Guest guest Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 For some really creative uses of nutritional yeast, you may want to try The Nutritional Yeast Cookbook by Joanne Stepaniak. Some of the recipes in it are truly amazing, others I haven't been to crazy about. You should be able to find it on line. Christa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 Good to talk to people who don't think I'm crazy! Erin, I would love a new mac & cheese recipe. The kids love it, and are already used to home made, not the uggy boxed kind. So far, I've had an easy time giving up the meat stuff. I haven't gotten away from all dairy. I drink soy milk, but I haven't managed to stay away from cheese and coffee creamer. So a good recipe that will help move me in that direction would be welcome! I've heard nutritional yeast has a cheesy flavor? I've got a bag of it in my growing " health " cupboard, but haven't figured out what to do with it yet. There have been times I've questioned my choices, thinking it's too hard and doesn't really make a difference, so knowing there are so many others out there, just a keyboard away, it a great feeling. Peace, Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2003 Report Share Posted April 25, 2003 Hi, Thanks for the recipes, I'll definitely try them. I live in Virginia Beach. Where does everyone shop for veggie foods? Some grocery stores here have a small section, but they are expensive and limited. It makes me kind of mad. I keep reading articles about how much money it costs to produce a pound of beef, as opposed to veggie food, so why is veggie food so much more expensive?? A half gallon of soy milk here costs more than a full gallon of regular. Something is really wrong with the system. Peace, Laura , " Todd Ockenfels " <e.t.ockenfels@w...> wrote: > > Hi Laura, > > here is that recipe. i also just read about nutritional yeast. i bought this magazine called VT-vegetarian times...it seems to have lots of good info, but i've still got so much to learn. let me know if you ever figure it out what to do with the yeast. i'm always looking for something new to try. what part of the country do you live in?? i'm in phoenix, az. have fun with the mac N cheese. > > erin > > > > 1 box wheatless elbow pasta > 1pkg mori-nu firm tofu > 1 brick (12oz) grated mild chedder soy cheese > 1 pat soy butter(optional) > 1/4 cup plain soy milk > > cook pasta according to package directions. in a blender or food processor, > blend the tofu until it is smooth and without lumps. transfer the tofu to a > saucepan, and stir in the cheese over medium heat. continue to stir, making > sure not to let the sauce boil. add the pat of butter to the > pasta(optional) before pouring the sauce mixture on top. add the soy milk > as needed as you stir the pasta and sauce together. > > > progressive7862 <allens717@c...> > > Thursday, April 24, 2003 6:17 AM > tofu mac and cheese > > > Good to talk to people who don't think I'm crazy! Erin, I would love > a new mac & cheese recipe. The kids love it, and are already used to > home made, not the uggy boxed kind. So far, I've had an easy time > giving up the meat stuff. I haven't gotten away from all dairy. I > drink soy milk, but I haven't managed to stay away from cheese and > coffee creamer. So a good recipe that will help move me in that > direction would be welcome! I've heard nutritional yeast has a cheesy > flavor? I've got a bag of it in my growing " health " cupboard, but > haven't figured out what to do with it yet. There have been times > I've questioned my choices, thinking it's too hard and doesn't really > make a difference, so knowing there are so many others out there, > just a keyboard away, it a great feeling. > Peace, > Laura > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2003 Report Share Posted April 25, 2003 Didn't you know that the beef and dairy industries have huge subsidies? Your tax dollars pay these farmers. I used to have a website with official government dollar amounts that are given to these farmers, but I don't have it anymore. --Tracy > Thanks for the recipes, I'll definitely try them. I live in Virginia > Beach. Where does everyone shop for veggie foods? Some grocery stores > here have a small section, but they are expensive and limited. It > makes me kind of mad. I keep reading articles about how much money it > costs to produce a pound of beef, as opposed to veggie food, so why > is veggie food so much more expensive?? A half gallon of soy milk > here costs more than a full gallon of regular. Something is really > wrong with the system. > Peace, > Laura > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2003 Report Share Posted April 25, 2003 > I live in Virginia > Beach. Where does everyone shop for veggie foods? Dear Laura, We are in MD, just outside of D.C. We have Whole Foods and Trader Joe's and local coops. I " m thinking of visiting Va beach sometime this summer. Any good veg. restaurants I should check out? > I keep reading articles about how much money it > costs to produce a pound of beef, as opposed to veggie food, so why > is veggie food so much more expensive?? My theory on the expense of veg. food is political from the meat and dairy industry. Strange too that organic is more expensive. Add more junk, pay less money. Go figure. Have a good weekend. Peace, Laura( the other Laura on the list!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2003 Report Share Posted April 26, 2003 I have abandoned buying soy milk for over a year now. It is so inexpensive and easy to make that it would be insane to purchase it. I live in NYC so I schlep to Chinatown and buy soybeans and make it from scratch. I did the math and making a GALLON of soymilk costs me as litte as 50 cents. If you can locate a chinatown near you or a cheap source of soybeans then you can beat these bastards at their own game. You can find the directions to making soymilk in Back to Eden but I will summarize it here. Boil a pound of soybeans and then blend them using any left over water from the boiling process. In total you should be using a gallon of water to blend them. You get the milk by squeezing out the water from the blended soybeans and water mixture. We use one of my son's cloth diapers that we reserved just for this purpose. Back to Eden says to boil the milk for twenty minutes. I've gotten lazy and stopped doing this but perhaps there is a purpose for this. I too agree that the cost of vegetarian food is expensive. I think it has to do with the whole meat industry conspiracy to make it harder to eat healthy foods. But the key to avoiding all these high priced foods is to make things from scratch. For example I love these veggie loaves but I just used a recipe found on Vegweb-a similar one is in Back to Eden as well- that used up all the leftovers in my fridge. It's called Tofu-nut loaf by the way and I improvised a bit and voila! a delicious dish! I just ate three plates-huge appetitie i know. By the way when you make the soymilk DO NOT throw out the remaining blended soybeans. You can use them in tons of recipes. I just substituted the tofu in the tofu nut recipe with the blended soybeans. Mmmmm, Mmmmm, Good! - progressive7862 Thursday, April 24, 2003 9:34 PM Re: tofu mac and cheese Hi, Thanks for the recipes, I'll definitely try them. I live in Virginia Beach. Where does everyone shop for veggie foods? Some grocery stores here have a small section, but they are expensive and limited. It makes me kind of mad. I keep reading articles about how much money it costs to produce a pound of beef, as opposed to veggie food, so why is veggie food so much more expensive?? A half gallon of soy milk here costs more than a full gallon of regular. Something is really wrong with the system. Peace, Laura , " Todd Ockenfels " <e.t.ockenfels@w...> wrote: > > Hi Laura, > > here is that recipe. i also just read about nutritional yeast. i bought this magazine called VT-vegetarian times...it seems to have lots of good info, but i've still got so much to learn. let me know if you ever figure it out what to do with the yeast. i'm always looking for something new to try. what part of the country do you live in?? i'm in phoenix, az. have fun with the mac N cheese. > > erin > > > > 1 box wheatless elbow pasta > 1pkg mori-nu firm tofu > 1 brick (12oz) grated mild chedder soy cheese > 1 pat soy butter(optional) > 1/4 cup plain soy milk > > cook pasta according to package directions. in a blender or food processor, > blend the tofu until it is smooth and without lumps. transfer the tofu to a > saucepan, and stir in the cheese over medium heat. continue to stir, making > sure not to let the sauce boil. add the pat of butter to the > pasta(optional) before pouring the sauce mixture on top. add the soy milk > as needed as you stir the pasta and sauce together. > > > progressive7862 <allens717@c...> > > Thursday, April 24, 2003 6:17 AM > tofu mac and cheese > > > Good to talk to people who don't think I'm crazy! Erin, I would love > a new mac & cheese recipe. The kids love it, and are already used to > home made, not the uggy boxed kind. So far, I've had an easy time > giving up the meat stuff. I haven't gotten away from all dairy. I > drink soy milk, but I haven't managed to stay away from cheese and > coffee creamer. So a good recipe that will help move me in that > direction would be welcome! I've heard nutritional yeast has a cheesy > flavor? I've got a bag of it in my growing " health " cupboard, but > haven't figured out what to do with it yet. There have been times > I've questioned my choices, thinking it's too hard and doesn't really > make a difference, so knowing there are so many others out there, > just a keyboard away, it a great feeling. > Peace, > Laura > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2003 Report Share Posted April 28, 2003 And oncce you have the basics down on making your own soy milk, you can start making your own tofu. The pulp leftover from making the soy milk (sometimes called Okara) makes a good base for veggie burgers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 16, 2003 Report Share Posted May 16, 2003 any ideas on how to make tofu? i need an idiot proog method please! i tried the directions in back to eden which says to add lemon juice to hot/boiling soymilk but all i got was sour soymilk.. - PhilLand Monday, April 28, 2003 1:10 PM Re: Re: tofu mac and cheese And oncce you have the basics down on making your own soy milk, you can start making your own tofu. The pulp leftover from making the soy milk (sometimes called Okara) makes a good base for veggie burgers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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