How to Sprout Wheat Berries

I suppose if I'm posting recipes that use spouted wheat berries and other sprouts, I should document how one would go through this process. It's quite simple, really. And fun. You do have to plan ahead a bit since it takes a couple days for the sprouting process to complete, but other than that, it's really fool-proof.

1. Soaking: Measure out amount of wheat berries you want to sprout, put in bowl, and cover with water. Allow to soak over night, 8-12 hours.
(Note: when sprouted, with be slightly more than double the amount you originally measured)

2. Drain & Rinse: Pretty straight forward here. Pour into strainer to drain all water, rinse with clean water, put drained wheat berries back into the bowl--no water.

3. Sprouting: Place the bowl on the counter/table and let it sit, 8-12 hours.

4. Rinse: After 8-12 hours have passed, rinse again, drain and put back in bowl. You may even see some small sprouts at this time!! Already! (Isn't this fun??)

5. Sprouting: Place the bowl on the counter/table and let it sit again, another 8-12 hours. (This will be over night if you started the soaking process at night)

6.  Rinse: After 8-12 hours have passed, rinse again, drain and put back in bowl. By now, you will have lots of sprouts!

  I usually like to eat them at this time, but you can of course continue to allow them to sprout. If you wait for a week, you will get some wheat grass.









So for example, when I soak over night, Sunday, the sprouted wheat berries are ready Tuesday morning & can be cooked for Tuesday's lunch or dinner. Or, you can store in the fridge for another 1-2 days to use later (Note: Sprouting will continue in the fridge, but will be slower.)

Wheat grass! I have to perfect this process. Mine got moldy. Ew.

Cooked with brown rice