Tip of the Week

I've recently become introduced to 'nutritional yeast'.  A friend was mentioning that nutritional yeast is a staple in her pantry.  I had no idea what it was or what I'd even use it for, so I did some research.

I discovered some interesting ways to use this cheesy tasting product. And with a diet like mine it may come in very handy.  This is one of the only non-animal sources high in vitamin B12. Its also a source of iron, magnesium, phosphorus, zinc, chromium and selenium and other minerals plus protein, folic acid, biotin, 18 amino acids and other vitamins.

Wow!  So how does one use this ingredient.

1. Replace regular cheese with a dusting of nutritional yeast and your spices of choice on popcorn, pizza, pasta, mashed potatoes, quiche, french fries or my favourite, kale chips
2. Use nutritional yeast to make cheese sauce or just thicken a sauce instead of flour.
3. Use it to replace bread crumbs in recipes for burgers or anywhere you need a binding agent.
4. Add it to your salad dressing to get a boost of B12.
5. You can even try adding it to dog food or baby formula.

Try some of these recipes...

Here's a delicious Mac & Cheese recipe from Healthy Happy Health Blog.

Here's a cheese sauce that's quick and easy from Yummly.
A cheesy Kale recipe from Chick In the Kitchen.

For more recipes, just do a search in Google under nutritional yeast recipes.  Happy Hunting and Eating!

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