mac-un-cheese.

[Purl]

take 1 zuccini. shred in saladacco/spirooli.

add a little olive oil, sea salt, and a few T of nutritional yeast.

Voila! Even my SAD dh loved it and tried to steal it from me at lunch! LOL!

[luna99]

ok, that just sounds too simple and easy to be good. I can't imagine that it could be like mac n cheese.

really? are you serious? man. I'm gonna have to try that.

and I've been craving mac and cheese real bad lately too.

[Purl]

I loooove it. my dc went dairy free a year ago and years earlier I had learned to make a mock cooked "cheese" sauce w/ nutritional yeast...so I put 2 and 2 together...and VOILA!

[tiggerbounce]

I made this today with "alfredo noodles". Made the noodles, added a dash of salt (to taste), olive oil, nutritional yeast to taste and popped it in the dehydrator for about an hour in a plastic ziploc bag. It tasted ok, but I decided to add some garlic (or garlic powder) and then I really liked it. Would make a great side dish. I could also see adding something like broccoli to it before warming it. A good base for adding on to.

Thanks for the recipe! Will be keeping this in my recipe box.

[luna99]

ok, weird question.
where can I get nutritional yeast? health food store I'm assuming? :confused:

do you buy it in bulk or does it come in a container? hmm.. I need some cheesy goodness!

[DreamingD]

ok, weird question.
where can I get nutritional yeast? health food store I'm assuming? :confused:

do you buy it in bulk or does it come in a container? hmm.. I need some cheesy goodness!

You can buy nutritional yeast at a health food store. Ask anyone that works there they should know what you're talking about.

Dara

[SwishTN]

I don't know why, but the sound of that seems kind of freaky to me.... Like the bag heated at all would leach something onto the food....

maybe I am just being paranoid?

Sounds like an interesting combo, though!

Lauri

[juliebove]

ok, weird question.
where can I get nutritional yeast? health food store I'm assuming? :confused:

do you buy it in bulk or does it come in a container? hmm.. I need some cheesy goodness!

It comes in a container. Usually a round cardboard "can" with a plastic lid. Be sure to read the ingredients. There is one brand that contains whey so that one would not be Vegan. Red Star is a vegan brand. And if you have a Fred Meyer store where you live, they have their own brand (Naturally Preferred? I think...) in the health food section next to the brewer's yeast.

[SmilingRawDancer]

I buy this brand:

http://www.vitaminshoppe.com/store/en/browse/sku_detail.jsp?id=KA-1852

http://www.vitaminshoppe.com/images/catalog/skus/ka-1852.gif


I found it at Vitamin Shoppe, and Henry's Whole Foods Market as well :)
It runs about 8 - 12 $

[trinity082482]

What exactly does nutritional yeast taste like? What is its purpose in this recipe? Does it taste the same without it? What makes this recipe a "Mac n cheese" rather then just spaghetti? :D

It sounds so good!!! Could I put this in a dehydrator? Is yes, how long?

[tiggerbounce]

Nutritional yeast gives the noodles a little bit of a "cheesy" flavor. Not necessarily a cheddar flavor, but a cheese like flavor. Just add it to taste and use some salt to bring out the flavor more. I did not find that it gave it a strong cheese flavor and that is why I added the garlic powder to it. I put it in the dehydrator in a plastic ziploc for about an hour and it came out fine. The "noodles" softened up a bit.

I have seen it in bulk in nearly every health food store I have been in. It is a yellow, powder looking product. Not sure if it is considered raw but I know that many use it the same way that they use seasonings, etc.

livingatthetop uses the same sort of recipe and puts it on cashews in a bag and shakes it up for "cheese doodles". I liked those also. A nice change of pace when you want that cheesy crunch.

[RowanC]

I don't have candida, but for people that do have it, is this type of yeast ok to eat?

[juliebove]

I don't have candida, but for people that do have it, is this type of yeast ok to eat?

Yes, it is. Unlike Brewer's yeast.

[tinystrawberry]

i'm making this tonight, it sounds really delicious. :D
thanks

[adiamond]

I guess I'm the odd man out here (not unusual) but I didn't care for this at all. Maybe I used too much nutritional yeast or something, but I didn't think it was remotely cheese-like, and I've been trying to get the taste out of my mouth all afternoon.

Oh, well, if everyone loved to eat the exact same thing, there'd be a heck of a fight at the grocery store, wouldn't there? :D


Izzy

[tinystrawberry]

i think this was good. i used carrots instead of zuccini cause i didnt have any zuchini. and i added garlic and tomatoes and a avocado sauce. :D

[Ama]

I guess I'm the odd man out here (not unusual) but I didn't care for this at all. Maybe I used too much nutritional yeast or something, but I didn't think it was remotely cheese-like, and I've been trying to get the taste out of my mouth all afternoon.

Oh, well, if everyone loved to eat the exact same thing, there'd be a heck of a fight at the grocery store, wouldn't there? :D


Izzy

I didn't care for it either. I went out to the grocery store just to get some zucchini and I couldn't wait to make it. I couldn't finish it. I tried tweaking it by adding some garlic etc. I didn't use all of my zucchini though, I had a feeling I may not like it.