The theme for this South Arm Cooking Club for Seniors Kitchen is Fall Vegetarian Meal featuring some superfoods.

The first superfood is nutritional yeast. I have not heard of nutritional yeast until today.

Here are some facts about nutritional yeast extracted from wikepedia.org which Michelle shared in the kitchen:

• nutritional yeast is deactivated yeast
• source of protein
• usually fortified with B vitamins
• can be used as a cheese substitute in mashed or fried potatoes, tofu
• tasty topping for popcorn
• often used as nutritional support for vegetarians and vegans
• best flavour from Red Star brand

This nutritional yeast dressing is creamy, cheesy and nutty. This dressing is great on spinach or mixed green salad. It lasts for about a week in the refrigerator.

Dressing:

• 3 tablespoons nutritional yeast
• 2 tablespoons water
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce or tamari
• 2 tablespoons cider vinegar or fruit vinegar
• 2 to 3 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1/2 cup neutral vegetable oil (grapeseed, sunflower or canola)

Salad:

• 1 to 2 heads lettuce, chopped and washed
• 2 to 3 carrots, grated
• handful cherry tomatoes, halved
• 1 long cucumber, diced
• seeds or nuts, optional

Source: mintgreenapron.blogspot.ca

Instructions

Combine all the dressing ingredients. Process in a blender or with a hand blender until creamy.

Dry the lettuce using a salad spinner or pat dry with kitchen towel.

Combine all the salad ingredients in a large bowl. Add dressing to taste. You may not need to use all the dressing in the recipe. Toss well.