This whirlwind of giveaways is just about complete (if you’ve missed the last two, win three nourishing “must have” books here or a Wondermill grain mill here). Today I share the last giveaway. When Peggy from To Your Health Sprouted Flour first contacted me about doing a giveaway for sprouted flour, I was thinking we were giving away something like a five pound bag of flour. So I was jumping up and down with excitement when I found out that she wanted to give away 25 pounds of sprouted flour! Now if that’s not a prize worth winning, I don’t know what is!
But first, let me tell you a little more why you should care about sprouted flour. The following information is found in my original post about sprouting.
Phytic Acid and Enzyme Inhibitors are Neutralized
Phytic acid binds with calcium, magnesium, iron, copper, and zinc, making it hard to impossible for you to absorb those nutrients. It’s also irritating to your digestive system. By sprouting your grains, legumes or seeds, you are neutralizing phytic acid very effectively. You will also be neutralizing enzyme inhibitors, which unfortunately not only inhibit enzymes in the actual seed, but can also inhibit your own valuable enzymes once they have been eaten.
Sprouting Aids Digestibility
Beyond even anti-nutrients that are neutralized by sprouting, there are other changes that take place during sprouting that make it easier for us to digest our seeds/legumes/grains.
“Soaking [sprouting] will also help to diminish s0me of the fat content and will help convert the dense vegetable protein to simpler amino acids for easier digestion. The more complex carbohydrates in the foods will also start to break down into the simpler glucose molecules” Wendy Rudell, Raw Transformation
Other Nutritional Advantages
“The process of germination not only produces vitamin C, but also changes the composition of grains and seeds in numerous beneficial ways. Sprouting increases vitamin B content, especially B2, B5, and B6. Carotene increases dramatically-sometimes even eightfold.” Sally Fallon, Nourishing Traditions, pg 112
Besides the nutritional benefits, there is also another huge benefit. Sprouted flour is ready to use, so no soaking required! It’s as easy to use as white flour! For those with little time, this is a plus (or for those of us who have a hard time planning ahead).
Here are some recipes that use sprouted flour, just to give you an idea of the possibilities.
Gingersnaps (mine)
Sprouted Grain Doughnuts Nourished Kitchen
Milk and Honey Sprouted Bread Nourished Kitchen
Homemade Sprouted Flour Crackers Cheeseslave
Homemade Banana Bread Cheeseslave
The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies
And now to the giveaway. Peggy is giving away a total of 25 pounds of sprouted flour! This includes: 1 ten pound bag of sprouted wheat, 1 ten pound bag of sprouted spelt, 1 five pound bag of sprouted rye as well as the free shipping to the winner.
To enter this great contest, just click on the link below and go sign up for Peggy’s newsletter (which, by the way, I will be doing myself as you get to hear when she is doing specials etc. You can unsubscribe at anytime). Update: And then leave a comment here! You won’t be entered into the giveaway until you leave a comment here. Sorry that I didn’t make that clear before! You must live within the US to enter this contest.
This contest will end on December 16th at 11:59 PM PST. The winner will be chosen via random.org, and will be announced on December the 17th. You must live within the United States to enter this contest. If you win, you have 48 hours to contact us once we have tried to contact you or the winner is announced.
Like all of the giveaways done with my sponsors I will be receiving a small compensation for hosting this giveaway.
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Rebecca
I signed up!
jill
Just signed up!
Rachelle
Me too. Thanks for doing these giveaways!
cristy eirich
Thank you so much…
Julie
Do count me in!
Melissa
I’m signing up right now- this sounds amazing!
V
Signed up and hoping…
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mel
I signed up for the newsletter. Winning this would be a great Christmas gift- I LOVE baking! And sprouted flour tastes oh so good!
Brandi
I’ve signed up for the newsletter and am so excited about the possibility of trying the sprouted flour. I have just started using my own sprouted flour and it would be neat to see if the ‘real’ stuff works the same!
Tara in VA
All signed up and ready to…well…win!! 🙂
Laura
This is a great give away (as they’ve all been)! I’m signed up for the e-mail and looking forward to learning more about sprouted flour.
Erica Munson
I would love to win sprouted flour! I do make my own but not on a regular basis. I just used my last bit yesterday making your delicious ginger snaps. Now it will be another… week? (I tend to let things go a bit long because I put off dealing with it) until I have more to hand grind.
Rachel Speights
i’m signed up! i’m new to traditional foods and so excited to try baking with sprouted flour. thanks for hosting these giveaways!!
Jillian
Oh I love to bake, and this sprouted flour would be great to use! It seems that it would be much easier to use in more recipes if the ingredients don’t have to be soaked.
Jasmine
I love your blog, and this potential winning-of-flour is a wonderful added bonus! Oh, to not have to soak…thank you for sharing such great nourishing recipes & giveaways!
Charmaine
I signed up for the newsletter! I am very excited at the opportunity to win the sprouted flours. I do enjoy baking and can’t wait to use these flours : )
adriana oliveira
That’s a great giveaway! I love using sprouted flour to make empanadas from Nourishing Traditions.
Shannon
I signed up for the newsletter. This is such a generous giveaway!
Ami
I’ve signed up!
Kelly
I signed up for the newsletter at To Your Health! And I’m looking forward to her updates, even if I don’t win! Merry Christmas!!!!
Sylvia Linzner
I also signed up for the newsletter. I am looking forward to receiving it, as I am interested in anything that has to do with better health.
Tara
What a great contest! Thank you!
kelly
Signed up for the sprouted flour newsletter. I saw Sally Fallon last weekend (for the 2nd time) in SD – inspirational! I really appreciate having Nourishing Gourmet’s healthy reminders everyday. The best of health to all.
Bianca
I signed up for the newsletter! I can’t wait to start receiving it! Thank you!
Lindsey @ The Herbangardener
Wow, another great giveaway!! I signed up @ Peggy’s site…
Thanks!
Suzanne Montiel
Just signed up… I’d love to give sprouted flour a try!
Patricia Wagner
I already make bread with sprouted spelt flour and love it
Lois Henry
I know that sprouted flour is much healthier and will be looking forward to learning more about the wonderful benefits of this product.
jackie
Fingers crossed 🙂
Rebecca
Just subscribed to the newsletter!
Karla Blaginin
Looking forward to the baking season. Definitely want to try the donut recipe! Having sprouted flour on hand would be a huge motivator for the ‘whim’ baking situations. Thanks.
Julie Silva
Thanks for another great giveaway!
Kacie D
Oh, I’ve wanted a grain mill for quite some time, but we just can’t afford it! I would love to win this!
Jami R.
Thanks so much for doing all of these giveaways! What fun!
Annie
I signed up! Woo hoo!
Jen
I signed up…I’ve been wanting to try sprouted flour for while now!
Anne Watson
Never used sprouted flour before but would love to try it since I bake alot. Thanks, Kimi for doing this giveaway.
Elizabeth @ The Nourished Life
I signed up. Thanks for the chance to win such a nourishing food!
Talena
I signed up!
Kelly Butler
Thanks for the blog and giveaway!
SimplyCyndi
Thanks so much! I am signed up.
cindy
I signed up…Thanks for the chance to win
Pam Howe
This is an awesome giveaway! Hurray for whoever wins!
Allison Low Bognar
Sprouted grains are the only type of grains that my kids can digest. What a blessing this would be to win! I signed up for the newsletter. Thank you.
Amber Olson
Thanks for all the great giveaways!
Kim
I signed up for the newsletter!
Annie
Thanks! I would love to win some sprouted flour!
Becky
Thanks for the giveaways! Sprouted flour would be nice!
JLP
What Fun! Thank You for the wonderful information!
Karen
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