Guest guest Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 Great Job Jane!! Two thing I do, put them in my dinner salad, and just graze on them. Graze means eat them as snacks. ew Ok everybody I am now a successful alfalfa sprout grower...who knew? I have them in abundance....what fast,easy flavorful things am I going to do with them? Help! Jane = Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 As I was juicing tonight (grapes,pears,celery,beets and carrots) the thought occurred to me that I should add a handful of sprouts but I didn't...but I will be grazing later tonight...good idea. Thanks Jane > > Great Job Jane!! > > Two thing I do, put them in my dinner salad, and just graze on > them. Graze means eat them as snacks. > ew > > Ok everybody > > I am now a successful alfalfa sprout grower...who knew? I have them > in abundance....what fast,easy flavorful things am I going to do with > them? > Help! > Jane > > = > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 LOL Jane -- now you have to start griping about mini-micro-climate issues, tiny harvester equipment repairs, and the dearth of federal MicroSprout Farmer subsidies. -Simple salads, even alone with vinaigrette and fresh ground pepper (favorite: cherry tomatoes piled in the middle of a sprout 'nest') -Tortilla/pita/wrap/flatbread, spread with hummus, pile on sprouts -Bagel/flatbread/crackers with cream cheese or thickened yogurt, cover in sprouts -Add to tacos instead of lettuce/greens -Use as edible 'bedding' served under chicken, tuna, or egg salad (any creamy salads), and under saucy dishes (curries, Indian dishes) Molly > > I am now a successful alfalfa sprout grower...who knew? I have them > in abundance....what fast,easy flavorful things am I going to do with > them? > Help! > Jane > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 You are hysterical.... I like your suggestions...I really like the hummus/sprout wrap idea. I shouldn't be hungry right now but thinking about these ideas is making me hungry...or at the very least anxious to try them out Thanks Jane > LOL Jane -- now you have to start griping about mini-micro-climate > issues, tiny harvester equipment repairs, and the dearth of federal > MicroSprout Farmer subsidies. > > -Simple salads, even alone with vinaigrette and fresh ground pepper > (favorite: cherry tomatoes piled in the middle of a sprout 'nest') > -Tortilla/pita/wrap/flatbread, spread with hummus, pile on sprouts > -Bagel/flatbread/crackers with cream cheese or thickened yogurt, > cover in sprouts > -Add to tacos instead of lettuce/greens > -Use as edible 'bedding' served under chicken, tuna, or egg salad > (any creamy salads), and under saucy dishes (curries, Indian dishes) > > Molly > > > > > > I am now a successful alfalfa sprout grower...who knew? I have > them > in abundance....what fast,easy flavorful things am I going > to do with > them? > > Help! > > Jane > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 Here's my current favorite thing to do with sprouts: 1) Spread cream cheese on a spinach tortilla. 2) Sprinkle some sunflower seeds on it. I like roasted ones, but you could sprout them, too, in keeping with the theme. 3) Pile on some bean sprouts. I usually have a mix of garbanzo, adzuki, mung, pea, and lentil, in Theresa's Herb Mix from sproutpeople.org. 4) Add some chopped red bell pepper. 5) Pile on alfalfa, clover, whatever leafy sprouts you have. 6) Maybe add some spinach leaves as well. 7) Wrap it up and eat! But also, just start putting them on everything you eat until you get a sense of what works and what doesn't. :-) -Graham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 Wow, THAT is an ambitious sandwich. sounds wonderfully zesty and tasty. lol Melody Mar 28, 2011 07:32:59 PM, sproutpeople wrote: =========================================== Here's my current favorite thing to do with sprouts: 1) Spread cream cheese on a spinach tortilla. 2) Sprinkle some sunflower seeds on it. I like roasted ones, but you could sprout them, too, in keeping with the theme. 3) Pile on some bean sprouts. I usually have a mix of garbanzo, adzuki, mung, pea, and lentil, in Theresa's Herb Mix from sproutpeople.org. 4) Add some chopped red bell pepper. 5) Pile on alfalfa, clover, whatever leafy sprouts you have. 6) Maybe add some spinach leaves as well. 7) Wrap it up and eat! But also, just start putting them on everything you eat until you get a sense of what works and what doesn't. :-) -Graham ------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 I eat sprouts as snacks but also put them into things I know I like them in (sandwiches, soups, wraps). If I am eating something that the sprouts on hand won't mix well with, I garnish our plates with sprouts and we eat them as edible garnishes. They look so good on the plate all by themselves!marion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 You know, I wish I knew people like you guys IN PERSON. Everybody I know, well, they seem to be impressed but I know two or three people who will taste my sprouts but that's it. They would never buy it, have it in their house, let alone eat it. They just go " tastes like grass " People will continue to eat what they are used to eating. For example, I walked around Shop Rite today. I was especially wanting to try a dessert called Rice Dream which would be located in their vegan ice cream frozen department (probably next to Tofutti, right?) Well, I couldn't find it anywhere. They had Blue Bunny and Ben and Jerry's but no Rice Dream. But what I did see was FROZEN FOOD UPON FROZEN FOOD. I never saw so many Lean Cuisine, Marie Callendar, Stauffer, Healty choice, Swanson, and lord knows what else. I mean MEALS here. No one has to cook anymore. For ANY meal. I saw breakfasts, lunch dinners, snacks and desserts. All in the freezer The companies make it so simple all you have to do is pop something in the oven or microwave and zap it and BINGO, you have a meal I just walked up and down the aisle in absolute amazement. Then I marched up and down the other aisles and all I saw was packaged this and packaged that. All, everyone of them, filled with preservatives so they could continue to sit on the shelves. I walked over to the produce aisle (where I actually bought a few things), but all those luscious colorful veggies and produce. But it was an empty department. I looked as people shopped and they had frozen this and frozen that in all the carts. What the heck happened to us? Melody Mar 28, 2011 09:15:41 PM, sproutpeople wrote: =========================================== I eat sprouts as snacks but also put them into things I know I like them in (sandwiches, soups, wraps). If I am eating something that the sprouts on hand won't mix well with, I garnish our plates with sprouts and we eat them as edible garnishes. They look so good on the plate all by themselves!marion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 Melody,I know just what you mean. I also shop at a shoprite and to be honest I spend about 45 minutes in the fresh produce section. I spend half that in the rest of the store, because we don't eat most things they sell.I always notice what the people in front of me and behind me have in their baskets. Tons of junk.  I was looking for mustard greens recently and the produce manager told me there is no demand for them in our store! So we are in the minority with how we eat, especially with how we grow so much of our own foods. But I am noticing that more people are asking me about sprouts and what to do with them and why I eat them. It is nice to have a " support group " of sorts here with folks who believe in the benefits of eating sprouts. marion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 n: Speaking of greens, guess what kind of greens I bought today FOR THE FIRST TIME. Collard Greens. I've never cooked them, never eaten them, never did anything with them. I'm going right now to youtube and watch someone else's video on how to cook collard greens. This is so fun!! Melody > > Melody,I know just what you mean. I also shop at a shoprite and to be honest I spend about 45 minutes in the fresh produce section. I spend half that in the rest of the store, because we don't eat most things they sell.I always notice what the people in front of me and behind me have in their baskets. Tons of junk.  I was looking for mustard greens recently and the produce manager told me there is no demand for them in our store! So we are in the minority with how we eat, especially with how we grow so much of our own foods. But I am noticing that more people are asking me about sprouts and what to do with them and why I eat them. It is nice to have a " support group " of sorts here with folks who believe in the benefits of eating sprouts. marion > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 I LOVE collard greens. But I'm a southern girl! I like to take a collard leaf (rinsed and drained, of course0 and roll it up and slice it into quarter to half inch slices. Then I saute onion in a frying pan with some chopped up bacon (you can use your morningstar), and then, once the bacon is crisp and the onions translucent, I throw the collard greens in there and stir them (so they're slightly coated with the fat in the bottom of the pan) and put a lid on the pan and this in effect steams them. salt and pepper to taste (or tamari, or soysauce, or whatever) - They're ALWAYS in my garden <G>. Pam > n: > > Speaking of greens, guess what kind of greens I bought today FOR THE FIRST TIME. Collard Greens. I've never cooked them, never eaten them, never did anything with them. > > I'm going right now to youtube and watch someone else's video on how to cook collard greens. > > This is so fun!! > > Melody > > > > > Melody,I know just what you mean. I also shop at a shoprite and to be honest I spend about 45 minutes in the fresh produce section. I spend half that in the rest of the store, because we don't eat most things they sell.I always notice what the people in front of me and behind me have in their baskets. Tons of junk. I was looking for mustard greens recently and the produce manager told me there is no demand for them in our store! So we are in the minority with how we eat, especially with how we grow so much of our own foods. But I am noticing that more people are asking me about sprouts and what to do with them and why I eat them. It is nice to have a " support group " of sorts here with folks who believe in the benefits of eating sprouts. marion > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 Melody, What has happened is called: Advertising. The big companies have convinced the public that what they sell is what we want and its convenient too! ew Re: Re: Ok everybody You know, I wish I knew people like you guys IN PERSON. Everybody I know, well, they seem to be impressed but I know two or three people who will taste my sprouts but that's it. They would never buy it, have it in their house, let alone eat it. They just go " tastes like grass " People will continue to eat what they are used to eating. For example, I walked around Shop Rite today. I was especially wanting to try a dessert called Rice Dream which would be located in their vegan ice cream frozen department (probably next to Tofutti, right?) Well, I couldn't find it anywhere. They had Blue Bunny and Ben and Jerry's but no Rice Dream. But what I did see was FROZEN FOOD UPON FROZEN FOOD. I never saw so many Lean Cuisine, Marie Callendar, Stauffer, Healty choice, Swanson, and lord knows what else. I mean MEALS here. No one has to cook anymore. For ANY meal. I saw breakfasts, lunch dinners, snacks and desserts. All in the freezer The companies make it so simple all you have to do is pop something in the oven or microwave and zap it and BINGO, you have a meal I just walked up and down the aisle in absolute amazement. Then I marched up and down the other aisles and all I saw was packaged this and packaged that. All, everyone of them, filled with preservatives so they could continue to sit on the shelves. I walked over to the produce aisle (where I actually bought a few things), but all those luscious colorful veggies and produce. But it was an empty department. I looked as people shopped and they had frozen this and frozen that in all the carts. What the heck happened to us? Melody Mar 28, 2011 09:15:41 PM, sproutpeople wrote: =========================================== I eat sprouts as snacks but also put them into things I know I like them in (sandwiches, soups, wraps). If I am eating something that the sprouts on hand won't mix well with, I garnish our plates with sprouts and we eat them as edible garnishes. They look so good on the plate all by themselves!marion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 I picked collard green today. I planted them twice about 6 weeks apart. Love - love - love 'em. ew Re: Ok everybody I LOVE collard greens. But I'm a southern girl! I like to take a collard leaf (rinsed and drained, of course0 and roll it up and slice it into quarter to half inch slices. Then I saute onion in a frying pan with some chopped up bacon (you can use your morningstar), and then, once the bacon is crisp and the onions translucent, I throw the collard greens in there and stir them (so they're slightly coated with the fat in the bottom of the pan) and put a lid on the pan and this in effect steams them. salt and pepper to taste (or tamari, or soysauce, or whatever) - They're ALWAYS in my garden <G>. Pam > n: > > Speaking of greens, guess what kind of greens I bought today FOR THE FIRST TIME. Collard Greens. I've never cooked them, never eaten them, never did anything with them. > > I'm going right now to youtube and watch someone else's video on how to cook collard greens. > > This is so fun!! > > Melody > > > > > Melody,I know just what you mean. I also shop at a shoprite and to be honest I spend about 45 minutes in the fresh produce section. I spend half that in the rest of the store, because we don't eat most things they sell.I always notice what the people in front of me and behind me have in their baskets. Tons of junk. I was looking for mustard greens recently and the produce manager told me there is no demand for them in our store! So we are in the minority with how we eat, especially with how we grow so much of our own foods. But I am noticing that more people are asking me about sprouts and what to do with them and why I eat them. It is nice to have a " support group " of sorts here with folks who believe in the benefits of eating sprouts. marion > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 Melody,as everyone is telling you, collards are really good. I never had them until about 3 years ago! marion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 You are so right, Melody. What did happen to us? Very sad state of affairs. Peggy ________________________________ To: sproutpeople Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 7:13 PM Subject: Re: Re: Ok everybody  You know, I wish I knew people like you guys IN PERSON. Everybody I know, well, they seem to be impressed but I know two or three people who will taste my sprouts but that's it. They would never buy it, have it in their house, let alone eat it. They just go " tastes like grass " People will continue to eat what they are used to eating. For example, I walked around Shop Rite today. I was especially wanting to try a dessert called Rice Dream which would be located in their vegan ice cream frozen department (probably next to Tofutti, right?) Well, I couldn't find it anywhere. They had Blue Bunny and Ben and Jerry's but no Rice Dream. But what I did see was FROZEN FOOD UPON FROZEN FOOD. I never saw so many Lean Cuisine, Marie Callendar, Stauffer, Healty choice, Swanson, and lord knows what else. I mean MEALS here. No one has to cook anymore. For ANY meal. I saw breakfasts, lunch dinners, snacks and desserts. All in the freezer The companies make it so simple all you have to do is pop something in the oven or microwave and zap it and BINGO, you have a meal I just walked up and down the aisle in absolute amazement. Then I marched up and down the other aisles and all I saw was packaged this and packaged that. All, everyone of them, filled with preservatives so they could continue to sit on the shelves. I walked over to the produce aisle (where I actually bought a few things), but all those luscious colorful veggies and produce. But it was an empty department. I looked as people shopped and they had frozen this and frozen that in all the carts. What the heck happened to us? Melody Mar 28, 2011 09:15:41 PM, sproutpeople wrote: =========================================== I eat sprouts as snacks but also put them into things I know I like them in (sandwiches, soups, wraps). If I am eating something that the sprouts on hand won't mix well with, I garnish our plates with sprouts and we eat them as edible garnishes. They look so good on the plate all by themselves!marion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Melody, your friends are kinder than mine. One good friend stuffed a handful of my alfalfa sprouts in his mouth, stared at me while he chewed (with his face all screwed up as though he were munching on a live mouse), then simply said, " Tastes like dirt. " LOL. I have converted one friend at work. Lent her an EasySprout and gave her some leafy seeds -- she loves it! After a couple of months she wanted to return the sprouter and get her own, I told her to keep it and sent her to sproutpeople's site. Molly > > > You know, I wish I knew people like you guys IN PERSON. Everybody I know, well, they seem to be impressed but I know two or three people who will taste my sprouts but that's it. They would never buy it, have it in their house, let alone eat it. > > They just go " tastes like grass " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Melody, I also use my collard greens to make green smoothies, they are delicious - add them to the blender with some water and what ever fruit you like =ummm Bonnie From: sproutpeople [mailto:sproutpeople ] On Behalf Of Melody Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 11:00 PM To: sproutpeople Subject: Re: Ok everybody n: Speaking of greens, guess what kind of greens I bought today FOR THE FIRST TIME. Collard Greens. I've never cooked them, never eaten them, never did anything with them. I'm going right now to youtube and watch someone else's video on how to cook collard greens. This is so fun!! Melody > > Melody,I know just what you mean. I also shop at a shoprite and to be honest I spend about 45 minutes in the fresh produce section. I spend half that in the rest of the store, because we don't eat most things they sell.I always notice what the people in front of me and behind me have in their baskets. Tons of junk. I was looking for mustard greens recently and the produce manager told me there is no demand for them in our store! So we are in the minority with how we eat, especially with how we grow so much of our own foods. But I am noticing that more people are asking me about sprouts and what to do with them and why I eat them. It is nice to have a " support group " of sorts here with folks who believe in the benefits of eating sprouts. marion > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Hi Melody, For cooked collards the healthy way (read: NOT how Southerners cook them): cut the collards and put them into a dutch oven (cast iron if you have one) with a small amount of water and coconut oil. Cook until tender but not mushy. For a raw treat: take the collard leaves and remove the thick ribs. nne some veggies (carrots, radishes, broccoli stems, etc.) and dress with a tahini dressing. On one narrow end of a collard leave layer the veggies with bean sprouts and microgreens (or whatever you have on hand). Now, roll/wrap similar to how an egg roll is wrapped. Enjoy. ummmm... Tina, a Southerner born and bred > > n: > > Speaking of greens, guess what kind of greens I bought today FOR THE FIRST TIME. Collard Greens. I've never cooked them, never eaten them, never did anything with them. > > I'm going right now to youtube and watch someone else's video on how to cook collard greens. > > This is so fun!! > > Melody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Hey Mel, I read a very good article about urban farming in Brooklyn. He made some interesting thinking about how many of us just fill the role of consumer. This is what business and government want us to be a consumer to keep the economy running. But if you start making your own food instead of buying it from a restaurant you become a producer instead of just of just a consumer. Or when you grow your sprouts or grow a garden you are a producer. The article is here, http://bit.ly/f7I8XN One thing I do is go out with my freegan friends and find perfectly good food in dumpsters, it is amazing how much perfectly good food gets thrown out. We live in a very wasteful society. Lee > You know, I wish I knew people like you guys IN PERSON. Everybody I know, well, they seem to be impressed but I know two or three people who will taste my sprouts but that's it. They would never buy it, have it in their house, let alone eat it. > > They just go " tastes like grass " > > People will continue to eat what they are used to eating. > > For example, I walked around Shop Rite today. I was especially wanting to try a dessert called Rice Dream which would be located in their vegan ice cream frozen department (probably next to Tofutti, right?) > > Well, I couldn't find it anywhere. They had Blue Bunny and Ben and Jerry's but no Rice Dream. > > But what I did see was FROZEN FOOD UPON FROZEN FOOD. I never saw so many Lean Cuisine, Marie Callendar, Stauffer, Healty choice, Swanson, and lord knows what else. I mean MEALS here. > > No one has to cook anymore. For ANY meal. > > I saw breakfasts, lunch dinners, snacks and desserts. All in the freezer > > The companies make it so simple all you have to do is pop something in the oven or microwave and zap it and BINGO, you have a meal > > I just walked up and down the aisle in absolute amazement. Then I marched up and down the other aisles and all I saw was packaged this and packaged that. All, everyone of them, filled with preservatives so they could continue to sit on the shelves. > > I walked over to the produce aisle (where I actually bought a few things), but all those luscious colorful veggies and produce. But it was an empty department. > > I looked as people shopped and they had frozen this and frozen that in all the carts. > > What the heck happened to us? > > Melody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Hi Lee I watched a documentary on the freegans. At first I said 'are they crazy?? " and as I watched and saw them pull perfectly good food, still in their containers, never touched, I then changed my thinking and said " you know, they are not so crazy after all " Melody Mar 29, 2011 09:29:00 AM, sproutpeople wrote: =========================================== Hey Mel, I read a very good article about urban farming in Brooklyn. He made some interesting thinking about how many of us just fill the role of consumer. This is what business and government want us to be a consumer to keep the economy running. But if you start making your own food instead of buying it from a restaurant you become a producer instead of just of just a consumer. Or when you grow your sprouts or grow a garden you are a producer. The article is here, http://bit.ly/f7I8XN One thing I do is go out with my freegan friends and find perfectly good food in dumpsters, it is amazing how much perfectly good food gets thrown out. We live in a very wasteful society. Lee > You know, I wish I knew people like you guys IN PERSON. Everybody I know, well, they seem to be impressed but I know two or three people who will taste my sprouts but that's it. They would never buy it, have it in their house, let alone eat it. > > They just go " tastes like grass " > > People will continue to eat what they are used to eating. > > For example, I walked around Shop Rite today. I was especially wanting to try a dessert called Rice Dream which would be located in their vegan ice cream frozen department (probably next to Tofutti, right?) > > Well, I couldn't find it anywhere. They had Blue Bunny and Ben and Jerry's but no Rice Dream. > > But what I did see was FROZEN FOOD UPON FROZEN FOOD. I never saw so many Lean Cuisine, Marie Callendar, Stauffer, Healty choice, Swanson, and lord knows what else. I mean MEALS here. > > No one has to cook anymore. For ANY meal. > > I saw breakfasts, lunch dinners, snacks and desserts. All in the freezer > > The companies make it so simple all you have to do is pop something in the oven or microwave and zap it and BINGO, you have a meal > > I just walked up and down the aisle in absolute amazement. Then I marched up and down the other aisles and all I saw was packaged this and packaged that. All, everyone of them, filled with preservatives so they could continue to sit on the shelves. > > I walked over to the produce aisle (where I actually bought a few things), but all those luscious colorful veggies and produce. But it was an empty department. > > I looked as people shopped and they had frozen this and frozen that in all the carts. > > What the heck happened to us? > > Melody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Can't do the rollup thing, this is a bag of GLORY cut up collard greens. And I don't have a smoked turkey leg but I do (or I will have to buy this again because I just ran out), I can use Colgin's liquid smoke, right? I watched several youtube videos yesterday. The consensus is that you simmer them for one hour to get them tender. One guy cut up ham cubes. Can I buy the vegan ham and cut them up and add a dash of liquid smoke and simmer for an hour. That would work right? and the guy used VERY little water to begin with. He said " you don't want to boil these " Melody Mar 29, 2011 08:56:30 AM, sproutpeople wrote: =========================================== Hi Melody, For cooked collards the healthy way (read: NOT how Southerners cook them): cut the collards and put them into a dutch oven (cast iron if you have one) with a small amount of water and coconut oil. Cook until tender but not mushy. For a raw treat: take the collard leaves and remove the thick ribs. nne some veggies (carrots, radishes, broccoli stems, etc.) and dress with a tahini dressing. On one narrow end of a collard leave layer the veggies with bean sprouts and microgreens (or whatever you have on hand). Now, roll/wrap similar to how an egg roll is wrapped. Enjoy. ummmm... Tina, a Southerner born and bred > > n: > > Speaking of greens, guess what kind of greens I bought today FOR THE FIRST TIME. Collard Greens. I've never cooked them, never eaten them, never did anything with them. > > I'm going right now to youtube and watch someone else's video on how to cook collard greens. > > This is so fun!! > > Melody ------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 I'm not making green smoothies. I have wheetgrass every day. No more smoothies. lol Melody Mar 29, 2011 08:41:01 AM, sproutpeople wrote: =========================================== Melody, I also use my collard greens to make green smoothies, they are delicious - add them to the blender with some water and what ever fruit you like =ummm Bonnie From: sproutpeople [mailto:sproutpeople ] On Behalf Of Melody Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 11:00 PM To: sproutpeople Subject: Re: Ok everybody n: Speaking of greens, guess what kind of greens I bought today FOR THE FIRST TIME. Collard Greens. I've never cooked them, never eaten them, never did anything with them. I'm going right now to youtube and watch someone else's video on how to cook collard greens. This is so fun!! Melody > > Melody,I know just what you mean. I also shop at a shoprite and to be honest I spend about 45 minutes in the fresh produce section. I spend half that in the rest of the store, because we don't eat most things they sell.I always notice what the people in front of me and behind me have in their baskets. Tons of junk. I was looking for mustard greens recently and the produce manager told me there is no demand for them in our store! So we are in the minority with how we eat, especially with how we grow so much of our own foods. But I am noticing that more people are asking me about sprouts and what to do with them and why I eat them. It is nice to have a " support group " of sorts here with folks who believe in the benefits of eating sprouts. marion > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 This is what I discovered about most people. If they eat take out on a regular basis and they don't cook, don't dirty their kitchens, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO SPROUT. I've been told " sounds like a lot of work " ,to which I respond: 'rinsing and draining for one minute every twelve hours, THAT'S A LOT OF WORK?????? " Then I'm told " well you have no proof that they are healthy " . I then respond with the info I got off google about broccoli sprouts, and I got this response: 'Well, I have GERD, and you don't know if sprouts will affect Gerd " . to which I responded " Well, sprouts are good for people with Crohns disease and irritable bowel, but you are right, and I'll look it up and get back to you " . (I did this for a reason, I knew she was not interested but I wanted her to know what I had found out about Gerd and Broccoli sprouts " I spoke to her yesterday and told her 'oh, what do you know!!!! Broccoli sprouts are GOOD for Gerd because they interfere with the absorbion of Helicobater (H Pylorie) bacteria in the gut so ABSOLUTELY a person with Gerd would not be harmed by eating sprouts. Then I got " but they taste like grass " So I give up. I am not going to try and conform anyone. If they come to me, they come to me. I'm not going to them lol Melody Mar 29, 2011 03:16:48 AM, sproutpeople wrote: =========================================== Melody, your friends are kinder than mine. One good friend stuffed a handful of my alfalfa sprouts in his mouth, stared at me while he chewed (with his face all screwed up as though he were munching on a live mouse), then simply said, " Tastes like dirt. " LOL. I have converted one friend at work. Lent her an EasySprout and gave her some leafy seeds -- she loves it! After a couple of months she wanted to return the sprouter and get her own, I told her to keep it and sent her to sproutpeople's site. Molly > > > You know, I wish I knew people like you guys IN PERSON. Everybody I know, well, they seem to be impressed but I know two or three people who will taste my sprouts but that's it. They would never buy it, have it in their house, let alone eat it. > > They just go " tastes like grass " ------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Oh, goodness, I don't think you need to simmer an hour. You want them, as Tina said, tender - not mushy, LOL. xo Pam > Can't do the rollup thing, this is a bag of GLORY cut up collard greens. > > And I don't have a smoked turkey leg but I do (or I will have to buy this again because I just ran out), I can use Colgin's liquid smoke, right? I watched several youtube videos yesterday. > > The consensus is that you simmer them for one hour to get them tender. One guy cut up ham cubes. > > Can I buy the vegan ham and cut them up and add a dash of liquid smoke and simmer for an hour. > > That would work right? and the guy used VERY little water to begin with. He said " you don't want to boil these " > > Melody > > Mar 29, 2011 08:56:30 AM, sproutpeople wrote: > > =========================================== > > Hi Melody, > > For cooked collards the healthy way (read: NOT how Southerners cook them): cut the collards and put them into a dutch oven (cast iron if you have one) with a small amount of water and coconut oil. Cook until tender but not mushy. > > For a raw treat: take the collard leaves and remove the thick ribs. nne some veggies (carrots, radishes, broccoli stems, etc.) and dress with a tahini dressing. On one narrow end of a collard leave layer the veggies with bean sprouts and microgreens (or whatever you have on hand). Now, roll/wrap similar to how an egg roll is wrapped. Enjoy. ummmm... > > Tina, a Southerner born and bred > > > > > > n: > > > > Speaking of greens, guess what kind of greens I bought today FOR THE FIRST TIME. Collard Greens. I've never cooked them, never eaten them, never did anything with them. > > > > I'm going right now to youtube and watch someone else's video on how to cook collard greens. > > > > This is so fun!! > > > > Melody > > ------------------------------------ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Melody, What I learned as an herbalist , and especially when I was just starting out, is that we want others to do what we are doing because we know that it is healthier for them, we give them what we are using, we recommend things and most of the people don’t care or won’t use what we are offering. So, a hard lesson to learn, I now wait for friends to ask me a few times to help them because if they do, I know it’s not just me that is trying to “change†them, it’s because they realize the value of what I can offer them. Friends that have seen my sprouts and wheat grass set up just laugh – they’re not interested, so, that’s fine and you do what you can for yourself and your family. Bonnie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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