There Is No Wealth But Life

Back in the day when April seemed as long as March, I entered That Wife’s Food Challenge. It is, theoretically, an easy one. Just make your favorite recipe. From the start I was uncertain. What to make? My real favorite recipe is probably mashed potatoes. Yummy, nay, orgasmically delicious, but not all that interesting of a recipe. Besides, doesn’t everyone already have their own favorite version?

So I decided to make my husband’s favorite. I enjoy the Thai inspired flavor of this stir fry, but what I really love is the fact that my meat-loving husband has come to adore tofu. And sprouted soy beans. Take that, oh-wonderful-Southern-cooking-mother-in-law!

This dish is easy but it does take some planning ahead. That is why I started soaking beans tonight. There are no soy beans in the house, so a half pound of Great Northern beans take their place. In fact, while I am biased toward soy–and the poor dears so need their defenders!–any white bean will do. Simply rinse and then cover with water twice the depth of the beans.

Tomorrow morning I will drain the water off before going to work, and by tomorrow evening I will have the beginnings of bean sprouts.

I’ll explain the rest of the recipe later when I have pictures. In the meantime, do you eat sprouts? I’ve found surprisingly few recipes that incorporate sprouting. Sad, since it is so simple and really fun in a childish way. Let me know if you have any good recipes using sprouts. I’ve slacked off a bit recently and would love inspiration!

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