A while back I mentioned that I cook with chicken bouillon quite a bit. One of my readers told me about a vegetable bouillon recipe at a blog called Simple. Healthy. Tasty. I have to admit that I was a little skeptical. First, the main ingredient is nutritional yeast. I had never heard of this. And second, the blogger claims that it tastes like chicken bouillon in recipes. Turns out I didn't have anything to fear!
Nutritional yeast is described here on Wikipedia. It can be bought in bulk bins at WinCo, Smith's Marketplace, and natural food stores.
I like using this bouillon! So far I have used it in stroganof, enchiladas, and vegetable soup. I will post more about each of these later. I am not going to use this bouillon exclusively right now. I just bought a mega-huge container of Knorr chicken bouillon for only $4.98 (WalMart). So I need to use that. But I really do like the idea of making my own bouillon. I like knowing what's in the food I eat. Part of the beauty of cooking from scratch.
My one suggestion. The recipe says to add 1 tablespoon to every quart of water. I would recommend using 1 tsp. to every cup of water.
And by the way: My husband liked this too! He just thought some of the recipes weren't quite flavorful enough. (Note the hint above.)
I'm so glad that worked out! Thanks for being the guinea pig!
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