Incorporationg nutritional yeast into your cooking/eating plans

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I keep coming across stuff about how great nutritional yeast is-- full of B vitamins-- and that it tastes good, too, Do any of you regularly use it for cooking or mixing with other food?

I just got home from Whole Foods with a jar of this
https://smile.amazon.com/Braggs-Nutritional-Yeast-4-5-Bragg/dp/B075S4WG8G/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=bragg’s+nutritional+yeast&qid=1618157616&sr=8-1
so I’m loaded for bear (so to speak).

Seems like the uses are similar to Kinako, the toasted soy flour that I asked about in another thread.

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The only thing I use it on is popcorn. But there are numerous vegan cheez recipes that use it to approximate a cheesy flavor. I could see sprinkling it on something to make it taste cheesier, like mac and cheese.

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In scrambled eggs, in egg substitute, on pasta.

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I’m eating some right now - sprinkled on pizza instead of Parmesan. If you want to jump in the deep end of the pool, so to speak, the NYT has a recipe for cacio e pepe that’s really good!

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You can sprinkle it over vegetables, baked potatoes, popcorn, pasta anywhere you would want a cheesy and savory flavor. It takes a little salt to bring out the cheesy taste. I just sprinkled a little over a meatloaf. We will see how that goes.

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My husband brought some home a while back. So far we’ve only used it on popcorn and eggs. Except once, I sprinkled a little of it on buttered toast. Not bad.

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On popcorn with lemon pepper Mrs Dash is my favorite. With lots of butter.

I also sometimes add some to gravy.

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I just add vegemite to about half the things I make. Tough to spread on individual pieces of popcorn, though. I might have to try the stuff . . .

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My homemade popcorn seasoning (which I mix in a shaker jar) is about 5 parts lemon pepper, 1 part sugar, and 1/2 part pure powdered citric acid (not the lemon-flavored stuff). It might be interesting to add a dash of nutritional yeast to the popcorn after I’ve doused it with my mix.

I was watching a YouTube video the other day where a British guy did a taste test of Marmite, Vegemite, and their cousins (including Bovril). On buttered toast. He said he also adds Marmite occasionally to dishes to amp up the umami, where one might use soy sauce. It occurred to me that we haven’t had a Marmite/Vegemite thread since we switched to the new board.

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One of my favorite dishes is the golden bowl (recipe), and it adds the nutritional yeast to the vegetables/tofu. It’s really good.

If you are the biscuits and gravy type, you can make a good yeast gravy with it.

I lived with a bunch of vegans once, so I got used to just putting it on everything. I’ll echo that it is also tasty on popcorn.

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Lol, I know I’ve mentioned it a few times in a few posts since the changes.

My faves, from best to less best but still lovely
Cenovis
Marmite (UK version)
Bovril (the veggie version used during the mad cow disease scare)
Vegemite
Marmite (NZ version)
Promite
Mighty mite

I still haven’t tried the genuine german product, what’s its name. Z something? Vita-something?

My 2.5 kilogram bucket of vegemite is nearly empty, gotta order another one . . .