Kitchen Garden Sprouts
Ingredients
- mustard seeds ⓘ
- aluminum foil
Instructions
- Fold a terry cloth towel (16 inches long and 8 inches wide) into quarters (about 8 inches long and 4 inches wide) Pat it evenly to cover the bottom of a loaf pan.
- Pour water over the towel until it is completely saturated.
- Then sprinkle mustard seeds on top in a single layer.
- Cover with aluminum foil and leave overnight.
- Remove the foil and place the loaf pan in a warm sunny place.
- Make sure the towel stays wet but not covered with water.
- The seeds will sprout and send roots into the towel.
- The plants will grow about an inch high with tiny green leaves, purple on the undersides with long thin stems.
- Harvest the crop 10 to 20 days after you plant it.
- Snipping the plants off at the base with scissors.
- Garden Cress can also be grown this way.
Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)
42
kcal
2% DV
Protein
Fat
Carbs
* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).