How To Grow Sprouts at Home | 4 Super Healthy Sprouts

hey guys it's Eva here and if you're new  to my channel I'm a health coach and  obsessed with healthy food  today I'm going to show you how easy it  is to grow Sprouts at home and we will  talk about the benefits of sprouting and  just for pennies you can grow not only  food but the best nutritional food let  me know in the comments what are your  favorite sprouts and if you have tried  to grow them in the jars before we are  going to focus on the most common  Sprouts today the alpha alpha radishes  lentils and broccoli you can Sprout  almost any legumes from nut seeds to  chickpeas to Clover kale and mung beans  sprouting requires minimum labor and  equipment and it's especially perfect  solution in the winter months or places  where they have a hard time getting  fresh produce these wild teeny things  have a high concentration of nutrients a  little goes a long way eating a handful  of spreading Foods is the same as eating  tons of produce they are about 20 to 30  times more nutrients than adults greens  and they tend to multiply like weeds  they are complete vegetables in  themselves for example three tablespoons  of broccoli seeds will grow in physical  volume about 10 times in under a week  sprouted foods are commonly packed with  micronutrients like fiber vitamins and  minerals they are among the easiest food  to digest because of the simple  nutrients which are combined in the  right proportion to be absorbed and the  living enzymes that can add in digestion  Sprouts are considered some of the most  high protein foods because of their  amino acid content amino acids are the  building blocks our body used to make  proteins try adding this protein to your  smoothies instead of protein powders for  the fresh plant-based alternative we  love them on salads sandwiches snack by  handful by the way this is a great  project to do with kids because they can  see the growth happen and so quickly and  they are much more likely to eat the  Sprouts if they have been part of  helping them grow okay so let's dive in  and show you how to grow the sprouts so  all you need is one liter white Mouth  Mason jar the sprouting lid which is  which I have the link down below this  video and organic Sprouts I'm using mums  here  um well I'm not sponsored by them I just  love using them and if you don't have a  sprouting lid you can use cheesecloth  and a rubber band on top and that's  about it I will have a link to the  Sprouts down below my video so now I'm  going to add two tablespoons of radish  to my first jar to my next jar I'm gonna  add two tablespoons of alpha alpha  and my third jar I'm going to add one  quarter of a cup of lentils  and that's it and all we have to do is  just fill it up with water I like to use  about about this much water for the  small seeds and for the legumes I  usually fill it up a lot more you never  wanted to do less you always want to do  more and if you feel more comfortable  filling it up all the way you can just  do that as well  so the next thing you want to do is just  put the lids on and let them soak  overnight for 8 to 12 hours next morning  we're going to drain the water and then  rinse them twice  I just want to mention that broccoli  seeds do not need to be soaked overnight  they only need to be soaked for two to  four hours during the day and then you  can just dump the water which we're just  gonna do that in a second  okay  so you just want to rinse them twice and  just shake it well  so now you can just kind of move them  around a little bit and they will spread  and have the room to breathe and  germinate  there you go just like that  so now they are well distributed we're  going to put them upside down in the  container and let them drain uh properly  or if you don't have the lid and you  have a cheese cloth you can just get a  bigger container and let them sit on the  angle like that just so the water drains  properly  so you're going to repeat this process  for the next four to five days You're  Gonna rinse it two times in the morning  two times in the evening small seeds  will take will be fully grown by day  four fifth with the legumes take a lot  shorter so let's say lentils  only takes three days so tomorrow  morning I'm going to rinse this twice  and just do the same as I did with this  one and you can store the jars on the  glass containers on the countertop if  there's too much light just cover them  with a cloth so they germinate faster  now if you see those little roots and  this looks like mold it's not malt it's  just very thirsty little roots that  asking for water so make sure you rinse  them as fast as you can and they will be  just fine and that's about it just enjoy  them look at these guys this is my  broccoli after five days and my red  radish I highly recommend that look at  this it's so packed and oh my goodness  it's full of goodness that's for sure I  highly recommend you guys try it out and  watch the Miracle Grow and now I'm going  to rinse the Sprouts I like to use my  salad spinner but you can use a regular  Bowl as well and just do the same exact  process that I'm doing right now  one thing I want to mention that when  you put the water in the seeds will come  up this is the seeds that are actually  empty and you can just scoop them up and  just throw them out so they are still  it's not nothing gonna happen if you eat  them it's uh it's just the empty shells  pretty much but you can just scoop them  up and get rid of them as much as you  can and whatever you can't it's okay  since I have a spinner I'm going to dry  it that way but if you don't have a  spinner you can use paper towel lay it  flat and then you can just let them dry  for maybe half an hour before you  transfer them to airtight container I'm  going to put paper towel first so this  way the moisture gets absorbed into the  paper  and you can store them in the fridge for  up to a week I like to enjoy them within  four to five days if you want more  information about sprouting I highly  recommend the Sprout book it's packed  with lots of information you can also  freeze the sprouts and use them Frozen  in a smoothie instead of protein powder  but don't defrost them they will get  really soggy so it's best to use them  Frozen also I will have all the links to  the spreading lids and the seeds down  below this video so please check it out  and also let me know uh was it easy  complicated are you going to give it a  try and which scissor you're going to  start with so let me know in the  comments if you did like this video hit  the thumbs up it really helps to support  my channel and don't forget to subscribe  so you don't miss anhy of my future  videos bye for now guys and I'll see you  next week