sprouting seeds

thanks to the very nice rep from Mr. Fothergills Seeds, I have been given some sprouting seeds to try.  The official tray you can buy is rather expensive but I'm giving it a go on an old meat tray (plastic that the meat was sold in).  You soak them overnight and then spread out on the tray, wash them twice a day and then in 4 to 5 days you can eat them.  I'll let you know how I get on.

you can do them in a jam jar as well and then when they are about ready just put the lid on and keep them in the fridge to use as and when  

Mung beans, chickpeas and lentils are my staples - though until I discovered the Tesco ones recently had trouble getting mung beans that sprout properly, H&B ones don't.  Lightly sprouted chickpeas I cook with my supper veg.

I know alfalfa is the "queen of foods" and all that but - yuck, it's hard to make yourself eat it I find.  I tried sprouting hemp recently, see here, it didn't sprout much but was nice when roasted later.

You can get bags called Sproutman Sprout Bags instead of jars or tubs, I was thinking of making my own from a hemp and linen fabric, perhaps this is the key to making the things like hemp sprout properly.