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How to Make Your Own Alfalfa Sprouts

Weekend Well-Being: Grow Your Own Alfalfa Sprouts

May 23, 2009

I love sprinkling alfalfa sprouts on my salad, but the ones at salad bars and even grocery stores totally gross me out. Who knows how long they've been sitting there, which means they could be a breeding ground for E. coli bacteria. Growing your own is so incredibly easy anyway, so now you can enjoy sprouts on your sandwiches and salads without having to worry about getting sick.

To learn how read more.

Weekend Well-Being Alfalfa Sprouts

13 Comments

2 years 51 weeks

Using tap water will cause chemicals to bond with the food rather than cleaning everything. If you are going to do this, make sure you use distilled water.

3 years 39 weeks

Hi, Can i grow both broccoli and alfalfa sprouts TOGETHER in the same jar? Can anyone pls inform?

3 years 43 weeks

Hi interesting method to grow sprouts. Has anyone tried growing broccoli sprouts using this method?

Advah 3 years 51 weeks

In the family we're obsessed with sprouting seeds. They're so good!

mehollowell 3 years 51 weeks

I love alfalfa sprouts!

mehollowell 3 years 51 weeks

I love alfalfa sprouts!

ShedItandGetIt 3 years 51 weeks

Cool! Where can you buy alfalfa seeds??

Spectra 3 years 51 weeks

Bleach will kill just about anything that's alive, so I'm not worried about there being any leftover E. coli on the sprouts. I'm not sure I want to be eating bleach though. I think I'd almost rather take my chances with the bacteria, but if you rinse the seeds well (like, about 10 times or so), you should be able to get all the bleach off of them. This could be a fun little project for me. I like alfalfa sprouts but I don't eat the commercially grown ones because they're so dirty. This looks easy enough, so maybe I'll try it.

poptart princess 3 years 51 weeks

as a hippie child, my mom never once disinfected our alfalfa sprout seeds and i never got e.coli, salmonella or whatever. but times have changed, i know and i'm all for disease prevention, but using bleach does not sit well with me. i think food grade hydrogen peroxide is a much more "human" - not to mention effective - substitute.

insanitypepper 3 years 51 weeks

I grew broccoli sprouts a couple of weeks ago. I don't normally go out of my way to eat sprouts, so this was different & fun.

lavendera 3 years 51 weeks

Does disinfecting them also kill salmonella successfully? I'm pretty sure we've been warned against eating them because of seed contamination in regard to salmonella. However, interesting idea. I may try it some time in the future.

lemuse20 3 years 51 weeks

Neat!

lemuse20 3 years 51 weeks

Neat!

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