There’s something that just doesn’t sit right about “nutritional yeast.” Vegans have attempted to reclaim the words by giving it a nickname—nooch—but somehow that sounds off-center as well.
At VegNews, we call it magic dust (so do three-year-olds, but sometimes kids know what they’re talking about). If you’re new to nooch, don’t be put off by the name. Its powers and uses are infinite—you can turn boring veggies into cheesy snacks, make a velvety cheese sauce for pasta, and make a thick creamy cheesy soup, all with a can of nooch in hand. Here are 16 ways to use nutritional yeast—the most wonderful food with the worst-sounding name.
What is nutritional yeast?
For the sake of all your future baked goods, do not confuse nutritional yeast with baker’s yeast. Nutritional yeast is not a leavening agent, and it cannot be used as a substitute for baker’s…