Sprouting

It’s possible that a few benighted souls in the United States have not heard of the tremendously high nutritive value, delicious flavor, and unbelievably low cost of sprouted beans and other seeds. It is a shame that many have relegated sprouts to the realm of “health food,” considered to be good for the body but dull for the taste buds. They lend crisp texture and a fresh, earthy taste to mixed greens; Sprouts provide a springy cushion upon which to arrange foods; and the larger, crunchy sprouts are wonderful when blanched and tossed in a salad, or stir-fried in the Chinese fashion.