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Green living- growing sprouts

Don't let your daily vegetable intake wither in winter.

A tablespoon of alfalfa seeds can yield up to three full cups of sprouts.

This week I’m making sprouts because it can be hard to find fresh greens during winter.

These are so handy to throw in sandwiches or add to stir-fries. Alfalfa is considered the most nutritionally concentrated of all sprouts – containing protein, carotene, calcium, magnesium, potassium, phosphorus,

sodium, sulphur, silicon, iron, chlorine, cobalt, zinc, vitamin K and an abundance of chlorophyll. And they take just a few days to make.

Get a large jar and sprinkle in 3 tbsp of alfalfa seeds. Fill the jar with warm water and leave them to soak overnight. In the morning, put a piece of cloth with a rubber band holding it over the top of the jar (or you can buy special sprouting lids) and drain. Place on your windowsill and rinse and drain every day until your sprouts grow. When they are green and crisp, store in your fridge.

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