Chef Johan's Raw & Tasty

Photo by Johan Everstijn

Sunflower sprouts are great!  Tasty and nutritious, Sunflower Sprouts can be grown anywhere, small patio, balcony, even your kitchen!  OK,  I planted way too many this week and they just keep on coming, so this week as I search for new and creative recipes so I can use my little sprouties, I will be posting them here!

To learn more about the nutritional properties of sprouts, click HERE.

How to Grow Sunflower Sprouts

Supplies- you will need a couple of nursery trays (with holes), organic dirt, raw sunflower seeds (available at health food, pet, and grocery stores near you).

To grow the sprouts- soak about a cup to 1 1/2 cup (depends on the size of  your tray) of the sunflower seeds overnight, spread about an inch of organic dirt inside of a nursery tray.  spread the soaked seeds evenly on top of the dirt.  Water twice a day.  Sprouts will be ready in 5 to 7 days (when they look like the picture on the right, they are ready).   Harvest the sprouts by cutting them close to the dirt.  Use the stems with the leaves only, not the roots.

Daikon and Sunflower Sprout Salad

The first recipe I found was from Savour for a Daikon and Sunflower Sprout Salad, doesn’t it sound great?

Click HERE to go to the recipe.