Nutritional Yeast
Posted by veggielove on Jun 15, 2006 · Member since Oct 2002 · 10 posts
Will cooking nutritional yeast deplete the nutrients that it contains? What is the best brand? I buy the kind that comes in bulk at the grocery store, and I really do not know how much to take, or how much b12 it contains. Please help. :-\
B Vitamins are all destroyed by heat to different extents. They are in Nutritional Yeast. Raw is best! Red Star Brand. I know it's a very good source of B12, just not exact measurements.
Thank you so much. I'll have to look for the red star brand the next time I go shopping.
what do you do with nutritional yeast? I have only seen it in this new health food store (we FINALLY got a health food store I can drive to in less than a half hour!)but I don't know what to do with it.
Nutritional yeast is sooo good on popcorn (I put on lots). I've fed it to people skeptical of it and they were raving! I also really enjoy it with a bowl of brown rice, braggs soy sauce and some Udo's oil, or Earth Balance buttery spread. I sprinkle it lightly on salad as well sometimes.
does it taste like yeast? I love to try new things but I just wasn't sure what to do with it. My family eats a lot of organic popcorn though, I'll have to try that.
I adore nutritional yeast. I think I would have loved it even before I was vegan--it's such a shame that it is an ingredient really only known to the vegan community. It is great for "cheese" sauces. One of my favorites is here:
http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=7108.0
We like to mix some salsa and beans into it and make nachos with all the toppings (lettuce, tomatoes, vegan sour cream).
I've mentioned this recipe here before, but I just love it so much, also with a nutritional yeast "cheese" sauce:
http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=5980.0
As for eating it uncooked (best for preserving nutrients)--we sprinkle it on pasta, pizzas, and salads. And very recently I've fallen in love with a tip from The Vegetarian Mother's Cookbook (not vegan, but excellent and most recipes can be veganized). Spread a piece of toast with some kind of nut butter, then spread a thin layer of molasses on top of that, and then sprinkle the whole thing with nutritional yeast. Sounds weird, but it is a unique and delicious combination (and has iron and B vitamins). I've been eating this for breakfast with a piece of fruit for the past two weeks!
Elizabeth
Elizabeth-those are the two sauces I make all the time for everything too! I use the first one for nachos, and the second one for pizza and in grilled cheese. How funny that we both like the exact same recipes. I have tried tons of others always thinking there will be a better one, but so far these 2 are the best!
Dragonfly's dry cheeze sauce mix is fantastic!
http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=7126.0
You store it in your fridge as a dry powder & mix up with water or milk as you need. Someone here on VegWeb suggested using a spice grinder to grind the cashews & they were right -- it is the best way to grind the cashews to a fine powder. I mixed the remaining ingredients into the cashew powder with a pastry blender. I love this stuff & never am without.