Zesty salad mix

[Guest guest]

I think I mentioned this before, but we do a alfalfa, broccoli, cabbage,

radish, clover, with just a bit of arugula and cress. Very Tasty.

Diane

[Guest guest]

Cabbage huh? Wouldn't have thought of cabbage seeds, what do they taste

like? Considering the taste of broccoli and radish sprouts I'm assuming

they taste like cabbage, is that correct. I'd really like to try arugula

and cress but the store where I buy my seeds doesn't carry those; I haven't

ordered them online yet. I love the clover and tend to eat more of that. I

should mix a little broccoli and radish in with that - they are a little

stout for me alone :-) I was astounded at how spicy the radish sprouts

were!

Lorri

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Subject: Zesty salad mix

I think I mentioned this before, but we do a alfalfa, broccoli, cabbage,

radish, clover, with just a bit of arugula and cress. Very Tasty.

Diane

[Guest guest]

I get all my seeds, lentils, nuts from Sproutpeople.com. I ordered

arugula and cress a lonnnnnnng time ago, probably a year or more ago and

grew it on baby blanket. I had some successful crops but all in all it

was difficult for me to grow. It could be because we are in Arizona and

it gets very hot here. I don't keep the apt that cool, so sprouting was

always a challenge when using the manual sprouters. I think Gil at

.com has some hints on growing these two seeds, like make

sure there is space around each seed because the seeds have a gooey

coating when they gets wet, like chia seeds. So now, instead I just add

a few seeds, maybe 4-5 seeds to each quarter of the tray of the

Freshlife. Since I use a spice bottle with little holes, this is easy to

do. They do grow this way, as I have seen them in the zesty mix I have

been doing. You might also try Sproutpeople's mixes. I think they have a

spicy seed mix. I think I had to order a pound of arugula and cress,

which is alot when I only add a small amount to each quarter tray. Maybe

they will sell them in smaller sizes to try. I think I remember reading

that Gil was adding some to his mixes, but better check on that.

I know what you mean about radish being hot. That is how I ended up

doing a mix. My husband likes the radish sprouts by the handful, but

they are too hot for me.

I just tasted the cabbage sprout and it is a very very light cabbage

taste. This one was the red cabbage I think. I used to have to grow

cabbage and broccoli on baby blanket to get a good crop, but with the

FreshLife Sprouter I don't have to use anything except the regular

Freshlife trays. We will see how this summer goes using the Freshlife.

Maybe because it rinses the sprouts so often it might keeps them cool

enough.

Good luck and happy sprouting.

Diane