- Author: Nina Kauder
- Prep Time: 15
- Cook Time: 15
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 8 cups (4 servings) 1x
- Category: Soup, Gluten-free, Dairy-free, Paleo, Vegan, Pegan, (Omnivore if you add chicken)
- Method: Stove top, pressure cooker, instant pot,
- Cuisine: Thai
- 1 Onion (ok to sub shallot), sliced
- 1/4 Cup Ginger, sliced into ⅛ inch thick slices, skins ok (start with a 2 inch piece – or use 2 Tbs ginger paste)
- 1 –2 cups veggie broth
- 8 ounces sliced mushrooms (button, shiitake, cremini) or sub other favorite veggies like bell pepper, carrot, zucchini, snow peas, etc.
- 1 pound crispy Tofu, optional
- 8 Kefir lime leaves, or Cilantro, optional
- 2 cans coconut milk (full fat)
- 2–4 fresh Thai Chilies, or add chili paste to taste at the end
- 3 tablespoons fish sauce (or sub vegan fish sauce)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- tablespoons lime juice (1–2 limes)
- 2 teaspoons palm, coconut or brown sugar
Serve this on its own, over jasmine rice, rice noodles, or even shirataki noodles, made from konjac yam, which are worthy of their own recipe and blog post on their own rights!
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What the Heck is Nutritional Yeast?

Best of all, as seen by polling 50+ vegan and vegetarians, it tastes great!
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- I usually sprinkle nutritional yeast into chili or pastas
- I wouldn’t say nutritional yeast isn’t exactly “important”, but the sh** just tastes good and you can put it on everything!
- nutritional yeast delicious with a cheesy, savory flavor. it has good nutritional value it’s like franks hot sauce you put that sh** on everything.
- It tastes awesome, and a lot like cheese- flavor wise! Downfall: nutritional yeast smells like feet…..
- Nutritional yeast is amazing as cheese alternative.
- I use nutritional yeast a lot for making vegan mac ’n cheese, or in a cheesy sauce.
- Mix it into refried beans.
- I had some nutritional yeast this morning on my potatoes with breakfast. So good!
- I put nutritional yeast on my tofu along with soy sauce, and then I bake it.
- I add nutritional yeast into my couscous and it’s so good.
- Delicious sprinkling nutritional yeast on buttery toast.
- I add nutritional yeast to mashed potatoes, mashed cauliflower or cauliflower rice to add that golden yumm-factor!
- Top fresh popcorn with nutritional yeast and sriracha sauce. Then stay in, netflix & chill!
- Mix nutritional yeast with sprouted lentils and a few turns of freshly cracked black peppercorns.
- Sprinkle nutritional yeast on dog food as a topper..its so good for fur baby’s nerves. I use nutritional yeast for my diabetic furbaby.
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- Though nutritional yeast is low in calories, it’s packed with fiber so it may cause unpleasant digestive side effects if introduced too quickly, especially if you’re not used to much fiber
- May Trigger Headaches or Migraine Attacks. …
- May Cause Facial Flushing. …
- Yeast Intolerance and Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
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