanders to keep dust out or to make your own sprout bags)
• DIY sprouting lid (make your own!)
• Make your own sprouting bag (instructions for making a nut milk bag but same concept)

 

Additional Equipment

• Instant Pot
• Crockpot
• Immersion blender
• Countertop blender
• Sun Oven
• Salad spinner
• Glass storage containers
• Keep It Fresh storage bags

 

Safety

• Vinegar as a disinfectant
• CDC info on E. coli
• CDC info on salmonella
• “Sprouting Seeds at Home – Safely”
• “Growing Seed Sprouts at Home”
• Sprout People: Sprout People is an amazing source for seeds. They have just about every seed you can imagine. And some you may have never thought of sprouting!
• Traditional Cooking School membership: Learn about sprouting, dehydrating, traditional foods, and more.
• Sprouted split peas video: You can sprout split peas!

 

Nutrition Information

• ½ cup of beans provides 7 grams of protein
• Folate: health benefits and recommended intake
• Weston A. Price “Putting the Polish on Those Humble Beans”
• Naturally occurring toxins in kidney beans
• Sprouting Increases Nutrition

 

Seed Sources

• Azure Standard: One of my favorite sources for bulk buying of wheat, brown rice, beans (all varieties), whole dried peas (these sprout beautifully), and more. If there is a route near you, delivery charges are very reasonable.
• Sprout People
• Cultures for Health
• Your local grocery or health food store

 

Troubleshooting

• “What Does Mold on Sprouts Look Like?”

 

Small Seeds

• Sprouting jar lid and stand
• Plastic sprout lid with tilt handle
• Two-tiered seed sprouter

 

Grains

• Stainless steel colanders
• Flour sack dish towels (to cover colanders to keep dust out or to make your own sprout bags)
• Stainless steel fine mesh strainers
• Stainless steel colanders
• Colander with bowl

 

Sprouts While Traveling

• Easy Sprout Sprouter: a great all-in-one system from soaking to sprouting to storage. Also, a great sprouter for road tripping!
• Hemp sprouting bag (perfect for travel)

 

Recipes

• Quinoa Enchilada Baked Eggs (original recipe)
• Enchilada Sauce for Baked Eggs (original recipe)
• Homemade mayonnaise
• Feeding The Family When It’s Too Hot To Cook

 

Additional Sprout Recipes

• Basic Sprouted Bean Chili
• Sprouted Pea Egg Foo Yung
• Garbanzo Beans and Sprouted Wheat
• Lentil Sprout Salad
• 3 Dishes Made From Sprouted Lentils
• Sweet and Sour Lentils (this is a great one to cook in the Sun Oven)
• Sprouted Lentil Sloppy Joes
• Sprouted Lentil Bread
• 30 Minute Rolls with Sprouted Flour
• Lemon Poppy Seed Cake made with Sprouted Flour
• 5 Yummy Ways to Use Sprouted Beans
• Sprout Recipes from Sprout People

 

More Real Food & Food Storage Books

• Sourdough For Your Food Storage by Millie Copper (see the end of your book to get 20% off!)
• Real Food Hits the Road by Millie Copper (see the end of your book to get 20% off!)
• Stock the Real Food Pantry by Millie Copper (see the end of your book to get 20% off!)
• Stretchy Beans by Millie Copper (see the end of your book to get 20% off!)
• Design a Dish by Millie Copper (see the end of your book to get 20% off!)
• Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon
• Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Weston A. Price
• Soft Cover Print Books from Traditional Cooking School (Fundamentals I & II has sprouting info)