nutritional yeast flakes recipes

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NUTRITIONAL YEAST " CHEESE "

From The New Farm Vegetarian Cookbook

1/2 cup nutritional yeast flakes*

1/2 cup flour

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp garlic powder

2 cups water

1/4 cup margarine

1 tsp wet mustard

Mix dry ingredients in saucepan. Whisk in water. Cook over medium heat,

whisking, until it thickens and bubbles. Cook 30 seconds, then remove from

heat, whip in margarine and mustard. It will thicken as it cools, but will

thin when heated, or when water is added. Makes 3 cups.

Note: If you'd like to lower the fat content of this recipe, use a

tablespoon of margarine. This works just as well. It can also be prepared

without using any margarine at all.

Variation: For a richer stretchier sauce that's good on pizza, substitute

for the flour: 1/4 cup cornstarch and 2 Tbsp Flour. Instead of margarine,

whip in 1/2 cup of oil after it cooks, and add as much as 1 cup of water at

the end, or as needed to make a thick, smooth sauce that pours easily. Pour

it on pizza and for the last few minutes of baking, put pizza under broiler

for a few minutes to form a stretchy, golden brown speckled skin.

*Nutritional Yeast comes in both flakes and powdered form. The information

and recipes included here pertain to nutritional yeast flakes. They have a

yellow or gold color, and make a

Tasty topping for vegetables, salads and popcorn, and can be used to make

many delicious gravies, casseroles and sauces. Nutritional yeast flakes can

be found in many health food stores or ordered through the mail. They are

available through the Mail Order Catalog, PO Box 180, Summertown, TN 38483,

800-695-2241; or Walnut Acres, Penns Creek, PA 17862, 800-433-3998.

Nutritional yeast is often cited as containing vitamin B12, although there

is some controversy as to how much of it the body can use. We do know that

at least one type, Red Star T6635, has been tested and is shown to be a

reliable source of active vitamin B12. The nutritional yeast flakes

available from both The Mail Order Catalog and Walnut Acres are the Red Star

T6635 type. Apparently, the powdered form from Walnut Acres is Red Star NBC

600 which is not a good source of vitamin B12.

MACARONI AND " CHEESE " CASSEROLE

From The New Farm Vegetarian Cookbook

Cook 3-1/2 cups elbow macaroni. In a saucepan, melt 1/2 cup margarine over

low heat. Beat in 1/2 cup flour with a wire whisk and continue to beat over

a medium flame until the mixture (called a roux) is smooth and bubbly. Whip

in 3-1/2 cups boiling water, 1-1/2 tsp. Salt, 2 Tbsp. Soy sauce, 1-1/2 tsp.

Garlic powder, and a pinch of turmeric, beating well. The sauce should cook

until it thickens and bubbles. Then whip in 1/4 cup oil and 1 cup

nutritional yeast flakes.

Mix part of the sauce with the noodles and put in casserole dish, and pour a

generous amount of sauce on top. Sprinkle top with paprika, and bake for 15

minutes in a 350 degree oven. Put in broiler for a few minutes until " cheese

sauce gets stretchy and crisp. Serves 5.

Total calories per serving: 585

Percent of calories from fat: 46%

 

Karo

 

 

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This is the BEST recipe for nutritional yeast. i also love new farm cookbook in

general. i also like to sprinkle nutritional yeast on popcorn!! and pasta

instead of parmesan