I'm Doing Broccoli Wrong

[Bolt_Upright]

I'm just lazy. I like sprouting broccoli. Not so fond of making broccoli tea/soup. So I am sprouting a lot of broccoli and every morning I have a little rice bowl of broccoli sprouts with a little oil and vinegar dressing and some raw mustard powder. It's good!

[MBAnderson]

Ha. Probably good for you.

[M-o-ggy]

How. I have do you sprout/eat each day.

[Bolt_Upright in reply to M-o-ggy]

Happy to explain:

1: I got broccoli sprout seeds. Had to settle for Waltham 29 cultivar for now. They are not high in sulforaphane but hey, just eat more. Broccoli Seeds for Sprouting & Microgreens amazon.com/gp/product/B07R1...

2: I got these lids. They fit wide mouth mason jars: DMCFPL Sprouting Lids, Plastic Sprout Lid for Wide Mouth Mason Jars, Easy Rinse and Drain Sprouting Screens for Growing Bean Sprouts, Broccoli, Alfalfa, Salad Sprouts - 6 Pack, Yellow amazon.com/gp/product/B08RW...

3: Now this is the hard part: I found 32 oz wide mouth mason jars. This is not canning season. I looked online and they were non-existent. I did see some were are Walmart, but when I went to the Walmart I could not find the wide mouth 32 oz and did not want to try wide mouth 16 oz. I ended up near a Target and went inside and found one flat (12 jars) of wide mouth 32 oz mason jars for $13 so I am set!

4: Wash your jar and lid.

5: Put 2 tablespoons of seeds into the jar and put the yellow lid on. Put a few inches of water in the jar and rinse the seeds and then put a few inches of water in again. Make sure as you add water you get all the seeds to the bottom of the jar. Put the jar in the dark for 8 hours.

6: Rinse the seeds twice a day. No need to ever take the sprouting lid off the jar. Have fun with the rinsing. Fill the jar half full of water and slosh it around and pour the water out and shake it. Then set the jar upside down at an angle for about 15 minutes using the cool sprouting lid. After 15 minutes you can turn the jar back over and shake it and roll it so a lot of the seeds stick to the side of the jar and set the jar upright or on the side. Have fun with it.

7: After about 4 days you will have a mass of sprouts. I'm not great yet about knowing when they are done, but the earlier you harvest the more sulforaphane. I would err on harvesting early.

8: The videos show people rinsing the sprouts to get the husks off. I do not bother with that. I do give them a last jar rinse before harvesting.

9: Some people freeze them, but I eat them fast enough I don't need to. I hear freezing them might get you more sulforaphane but I am iffy on that. I just put some paper towels or coffee filters in the bottom of a flat tupaware container and put them in there in the fridge. They last at least 5 days (or they would last that long if I did not eat them so fast.

I think (Bolt, the High School graduate) that it is important to eat them before 11 AM (if you are eating enough to get a dose of sulforaphane). Sulforaphane boosts Nrf2 which boosts your circadian rhythm and the circadian rhythm peaks at about 2 PM so I don't think you want to boost it on the downstroke.

[reedboat2]

Thanks for your post. I too am on broccoli sprouts. My dose is 10-12 g, currently every other day. Only thing I do differently is I soak the sprouts in 60c water for 10 minutes, then add 1/8 tsp mustard seed powder, and blend the mixture. This supposedly increases Sulforaphane content by 30%. Thanks also for your comments on Circadian rhythm and NRF2 activity. Good information - JG

[beehive23]

excellent! i sprout trays of broccoli radish alfafla etc just because its cheap organic salad..and its good for you. hang tough. cheers!