liv001's Journal, 10 January 2021

I can only eat this in very light sprinkle quantities, like adding pepper, to people who have reactive digestive tracts I think the expression "like a dose of salts" is appropriate. 

@Bearnoggin It's pretty much what it sounds like, a type of yeast (like the kind we bake or brew with, but different). It comes in this sort of flaky powder, and has a taste reminiscent of parmesan cheese. It's really popular in the vegan community for being able to add a savory, cheese-like flavor to their dishes, and I've seen it used a lot as an ingredient in vegan cheeses. It's also chock full of B vitamins (including B12, which is hard for vegans to fit in to their diets), antioxidants, and contains all essential amino acids (another reason why it's such a champ in the vegan world ;)).  

nutritional yeast has been a life saver during my vegan month!!! very tasty in salads and pastas! 

when making vegan pinto beans, soups or chili, adding some nutritional yeast can make it taste like you used a chicken stock. 

It’s yummy on popcorn. 

I use it to make cashew cheeses, for scrambled tofu - I kind of use it everywhere. 

I never had it but thanks for posting it's something new I would consider trying and all the suggestions help even more be blessed 

Thanks She Loves!!! I think I will get some of that!  

B12 is good 

wow... so many great suggestions- Did not realize so many of you were into this. I put some on my red African stew yesterday and it was great. yeah sort of reminds me of parmesan cheese. I think I will try to make a almond "cheese" with them next 

I need to get on board with the nutritional yeast! Twice today I have seen it.  

You saw Kenna's post. She made a post about the nutritional values the other day i saw. I made almond butter and tried it with yeast but the yeast did not quite shine in that concoction.  

Ahh I just realized it was Mr. Heeden who posted his morning yeast toast pic. 

I love it on popcorn and to add it to any dish needing a cheezy taste. I had to go DF completely a couple of years ago.  

In your coffee Bill? Never occurred to me. I have started to do spice lattes now though.  

Added some to the turkey meatball soup I made. It worked really well for that, I thought.  

Draglist, let us know about the kidney function. My hubs has kidney problems and we've been using whey protein to get more calories and protein into him. Is there a bad impact on kidneys that you've heard about?  

I just read an article and it sounds like the concern isn't specific to whey protein but just consuming too much protein for someone with kidney disease. So I think we're fine because hubs wasn't eating much as a result of being very anemic and thats why we're supplementing.