I finally did it! I finally made quinoa sprouts!
Yes, I am well aware that I should not be quite so proud of myself for a culinary feat that doesn’t even involve cooking. But I am.
You see, me and quinoa sprouts have a very tumultuous relationship. I love sprouts. I mean I really, really love sprouts. Any kind. Sprouts are great on a salad, sandwich, veggie burger. It doesn’t really matter to me.
So naturally when I first started this site I tried making sprouts.
The first time, nothing happened at all.
The second time my sprouts when all stinky and moldy.
It was embarassing. I have a website about cooking quinoa and I can’t do something as simple as sprout seeds?
So, I put the idea on the back burner for a while and kept buying my sprouts at the grocery store.
Then a few weeks ago (around the time I released my Quinoa Cookbook), I was chatting back and forth with a couple of readers and quinoa sprouts came up again.
I knew I had to give it a try!
This time, I used the directions in Quinoa 365 as my guide.
These guys were so yummy in a vegetable sandwich and also rocked in my daily salad.
What about you? Do you have an experience with quinoa sprouts you would like to share? Or have you perfected your method of sprouting quinoa? I’d love to hear from you!
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I’ve made quinoa sprouts using the instructions from the Quinoa 365 cookbook too. They are the first thing I’ve ever sprouted. And they turned out great.
Yeah! I think this is the best method without a sprout-er…which I’m tempted to try. Not because I think it would make them better, but maybe easier and I do love quinoa sprouts!
Can’t wait to try this!
I hope you enjoy!
Actually, I have never sprouted anything! Isn’t that crazy? But it is one of the things that I plan to do as soon as we get back from Vancouver. That and make kombucha
I’m very excited!
The quinoa sprouts look wonderful! We will have to try these very soon.
It was definitely worth the effort! Let me know how the kombucha goes – I’ve never tried that!