It's ALIVE!!

Super excited to find these "alive" bean sprouts at the grocery store.  These pea, adzuki and lentil beans are packaged after having sprouted, so each bean has a little shoot growing out of it.

It looks like you could just stick them in a plastic cup filled with a damp paper towel and continue to watch them grow.  Don't act like you didn't do this in kindergarden!

These softened seeds and beans become phytonutrient-rich.  "The sprouting stage of growth makes these foods easily digestible, lower on the glycemic index, and nutrient-packed, having increased levels of vitamins and antioxidants" ("Why You Should Eat Sprouts").

It was a great addition to my quinoa and kale salad I made tonight.  I topped it off with tomatoes, hummus, feta cheese and a drizzle of Annie's Goddess Dressing.  Delicious!  So happy that I sucked it up and made dinner at home tonight instead of eating out.  Hopefully this will start a trend.  I need to start making healthy food at home a little more often.

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