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How to Make Your Own Alfalfa Sprouts

Weekend Well-Being: Grow Your Own Alfalfa Sprouts

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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.

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13 Comments

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.
Hi, Can i grow both broccoli and alfalfa sprouts TOGETHER in the same jar? Can anyone pls inform?
Hi interesting method to grow sprouts. Has anyone tried growing broccoli sprouts using this method?
Advah Advah
In the family we're obsessed with sprouting seeds. They're so good!
mehollowell mehollowell
I love alfalfa sprouts!
mehollowell mehollowell
I love alfalfa sprouts!
ShedItandGetIt ShedItandGetIt
Cool! Where can you buy alfalfa seeds??
Spectra Spectra
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 poptart princess
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 insanitypepper
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 lavendera
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 lemuse20
Neat!
lemuse20 lemuse20
Neat!
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