So, about two weeks ago I was planning on making my nacho cheese to go with dinner that evening. Alas, we were out of red peppers and our lemons were hard as rock and needed several more days to ripen. But we wanted cheese!!! So, I whipped together a garlic cheese dip instead and used it as a sauce in our soft tacos that evening. I'm glad our options were slim, because I had to … [Read more...]
Nutritional Yeast and Brewers Yeast
"Nutritional Yeast- what is this stuff?" you ask. Nutritional yeast is an inactive yeast with a delicious cheesy, nutty, robust flavor. A similar inactive yeast is Brewer's Yeast (labeled Imported Yeast in the pictured brand). I use either nutritional or brewer's yeast in several of my posted recipes including my nacho cheese and tofu scramble. You can also use these yeasts for … [Read more...]
Tofu Scramble
There was a time when I ate scrambled eggs. My Dad always burned the eggs when he'd cook them, so most of my siblings and I favored "hard" scrambled eggs over the soft, gooey ones. I never could stand the thought of eating a runny egg-- the "over-easy" kind-- and, as time went on, I soon began to avoid eating scrambled eggs altogether. When I was vegetarian I would eat hard-boiled eggs regularly, … [Read more...]