How to Use Nutritional Yeast

Nutritional yeast is an especially good addition to a vegan diet, adding a cheesy taste to various dishes and providing B-12, which can be difficult for vegans to get without a supplement. Here are some ideas for using it in your recipes.

Instructions

1. Add to savory food. Nutritional yeast goes with almost every type of savory food. As you experiment with nutritional yeast, use it as a condiment, sprinkling it on after you cook the dish. As you become familiar with its taste, begin incorporating it into recipes.

2. Sprinkle on popcorn. Nutritional yeast, especially in powder form, is delicious on popcorn and is a great way to get your daily B-12 requirement!

3. Stir into soups, sauces and gravies. Nutritional yeast is a natural with any sort of savory liquid. It breaks down well when heated and creates a deliciously cheesy taste. Add to your favorite recipes.

4. Bake with nutritional yeast. Add one tablespoon to ¼ cup nutritional yeast to your favorite savory baked good. You may need to increase the liquid-but only slightly

5. Make faux cheese. "The Uncheese Cookbook" by Joanne Stepaniak provides hundreds of vegan recipes that replicate dairy cheeses, and other vegan cheese recipes can be found online.

6. Make a "parmesan" topping. A quick and delicious topping for pizza and pasta can be made by blending equal parts blanched almonds and nutritional yeast until fine. Add salt to taste. Refrigerate for up to a month.

7. Share with your cats! Most cats enjoy nutritional yeast, so try sprinkling it on your cats' food or put a teaspoon on a plate for them to sample. It's a healthy feline snack full of nutrients.

Tips & Warnings

• Nutritional yeast is not the same as brewer's yeast. Nutritional yeast is grown on blackstrap molasses and is the end product of the process. Brewer's yeast is more bitter. It's a by-product of the brewing industry.