Nutritional yeast, alongside apple cider vinegar and garlic, gives this dressing an umami-rich flavor you can’t resist. You’ll find yourself wanting to drizzle it on everything!
I’m a huge fan of homemade dressings and have posted a ton over the years! One of my favorites has always been this oil-free zesty tahini dressing with nutritional yeast. And this dressing is a spin-off of that one, only without the tahini and even more nutritional yeast. I originally created it as a dressing for my kale and cabbage salad but honestly, it’s delicious on just about anything. I like using it as a drizzle for steamed veggies and as a dip for baked chicken tenders.
What is Nutritional Yeast?
Nutritional yeast is an inactive yeast made from molasses. It’s yellow in color and sold as flakes, granules or powder and can be found in the spice section or bulk bins of health food stores. I typically buy Bob’s Red Mill large flakes from Thrive Market.
Nutritional yeast has the word “nutritional” in its name for a reason! It is a complete protein – meaning it has all nine essential acids that we need! It is also high in protein (2g per tablespoon) so is a great way for vegetarians and vegans to add high-quality protein to their diet.
It’s also is high in B vitamins, specifically vitamin B-12! Vitamin B-12 is needed for a variety of body functions, including red blood cell creation, DNA production, energy metabolism and healthy nervous system functionality. It’s naturally found in animal products, so vegans can become deficient if they aren’t supplementing (or eating nutritional yeast).
How to Make Nutritional Yeast Dressing
Making a homemade dressing with nutritional yeast is super easy! For this dressing, we’re simply adding the nutritional yeast, apple cider vinegar, coconut aminos, water, garlic and ground pepper to a blender and blending until smooth. Slowly add in the olive oil with the blender on low. If you don’t have a blender, you can mince your garlic really well and whisk all of the ingredients together in a bowl!
If you make this nutritional yeast dressing, be sure to leave a comment and star rating below letting me know how it turns out. Your feedback is so helpful for the EBF team and other readers.
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Nutritional yeast, alongside apple cider vinegar and garlic, gives this dressing an umami-rich flavor you can’t resist. You’ll find yourself wanting to drizzle it on everything!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup nutritional yeast
- 1/3 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1/4 cup coconut aminos*
- 1/4 cup water
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- ground pepper, to taste
- 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
Instructions
- Combine all dressing ingredients except olive oil into a blender. Blend until smooth and slowly add in the olive oil, with the blender on a low setting.
- I prefer making this dressing in a blender because it gets extra smooth and creamy, but if don’t have a blender you can easily make it by whisking all the ingredients together as well. Just make sure you mince your garlic really well.
Notes
- You can use Bragg’s liquid aminos, low-sodium tamari or low-sodium soy sauce instead of coconut aminos.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 Tablespoons
- Calories: 95
- Sugar: 1g
- Sodium: 110mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Carbohydrates: 5g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
Keywords: nutritional yeast dressing
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Andrew Underhill says
April 22, 2019 at 10:52 amHi, will this dressing keep for long once made?
Brittany Mullins says
April 22, 2019 at 11:20 amGreat question. It should keep for about 5-7 days in the fridge.
Emily Lynn Roque Cisneros says
April 26, 2019 at 3:17 pmGreat dressing! Definitely will be a good one to give things a bold depth of flavor. Tried it today and loved it.
★★★★★
Kathryn Seville says
April 29, 2019 at 8:19 amI have to say that this dressing is addictive. It tastes so good.
★★★★★