Richard Helweg - The Complete Guide to Growing and Using Sprouts: Everything You Need to Know Explained Simply - Including Easy-To-Make Recipes

The Complete Guide to Growing and Using Sprouts

Everything You Need to Know Explained Simply Including Easy-to-Make Recipes

By Richard Helweg

A few years back we lost our beloved pet dog Bear, who was not only our best and dearest friend but also the Vice President of Sunshine here at Atlantic Publishing. He did not receive a salary but worked tirelessly 24 hours a day to please his parents.

Bear was a rescue dog who turned around and showered myself, my wife, Sherri, his grandparents Jean, Bob, and Nancy, and every person and animal he met (well, maybe not rabbits) with friendship and love. He made a lot of people smile every day.

We wanted you to know a portion of the profits of this book will be donated in Bears memory to local animal shelters, parks, conservation organizations, and other individuals and nonprofit organizations in need of assistance.

Douglas and Sherri Brown

PS: We have since adopted two more rescue dogs: first Scout, and the following year, Ginger. They were both mixed golden retrievers who needed a home.

Want to help animals and the world? Here are a dozen easy suggestions you and your family can implement today:

• Adopt and rescue a pet from a local shelter.
• Support local and no-kill animal shelters.
• Plant a tree to honor someone you love.
• Be a developer put up some birdhouses.
• Buy live, potted Christmas trees and replant them.
• Make sure you spend time with your animals each day.
• Save natural resources by recycling and buying recycled products.
• Drink tap water, or filter your own water at home.
• Whenever possible, limit your use of or do not use pesticides.
• If you eat seafood, make sustainable choices.
• Support your local farmers market.
• Get outside. Visit a park, volunteer, walk your dog, or ride your bike.

Five years ago, Atlantic Publishing signed the Green Press Initiative. These guidelines promote environmentally friendly practices, such as using recycled stock and vegetable-based inks, avoiding waste, choosing energy-efficient resources, and promoting a no-pulping policy. We now use 100-percent recycled stock on all our books. The results: in one year, switching to post-consumer recycled stock saved 24 mature trees, 5,000 gallons of water, the equivalent of the total energy used for one home in a year, and the equivalent of the greenhouse gases from one car driven for a year.

Dedication

For my sprouts Aedan and Rory. Eat your greens!

Foreword

N ever before in our modern history has diet and health been such an important topic. As we learn more about how we truly are what we eat, many people are turning to fresh, organic, and raw foods. Although many people are learning how to grow food in small gardens, the time and energy devoted to growing your own food often proves to be too much work. Sprouting provides the solution.

It is important to have access to information that provides clear guidance when you branch out in a new direction or learn an unfamiliar skill. Without it, one can easily get discouraged or succumb to a feeling that trying something new is just too complicated or involves too much planning.

The Complete Guide to Growing and Using Sprouts can help you avoid all these pitfalls. Not only does this book show you a clear and concise overview of all the most common sprouting methods, but you will also learn delicious and fun ways to enjoy your sprouts, as well as what to do with your sprouts when they are ready.

When my company, SeThInk Media, agreed to produce and publish an informational DVD that featured a revolutionary no rinse sprouting method, our teams first task was to thoroughly research sprouts and sprouting methods. In this information age, information overload is a condition that all of us are faced with at one time or another, and our attempt to research sprouting and sprouting methods online proved to be a daunting task. Contradicting information, not knowing what is accurate, and the overwhelming number of websites that appeared in a search query were all frustrations that we encountered.

If we had found The Complete Guide to Growing and Using Sprouts back then, it would have saved us months of sifting through information on the Internet. While many publications are available on the basic techniques of sprouting, this book actually shows you the value of adding sprouts to your diet through the recipes and nutrition facts. Author Richard Helweg generously provides historical, scientific, and technical information to help ensure your success in becoming a happy sprouter.