My Goal This Year

My goal for this fair., originally uploaded by Judy's Notebook.

was to eat everything I could jam down my throat. After one cheeseburger and one beer, we went back to the sheep dog trails. I ended up standing next to a young cowboy with a dip addiction. Needless to say the cheeseburger flipped with every spit. I had to move along.

Pizza

I went to another training day for my job today. I don't know about my employers. Maybe they think we are a bunch of idiots. And maybe we are (I am). I've just been watering the garden for about an hour. Ha Ha!

Well no matter. I love pizza. And when I make pizza, everybody loves me. Everybody as in the dude who eats my pizza. And you know what? Pizza is good for you. You can put a scoop of whole wheat flour in the dough. That's good for you. Tomatoes are good. Cheese is good too. Calcium ladies. Yeah baby! I always put lots of veggies like bell pepper and zucchinis. And only the freshest leftovers like steak and deli sliced ham from my deli slicer.

But the deal is - when pizza is ready to eat, the camera, the very idea of a camera, goes straight out the window. Don't ask me why? Well you already know. It's time to eat! Not take pictures!

Committing To Your Relationship

Every once in a while you meet someone special and you want to fully commit yourself to them, and your partnership.

Such is the case with sprouts.

You must pay attention to them three times a day. That means rinse with cold water and drain, morning, noon, and night.

The other thing that is important is the quality of the seed itself. I recommend organic because if there was ever a need to put something "pure" in your body, it would be a sprouted seed.

So let's back up a bit. The above photo shows my set up. Alicia was telling me how her middle child likes sprouts more than lettuce, and I said "Super easy to do yourself!"

All you need is a jar and some seed. Alfalfa seed is very popular, cheap, and easy. But I like brassicas like broccoli and cabbage. I also love love love radish. And onion is quite tasty too.

Some time ago a study was done that proved a chemical in broccoli killed cancer cells and in broccoli sprouts, that chemical worked even better. So now broccoli seed are too expensive. Seriously I'm not spending ten bucks for a bag of sprouting seed.

I have a cap that fits on my jar that is green and has holes in it. This is handy but not necessary. I need the wire screen mesh because when I rinse some seeds come thru the holes.

Traditionally I would use a couple of layers of cheese cloth and a rubber band over the top. Keep in mind, ventilation is important. As is rinsing. You must rinse three times a day! And because the jar sits in a cupboard in the dark, it is very easy to forget about it.

At some point the jar comes out of the cupboard to sit in daylight so the sprouts get green and after that, the hull are rinsed away. Now it's time to chill them in the fridge and enjoy. Read the directions below.