Countertop Grow-Your-Own

Okay so it is freezing outside–instead of getting the gardening blues–try growing a few simple healthy and nutritious foods right on your kitchen countertop.

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Okay so it is freeze outside – instead of getting the horticulture blue devils – try grow a few simple healthy and nutritive foods right on your kitchen countertop … I ’ve got sprout bourgeon and veggies fermenting ! It is easy and fun to do these simple projects .

Sprouting sprouts is something I do throughout the class , however I appreciate them most in the cold winter months when I ca n’t grow much out of doors . I have been acquire sprout for 10 and have used a quart , canning jar with a piece of blind or cheesecloth over the opening night . A few years back , I got a three - tier sprouter and I can grow three kinds of sprouts at the same clock time . It is near the sink so I intend to irrigate it a few clip each twenty-four hour period , andvoila , fresh green sprout in just two - to - three day ! Although I like alfalfa and “ mungo ” beans , my favorite is the spicy radish and mustard mixing , and of course , the sunflower seeds are so loco - good . lentil and broccoli are also tasty sprouts . This is so well-off and the intellectual nourishment is live and sassy ; I further you to sprout too ! you may employ them to garnish just about anything – of course they are pop on sandwiches – though I like them in salad , on top of soup , curries , pasta , even pizza pie !

Fermentation is the late cant in the solid food world … everything honest-to-goodness is new again so the honest-to-goodness saw run short … Fermented foods are so very just for us . As Sandor Katz succinctly position it “ The summons of agitation makes food more digestible and nutritious ” . They are very simple to organise and pleasing to the roof of the mouth . Fermentation preserves food , which aid to prevent spoilage and retain nutrients making them more digestible . The resilient organisms in lacto - fermentation of vegetables produce alcohol , acetic and lactic Lucy in the sky with diamonds , which aid in long - term conservation . And then there is the probiotic goodness , which aids in the sizable fauna and flora of our digestive nerve tract .

I ’ve been analyze the prowess of fermentation starting with sauerkraut and moved onto fermented red-hot peppers and vegetables , and am impart fresh foods to my repertoire as I expand my celestial horizon . Here is a link to an easy formula for sauerkraut ( you do not have to habituate the milk whey at all and will still get an easy fermentation – that was just the first way I learned to do it)./item/12938 / not - your - grandmas - sauerkraut

soon , these are my three favorite books on fermentation – they have taught me all I bang on the subject area – other than personal experience !

The Art of Fermentationby Sandor Ellix Katz , Chelsea Green Publishing , 2012 – this is a great book – the bible of fermentation – Sandor is the king of it .

wild fermentationby Sandor Ellix Katz , Chelsea Green Publishing , 2003 – Sandor ’s first Word of God is introductory and easy to use .

Fermented Vegetablesby Kirsten K. Shockey and Christopher Shockey , Storey Publishing , 2014 – inspirational and easy recipe , round-eyed and down - to - earth explanation of “ the science behind vegetable fermentation”–I have a whole list of recipes I want to essay !

Well this blog has made me hungry – so I am go away to go make theWorld ’s Best Veggie Reubenwith my own homemade sauerkraut – just think about it makes me salivate – here - s the recipe post:/item/60529 / vegetable - reuben

Meanwhile , here ’s to Countertop Cultivation ! seek it , you ’ll like it .

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Growing sprouts is an easy, fast crop–right on the kitchen countertop! Click on other pix to enlarge and read captions.Photo/Illustration: Susan Belsinger

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