I keep a regular supply of sprouting Alfalfa on paper towels on the go for a super quick, clean, nutritious, cheap, and easy indoor food supply. If are aren’t doing this already, I recommend giving it a shot.
Alfalfa Sprouts are dead easy to grow indoors with just a paper towel and water and are great for adding to hot or cold meals. There are various ways to enjoy Alfalfa Seeds but the one I like best is sprouting Alfalfa on paper towels.
Alfalfa (also known as Lucerne) is a member of the legume family and is rich in a variety of vitamins, minerals, protein and antioxidants. It has long been used as a feed for livestock and a medicine for humans.
You can pick up a 500g of organic Alfalfa Sprouting Seeds for around £8 and this will keep in Alfalfa Sprouts for ages. Sprouting Alfalfa Seeds on paper towels is an ultra-easy way to get the most out of Alfalfa.
Here’s how…
- Wet a paper towel
- Sprinkle the seeds on top
- Spray them with water
- Keep them damp by spraying twice a day
- Wait between one and two weeks
- Pull them up when you want them. They come off the paper towel very easily.
- Add them to hot and cold meals
Simple eh. They don’t need soil and they don’t need light. When you have pulled them all you add the leftovers to the compost heap.
You might be able to find low-cost Alfalfa Sprouts and other Sprouts in supermarkets, but sprouting them yourself means you can access them totally fresh each day and avoids all the supermarket packaging and transportation. Sprouting from your own bag of seeds will also work out cheaper.