Living Food Recipes
Sprout seeds to release mucous-forming inhibitors, activate enzymes, get pre-digested nutrition, make them easier to absorb, turn concentrated proteins, sugars and fats into simpler amino acids, sugars and fatty acids, render seeds more alkaline forming, save digestive and metabolic enzymes, and receive balanced high energy nourishment that we grow ourselves.
Soaking Time Sprouting Time
Salad Family Use in salads, soups, juices, sandwiches
Alfalfa, cabbage, clover, radish, broccoli 6 hours 5-6 days or develop first set of leaves
Fenugreek 8 hours 2-3 days. Sprout twice the size of seed
Corn 12 hours 2-3 days. Use sweet corn
Mustard, watercress 4-6 hours 4-5 days; hot flavor
Oily Seed Family Blend, grind, seed milk, seed yogurt, seed cheese, dips, pates, loaves, cookies, pies, cakes, soups, dressings
Sunflower, pumpkin, unhulled sesame 8 hours 6-12 hours. Grow only small tails or they get bitter
Almonds & Other Nuts 24-48 hours Sprouts don’t grow, but can get little tails
Bean Family Difficult to digest, so blend or grind
Peas, lentils, mung 8 hours 3-4 days or until sprout is 3-4 times size of seed
Adzuki, garbanzo, other big beans 12 hours 3-4 days or until sprout is 3-4 times size seed
Grain Family Rejuvelac, cereals, grain crisps, planting, etc
Hard wheat, soft wheat, rye 6-8 hours 1-2 days until sprout is 1 time size of seed
Kamut 12 hours
Millet 8 hours
Quinoa 3 hours
Buckwheat groats ½ hour 24-48 hours
Flax seeds overnight
1 cup soaked (overnight or 6-8 hours) and sprouted oily seeds: sunflower (1-3 days), sesame (6-12 hours), almonds (2 days) or hazel nuts (2 days)
2 cups Rejuvelac or purified water
Blend ingredients and strain through seed bag. Lasts 1 day.
1 cup seed milk
1 banana
1 other fruit of choice (papaya, pears, berries, etc.)
If desired, add 4 pieces of soaked dehydrated fruit (dates, figs, apricots, raisins, etc.)
Blend ingredients and drink immediately. Dehydrate leftover for cookies.
For variation, add carob, cinnamon, or vanilla bean.
Soak (6-8 hours) and sprout (24-48 hours) 1 cup buckwheat
Rinse several times, then cover with rejuvelac or water and blend
Add 2 cups papaya, 1 cup apple, & 4 apricots (soaked 6 hours)
Blend to taste
1 cup flaxseed (soaked 6 hours, then rinsed in a colander)
Small amount of rejuvelac
1 cup celery
3 bananas
1 1/2 apples
1 1/ collard greens
Blend and enjoy
Morning Drink (makes enough for 2)
For Liver: needs sour to cleanse and tone
1 whole peeled lemon, including pulp
1 whole peeled grapefruit, including pulp
For Liver: malic acid in apples helps liver to demulsify fats
1 whole apple, including core with stem and bottom removed (peel if you have digestive distress)
For Kidney: flushes out uric acid
1 bunch parsley (can also add 1 collard green, 4 arugla (spicy!), or kale)
1/2 - 1 cup water
Blend and enjoy
Green Fruit Drink (freeze into popsicles for a treat children will love! TESTED!)
1/2 honey dew melon
4 romaine lettuce
1 kale
4 arugula (if you like it spicy!)
(or any other combination of greens, including chard, collards, watercress, carrot, beet, or radish tops - experiment!)
Blend and enjoy