{"id":2653,"date":"2010-04-22T21:20:05","date_gmt":"2010-04-23T01:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=2653"},"modified":"2010-04-23T12:02:25","modified_gmt":"2010-04-23T16:02:25","slug":"sneaking-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=2653","title":{"rendered":"Sneaking Success!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am always looking for ways to boost the nutritional value of my food.  I have been hearing about the benefits of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iherb.com\/Now-Foods-Nutritional-Yeast-Flakes-10-oz-284-g\/688?at=0\">nutritional yeast<\/a> for a while, yet had never taken the leap to try it.  I finally bought some the other day from iherb.com and have found a new love.  I love the way this can help boost the protein in my meals!  With all the training I have been doing for my marathon, I can use all the help I can get.  Based on my weight, I should be consuming at least 47 grams of protein per day.  I don&#8217;t eat a lot of meat or soy, so the nutritional yeast is a nice way to boost my protein up.  I have stirred into my marinara sauce and sprinkled on roasted veggies.  2 TBSPS have 60 calories, 4 grams of fiber &amp; 9 grams of protein.  You can read about the rest of the stats <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iherb.com\/Now-Foods-Nutritional-Yeast-Flakes-10-oz-284-g\/688?at=0\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nutritional yeast contains 18 amino acids and 15 minerals.  It is rich in B-complex vitamins and is an excellent source of folic acid.  Nutritional yeast is grown on cane sugar or molasses.  Once it is harvested, it is washed &amp; dried &amp; sold in the form of flakes or powder.<\/p>\n<p>How to use nutritional yeast:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Topping for veggies<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Topping for popcorn<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Mixed into sauces<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Mixed with vinegar &amp; oil for salad dressing<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Add to soup<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Use for cheesy flavor in pasta or on pizza<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Sprinkle on eggs<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I have to let you in on a secret.  Can you keep a secret?  Tonight while making dinner for Jon &amp; Hannah, I decided to add nutritional yeast to the marinara sauce for their pasta.  We normally use Prego Three Cheese, but ended up buying the Tomato, Basil &amp; Garlic because the store didn&#8217;t have any Three Cheese.  Anyway, I figured that I could add the nutritional yeast to the sauce &amp; it would mimic the parmesan cheese that I would tell the kids I added.  I know, probably not the right way to go about it, but you know what?  They liked it!  LOL!  Jon knew something was up and asked repeatedly.  I told him I added parmesan cheese since we couldn&#8217;t find the Three Cheese sauce the other day.  He said it was good, but he just wanted to know.  I probably should fess up, huh?  The thing is he is at that age where he lets appearance take precedence\u00a0over taste and Hannah follows along like a little puppy dog.  Both kids cleaned their plates and had a very nutritious meal &#8211; pasta with altered marinara, steamed broccoli, salad &amp; strawberries.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chooseveg.com\/nutritional-yeast.asp\">recipes<\/a> using nutritional yeast.  I now that I am late jumping on this bandwagon but seriously, this is one of the best kept secrets!  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