Yeast Flakes?

[mythreesuns]

Someone very nice posted some recipes for cashew cheese stuff (sooooo sorry I'm blanking on your name!!) and now I can't find the recipes! I printed them out, went to the store and bought the ingredients for one of the recipes...and left the recipes in the cart!

Anyway, I'll find the recipes eventually, but one of the ingredients was listed as "yeast flakes." I went to Wegman's to find them, and not only did I not find them, no one knew what they were!

I ended up buying the jar of yeast, uh, pellets, I guess, but is that the same thing?

Edit: I found the recipes...I had saved them to my puter. Doh!

[Sarah8793]

I had been looking for them also and couldn't find them in any grocery store. I finally found them at my health food store but they were in the section with the vitamins, not the food. Ask at a health food store. They are not the same thing as the yeast you buy in the grocery store to make bread etc. Hope this helps!

Sarah

[AndreaB]

They are totally different than the yeast you bake with.

I'm not sure where you live but Fred Meyer/Krogers carries them in the natural food bulk isle. Wild Oats has them in the bulk isle. Co-op have them in the bulk section. Health food stores would probably be the same.

I haven't looked for them pre bagged so if you find them that way let me know please.

You don't have to use them but it gives the "cheese" a more cheesy flavor. I last made mac and cheese without it and the kids liked it just fine. We are used to cashew cheese though.

[lorka150]

i use bob's red mill - they are made in the gluten-free facility. i got them at wegman's.

[Matilda]

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[AndreaB]

Matilda,

I didn't use anything, just left them out. Remember, we are used to cashew cheese and I don't think the flavor was that much different. You can experiment with different seasonings to see how you like them too. If you don't get used to the flavor with the yeast flakes you will not have anything to miss.

The Nacho Cheese doesn't use them and the seasonings (chili powder, I use cumin or homemade chili powder) make up the difference.

I don't know if they upset my stomach last time (could be cc) or if it was the chicken italian sausage I used. We were all fine this last time but there was no yeast flakes or sausage.

[Matilda]

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