11 Ways to Use Sprouts

Our local Whole Foods Market has the most amazing locally grown 'sprouts salad' mix we've ever found....garbanzo bean, multicolored lentil, Chinese red pea, sunflower and alfalfa sprouts...it's incredible. And it looks pretty. And the package includes 12 whole yummy, crunchy, springy ounces of the fresh little guys. It also comes with this green vinaigrette that Jon loves & I can't stand (I like most green things, but apple cider vinegar makes me gag). What can you do with these little babies? Pretty much anything!

photo by Erin Stewart // copyright 2012 // do not use without written permission

1. Juice/blend them. Raw, living nutrition is the best kind. Juiced/blended raw, living nutrition is even better than the best. When chewing, we don't always break through the cell walls of raw food to get to all the nutrient-dense good stuff. Juicing (with a quality juicer or blender) breaks open that cell wall and releases all that healthy richness so your body can access and distribute all the goodness appropriately.

2. Add them to your salad. Well, obviously.

3. Top your pizza with them. We're pretty health-conscious (and slightly extreme), but one of our guilty "junk food" pleasures is pizza. We bake our mostly-healthy naan pizzas (or cauliflower-crust or zucchini boat pizzas) and enjoy them with plenty of chunky marinara and a sprinkling of sprouts (added after baking). Yummy texture your tummy will love!

4. Layer them into your sandwiches (or pitas, or burritos). This option might not taste too great with that almond-butter-and-fruit (or pb&j) sandwich, but with a veggie or meat-based sandwich, go for it!

5. Add them to your pasta dishes (after the dish has already been cooked).

photo by Erin Stewart // copyright 2012 // do not use without written permission

6. Mix them into that delightful stir fry (again, after the dish has already been cooked).

7. Use them in your rice, along with your cilantro, lime, butter, peas, coconut oil, or whatever else you use (you guessed it...after it's already been cooked...and after it's cooled quite a bit, if possible).

8. Grind and use in a raw sprouted cracker or bread (or other baked-like) recipe.

9. Add to raw soups.

10. Chop them and add them to your favorite dip, salsa, or cream cheese.

11. Use them in or on an omelette.

Do any of these ideas sound appealing to you? What is your favorite way to use sprouts?

  

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