Nutritional Yeast - What Is It and How To Use It

So, you've made the jump from vegetarian to vegan or maybe you are lactose intolerant. You have decided to live without dairy, but you have this huge craving for cheese. You can either ignore it or find a way to satisfy that craving. My suggestion is to satisfy it! Now, the question is how. Maybe you have heard of a product called nutritional yeast. But, what is it and how do you use it?

Nutritional Yeast is an inactive yeast that is yellow and comes in either a dry, flaky texture or a powder. It is made by culturing the yeast with a mixture of beet molasses and sugarcane. Most brands are fortified with B12, which is helpful to vegetarians and vegan since that is sometimes the hardest thing to get from our diet alone. It is also naturally low in fat
and sodium.
The best thing about Nutritional Yeast is that it has a naturally wonderful nutty cheesy flavor. So, it's easy to make great cheesy dishes using it.
Now, you may ask, where do you find this awesome cheese substitute? It's actually a little more common than you might think. A few groceries stores are starting to carry it, if they have a health food section. Usually though, it can be found in a local health food store. Try to find it in the bulk section because it's a lot more inexpensive that way.
However, if your health food store does not have a bulk section, that's okay because it's still fairly inexpensive anyway. If all else fails, there are online stores that sell nutritional yeast and will ship it to you.
So, what kinds of things can you make with nutritional yeast?

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