We purchased a smallish bottle - got it on Vitacost, medium flake size.

I'm not vegan but my friend used to use it on
buttered toast and it was pretty good!

We used to buy it but I can't remember it as being that expensive.

It lasts a long time, too.

There's a great recipe in the Greens Cookbook for pumpkin soup. It calls for some nutritional yeast and it sooo makes the recipe.

I don't know whether it would make a good replacement for parmesan cheese though.

Our local grocery sells it in the bulk food bins so you can just get a little. I don't know about buying a huge container. Seems risky.

Here in Colorado for a couple of bucks. I am still undecided after trying it on popcorn.

I also add it to savory dishes with some frequency.

If you're looking for something to use in place of the big green can o' cheese, there's a product called Parma that consists of ground walnuts, nutritional yeast and sea salt. It's a good substitute because it's got some of the mouth feel, fat and salt but is still pretty darn healthy. There are spicy and garlic versions as well, I put the spicy on pretty much everything.

1 cup sesame seeds
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 1/4 cup nutritional yeast
2 tsp garlic powder
1 Tbs. onion powder
3 Tbs. Schilling's Vegetable Supreme Seasoning

Mix it all together, sprinkle on a cookie sheet, cover with wax paper and roll out thin. Remove the wax paper and place in a 200 degree oven for 2 hours. Grind fine and store in a covered container in the fridge for up to a month.

I have never tried this myself, and I don't know what the vegetable seasoning is so I can't recommend a substitute. But give it a try and let us know.

Please add it to the recipe thread pinned at the top of the forum; it'll make it easier to find at a later date when I or someone else goes looking for it. Thanks.

This is a good one:

In food processor combine: 1 c. raw almonds, 1 c. nutritional yeast, 1/4 c. raw sesame seeds, 2 tsp kelp powder.
Process about a minute.
Store in a shaker just like Parmesan cheese.

I get nutritional yeast from the bulk bins at my local natural foods store. It's a little cheaper than buying the one in the plastic shaker. I kept the shaker and refill it with bulk bin stuff now.

It's expensive but it will last you a while. You can find kelp powder in the spices aisle.

I'm going to try out this recipe. I don't used Parmesan anymore but would like to have something vegan to take its'place with a few dishes. Thanks for posting this.

A tablespoon of nutritional yeast in a vegan gravy recipe or a quarter cup in your stew will add a fantastic depth of flavor.

Several of our local grocers carry it in the bins.

It's AMAZING on Popcorn!

I bought it for a cauliflower recipe I make sometimes, it adds a cheesiness. But I also put a little on hot popcorn whenever I make it yummy