sprouts
#201227 - 07/31/05 03:29 PM
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Has anyone ever tried growing sprouts from lentils or black eyed peas. I was searching for recipes for the peas on vegweb.com and came across this:
"Black eyed peas are great - they cook faster than other beans, and sprout quickly for fresh vegetables in the wintertime."
Would they be IBS friendly? Would one discard the seed and only eat the sprout?
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Sprouts of any kind are pretty hard to digest. I eat bean sprouts on Pad Thai and the like from time to time but only with lots of noodles and only because I am stable. I think most would say as raw veggies go sprouts are the toughest. Nevertheless there is no reason IMHO to ever completely avoid any vegetable as long as it is done carefully and in moderation.
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IBS-A for 20 years with terrible bloating and gas. On the diet since April 2004. Remember this from Heather's information pages:
"You absolutely must eat insoluble fiber foods, and as much as safely possible, but within the IBS dietary guidelines. Treat insoluble fiber foods with suitable caution, and you'll be able to enjoy a wide variety of them, in very healthy quantities, without problem." Please eat IF foods!
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In my pre-IBS, raw vegan days, I lived on sprouts and sprouted at home avidly. I can no longer consume sprouts as they distress me immensely and give me violent, torrential spasmodic diarrhea. Sprouts are basically immature plants. I don't have a problem with the juice of sprouts, but consuming the sprouts is just over the top for me. I personally wouldn't recommend sprouts for an IBS'er, so consume at your own discretion.
They are delicious, though and full of antioxidants. I sprouted predominantly leafy sprouts, i.e. alfalfa, clover, radish, mustard, watercress. Plus, there was, how shall I say it nicely...an "aroma" about me that I couldn't take anymore!
No, you don't discard the seed, incidentally. The sprout is an offshoot of the seed. The seed is the plant/food.
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