Comments on: How to Sprout Beans – Mung Beans

By: Karen

Karen — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 12:44:44 +0000

Thanks for the great info! I’ve been doing my own alfalfa sprouts for years in a similarly fashioned set up, and tried using it last week for some mung beans. It works, but I’m always curious to see how other people do it. Your jar is prettier than the thing I’m using.

And… we didn’t know that kidney beans shouldn’t be eaten raw! Makes sense though, a friend of ours had to be rushed to the ER after eating something like that. I think he said it was a type of Peruvian bean… when I asked him for more details, he said “like a kidney bean…”

Thanks again!

By: kristen

kristen — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:01:37 +0000

Hmm, well, we ate the hulls. I try to eat all the edible parts of a plant that I can to maximize nutrition. So unless they are irritating to your digestion, I would suggest doing that. But I’ve read that one way to remove the hulls is to place the sprouts in water, and the hulls will float.

By: Bob Parrott

Bob Parrott — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:37:22 +0000

I’ve sprouted mung beans, but getting the jackets (hulls?) off them after the sprout is ready is quite tedious. Any hints on a quick way to do this?

By: kristen

kristen — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 22:04:15 +0000

Those were cranberry beans. Kidney beans are on the list of beans that you aren’t supposed to eat as sprouts, as this post indicates!

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:46:47 +0000

I doubt it. Worst case scenario you get some extra fiber in your diet. We sprouted some kidney beans that I didn’t like at all, but most bean sprouts were light, pleasant and appetizing. I made quite an impression at graduate school bringing a tupperware full of sprouts with a touch of dressing for lunch.

By: Caroline

Caroline — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 23:23:03 +0000

Is it too late if the sprouts start growing baby leaves?

By: Katherine Daly

Katherine Daly — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:31:06 +0000

Hi Kristen,

This is a clear, concise encapsulation of sprouting for us new to the home-grown game. Would you be willing and available to teach a 30 minute (or so) class on sprouting this weekend at Green Grocer Chicago? We could probably provide jars, beans, etc. for the class if you let us know what you need.

You could bring sprouts in various stages, and discuss health benefits, materials, techniques, and resources. If all goes well, we could follow it up with more classes on different aspects of vegan and raw cooking.

Let me know if this is something that interests you. I think it would be a great way for you to bring some publicity to The Casual Vegan and meet some simpatico folks. We’re a small grocery store at Grand & Noble in West Town that specializes in local and organic food. Check us out and see what you think: http://www.greengrocerchicago.com.

We’re a fun bunch and we’d love to work with you!!

Best,

Katherine Daly

Feel free to email me, call me: xxx-xxx-xxxx, or leave a message at the store: 312.624.9508 Of course, the sooner I hear from you, the better.

P.S. Sorry this is such short notice- another teacher cancelled last minute. Good thing we’d been reading your blog, eh?

By: Greg

Greg — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:05:54 +0000

Thanks for your reply. You can get wide mouth jars at Jewel for a very cheap price. You can buy beans to sprout at nearly any store… I’m not sure why you ordered them from a strange website. As for “high-protein” foods, many people fall victim to the protien myth. Being protien deficient without starving yourself is quite simply impossible. If you need inspiration:Running Raw will help dispel some of your misconceptions.

I know of no serious research that suggests storing food in plastic is harmful. There was that plastic water bottle scare a few years back, but that had to do with heated bottles leaching into the water. As I understand it, that research turned out to be highly questionable at best.

While we eat a diet of entirely whole food, plant-based, nutrient dense foods, a lot of our food sill comes in bags and boxes. Gardening is high on our list of priorities for next summer though! I’m eager to turn my thumbs green for sure.

By: Kelly Pierce

Kelly Pierce — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:24:32 +0000

Thanks for posting this. Where’s a good place to find large, wide-mouth mason jars in Chicago? I live on the north side in Lake view. I was so happy to find someone else in Chicago interested in sprouting. I just started sprouting in the last month. I want to start off the day with a high-protein breakfast and I find sprouts so energizing and satisfying. I ordered the three seeds that seem to have the greatest amount of digestible protein. Soon five-pound containers of sunflower seeds, mung beans and adzuki beans arrived on my doorstep from wheatgrasskits.com. To grow enough sprouts to last a week, I found I need to sprout half a cup of seed. Unfortunately, I have small jars. After the mung beans burst through the cheesecloth at the top of the jar, I use a colander to finish the sprouting process. I would like something better to work long term. Have you tried sprouting in a nylon mesh or cotton/hemp bag?

Also, how do you store your mung sprouts? My friend feels plastic containers from the discount store are okay. I feel that sprouts are still growing in the refrigerator and will absorb the chemicals in the plastic. Are you concerned about this? If so, do you use an inert material to store sprouts in the refrigerator. If so, what kinds of containers do you use?

This post is from several months ago. Have you tried sprouting other things in addition to Mung beans? I’ve sprouted adzuki beans and sunflower seeds. I’m so happy to have found someone in Chicago interested in making their own food rather than eating out of bags, boxes and bottles!

By: AndrewBoldman

AndrewBoldman — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:42:21 +0000

Hi, good post. I have been wondering about this issue,so thanks for posting.