Who says you can’t have an awesomely creamy cheesy-tasting sauce without dairy?! You CAN have the awesome flavor without poisoning your body with saturated fat (ewww!!!!)!
We’re going to take advantage of the amazingly cheesy flavor of nutritional yeast and I’m going to give you a basic recipe that you can adapt several different ways to suit what you want to use it for. Oh and 2 Tablespoons of this super cheesy awesome sauce is around 58 calories and ZERO fat!
Let’s do this!
Basic Recipe…
Super Cheesy Awesome Sauce
(Print this recipe!)
Ingredients:
1/2 cup Nutritional Yeast
1/2 cup flour
2 cups water
a big pinch each of garlic powder and paprika
1 tsp salt
Directions:
Combine dry ingredients in a saucepan.
Whisk in water over medium heat until thick and bubbly.
Remove from heat.
Variations…
Use as is as a cheesy sauce for your steamed veggies or baked potato.
Add a can of Rotel for an amazing queso- you can even throw it in one of those little crockpots to keep it nice and warm to serve at a shin dig.
Stir in a spoonful of dijon mustard and 8 oz of cooked whole wheat elbow macaroni for an easy mac and cheese that’s to die for!
Hope you try this- it’s awesomesauce!!! (anyone watch Parks and Recreation? Love that show!)
So, tell me more about this nutritional yeast. What is it? Where do I find it? Is it pricey? I have seen a couple other recipes call for it, and I’m interested in trying it. Mac & cheese is my favorite 😀
Hey Liz- sorry it took me so long to get back to you- it’s been a little crazy around here! Nutritional yeast is so awesome! It’s a deactivated yeast- It’s cultured on molasses for 7 days then harvested, dried and packaged. I know the bio nerd in you will find that interesting 😉 Each serving has a TON of B vitamins and is a complete protein. It has a nutty/cheesy flavor which is why you’ll find it in a lot of vegan recipes. It’s great to make sauces, but equally good in mashed potatoes, sprinkled on popcorn, or sprinkled on steamed veggies! It’s crazy popular in Australia- random fact, lol. I usually buy it in the bulk dept- I think that red star is the best tasting brand.