The Bite:
Top it with some nutritional yeast. At its core, one of our fave condiments is great for your health since it packs necessary B-vitamins and satisfies your salt-tooth without too much sodium.
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Submitted by tmeronek on Wed, 06/04/2008 - 1:42am.
The Benefits:
- Natural-born good taste. Its cheesy, nutty flavor tastes great in soups and stir-fry dishes, and on salads, garlic bread, and yep, popcorn.
- Supporting underlying veg diet needs. Nutritional yeast is often fortified with vitamin B-12, which, among many things, helps your immune system function, and is hard to get if you don't consume animal products.
Personally Speaking:
When he doesn't want to cook or leave the house, Toshio pops two bags of popcorn in the micro, pours some melted butter and a cup of nutritional yeast on top, and calls it dinner.
Wanna Try:
- Nutritional Yeast Cookbook - tons of yeasty recipes, from pasta to paté ($10).
- Red Star Nutritional Yeast - little shaker of yeast that's fortified with vitamin B-12 ($5).
- You can also get nutritional yeast from bulk bins at most health food stores.
Cocktail Fact
Yeast's Latin name, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, translates to English as "sweet beer mold."
Bang For The Bite
Adding some yellow flakes to your mushroom soup isn't going to solve the energy crisis, but it's tasty and helps vegetarians stay healthy on an animal-free diet.
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