as a vegan, should i try to use nutritional yeast?

Question

i dont regularly take a multi vitamin, i simply forget to and they are like horse pills anyway. i've never cooked wih nutritional yeast before, what are the benefits? and what can it be used for?

Answer 1

To the people criticizing us vegans for being hyporcritical for eating yeast and not honey, milk, meat, etc.-- maybe you should do two minutes of research on something you know nothing about before you make yourselves look stupid, yeast is not an animal, it is a fungi. Eating yeast is like eating a mushroom. Sure it's alive, but vegans don't have anything against eating living things, they are against eating (and some take it furthur than diet) animal flesh, and any product involved in the exploitation of animals (such as milk, eggs, or honey). Reasons may vary, but that's basically it. Yeast is not an animal.

To the person who asked the question, sure, go ahead and try nutritional yeast. I'm not that crazy about it, but it's alright oncein a while. You could use it for rice dished, pizza, maybe quinoa, maybe soup.... it has sort of a taste and texture comparable to cheese.

Answer 2

I too like Wolffies cheezy sauce, but I also love this one as well: 1/2 cup vegetable oil 6 cloves garlic , minced 3 slices yellow onions , chopped 1/2 cup all-purpose white flour 4 teaspoons nutritional yeast 4 tablespoons light soy sauce 2 cups water 1/2 teaspoon sage 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper 1/2 teaspoon salt 5-6 white mushrooms , sliced (optional) flour (optional) or cornstarch (optional) Pour the oil in a saucepan and heat. Add garlic and onions and saute 5 minutes. Add the flour, nutritional yeast, and soy sauce, stirring constantly until it makes a think, thick sauce. Gradually stir in the water and add spices. Keep adding cornstarch or flour until it is the right thickness for you! Serve hot

Answer 3

Sorry you got so many boneheaded responses from clueless idiots. Yes, nutritional yeast is awesome. It is grown on blackstrap molasses, and is loaded with b vitamins, including B12-it is in fact the source of B12 that is fed to animals to make them produce B12, since they dont produce it naturally. It is delicious, with a cheese like flavor. You can make smoothies with it, sprinkle it on popcorn, bake with it, or make a mock cheese sauce. Its so much better than some synthetic vitamin pill. Give it a try-its inexpensive and really great for you. By the way, the yeast is not live, and can be used safely by those with candida.

Answer 4

I love nutritional yeast, and it is so good in so many ways. Start with some basics, like sprinkling it on a baked potato, or other types of potatoes.

Answer 5

While I was a vegan, and even today, I used it to make Mac and Cheese. I would chop up some kale, or broccoli rabe, and mix it in, bake it is delicious.

Mix the yeast with some soy milk, some garlic, and some whole wheat pastry flour (to thicken).

Answer 6

Uhhh
I have a book that says something about it
Grr I have to find it
I'll edit this answer and tell you in a little bit

P.S. I'm a vegan too!

Answer 7

It's good on popcorn.

Answer 8

Yeast is a living animal. If you're a tree hugging environmental whaco fruit you should not be eating yeast. How can you eat one animal and not the others? Yeast or beast it's still life.

Answer 9

Seems pretty non-vegan to me. Yeast is alive. You can't eat honey but you can eat yeast?

PS. you have canines for a reason. we're omnivores.

Answer 10

I think you can do it