How To: Nutritional Yeast

Okay! Since my last post about various vegan goodies, I wanted to do a "how to" post on how to incorporate nutritional yeast into cooking. You can refer back to my previous post here, to read up on some info about what nutritional yeast is.

It is extremely simple to incorporate nutritional yeast into many dishes. I find it makes more sense to use it as a cheese substitute where maybe parmesan cheese is called for in a recipe. For me, it's the best to use with any pasta or italian recipe - I just sprinkle it as a seasoning on top!

Here is a simple pasta recipe I quickly put together which uses nutritional as a cheese substitute:

These are very, very rough recipe directions, so use it how you would like!

• Veggie based dried pasta
• Handful of spinach leaves
• Tomato sauce
• Crushed red pepper flakes
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Nutritional yeast

1. Boil water, add salt, add dried pasta to cook until al dente or fully done
2. Strain, add as much spinach as you'd like
3. Mix in as much tomato sauce as you prefer
4. Add crushed red pepper flakes, salt, and pepper to taste
5. Sprinkle about a tablespoon of nutritional yeast on top or mix it in your pasta

Voila! This is probably like "duh" post for some people but I thought I would share how I like to use it. If there are other ways you like to incorporate nutritional yeast, please feel free to share!