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Beansprouts, sprouted seeds and pulses otherwise known as 'sprouts' are so easy and versatile to use in many delicious recipes. They are fantastic as healthy salad and sandwich ingredients, excellent for vegetarian or vegan meals, such as dips, houmous, soups and casseroles. They are popular in Indian, Chinese, Mexican and Korean cuisine in tasty dishes such as falafel and bhel puri.

Sprouts need no preparation other than a rinse. Best eaten raw, they are quick and easy to use straight from your fridge. As sprouts are not cut and are still living, their cell walls remain intact, so do their nutrients and they remain fresh and delicious with a crunchy texture throughout their shelf life. Sprouts are fast food at its very best!

Enjoy our recipes, but create your own too. Sprouts make delicious sandwich fillings. They are ideal for filling fajitas and wraps, for adding to stir-fries, sprinkling on soups, stirring into casseroles … the perfect ingredient to enhance your healthy diet.

As for salads ... well, assembling a salad is a gentle and creative art. Enjoy it and remember that sprouted seeds and pulses suggest themselves for salads of every kind. Generally, the sprouted beans and pulses go well in salads with creamy dressings made with tofu, yoghurt or mayonnaise, whereas the 'light' sprouted seeds like alfalfa and sango radish need little or no dressing and are great additions and add flavour to any green or mixed salad.

Our sunflower sprouts are so nutty and delicious, they go well with our sweet crunchy Mung Bean sprouts with fresh orange pieces, walnuts and raisins for a super energy fruit and nut salad.

The beansprouts are super for making vegetarian dips and our chickpea sprouts make a wonderful raw houmous which is so easy to make. Blend a packet of our fresh organic chickpea sprouts with tahini, orange & lemon juice, vegetable stock and garlic to taste for a nutritious raw houmous.

Try blending the raw mixed sprouts with fresh advocado, lemon juice and fresh coriander.

Alfalfa and Tomato Salad Lift a classic tomato salad with Aconbury alfalfa sprouts. Serve with sliced mozzarella and char-grilled bruschetta for an informal starter. 1 pack Aconbury alfalfa, or alfalfa and broccoli sprouts 500g ripe plum tomatoes 20g fresh basil leaves 2 tbsp virgin olive oil 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper Roughly chop the tomatoes and tear up the basil. Combine with the oil, vinegar and seasoning, and set aside for an hour for the flavours to blend. Layer with the alfalfa sprouts, decorating with a few on top, and serve.
Kitchadi Rice with Mixed Sprouts Like a comforting risotto, this Indian dish immediately became a firm favourite - Serves 4 Ingredients: 2 cups brown rice 1 pack Aconbury Mixed Sprouts 1 tbsp bouillon powder ½ cup cashew nuts ½ cup raisins 1 tsp cumin seeds 1 tsp fenugreek seeds ½ teaspoon black pepper 5 cups water 2 tbsp butter 2 tbsp fresh chopped coriander leaves yoghurt to serve Method: Melt the butter. Add the bouillon powder, cashew nuts, raisins, cumin and fenugreek seeds and black pepper, and sauté for 5 minutes. Stir in the rice and water, bring to the boil and simmer for 35 minutes. Mix in the sprouts and fresh coriander leaves and heat through. Serve with salads and yoghurt.

Links:
www.livingfoods.co.uk - The UK Centre for Living Foods, director Elaine Bruce, offers residential courses in the Living Foods Programme, Wheatgrass Retreats and Raw Food holidays, also personal consultations with the Director.
www.ukjuicers.com - Specialists in high quality masticating juicers, citrus and wheatgrass juicers, water purifiers, books and other health products.
www.heff.co.uk - Aconbury Sprouts is a member of Heart of England Fine Foods, an organisation for producers and processors of speciality food and drink in central England.
www.wholistichealthdirect.co.uk - For over 20 years, Wholistic Research has supplied products that help achieve maximum health and vitality, including juicers, distillers and books.
www.jillswyers.com - Living foods for optimum health. Courses, workshops, and consultations from an Hippocrates Institute trained health educator.
www.goodnessdirect.co.uk - For ordering Aconbury organic sprouts via mail order and much more. Click on 'fridge' then 'sprouts and sprouting'.
www.vegetableexpert.co.uk - For advice on preparation and serving of fruit and vegetables.
www.naturalgrocery.co.uk - On-line shop based in Cheltenham for natural organic produce.

www.susuorganic.co.uk- An interesting directory of organic and ethical companies

This site was last updated on 16th October 2007

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