Took my daughter to the pediatrician recently and when I said we were limiting dairy (she reacts badly to it), and the dr. asked if I felt she was getting enough calcium from greens and I admitted that we don't eat leafy greens as often as we should, she offered a recipe which she promised would get us to eat kale. She was right--it did! We both gobbled it up, topped with this "parmesan cheese" substitute. Then I offered it to the kids as a "dip" (though it's powdery) for their veggies at snack--and everyone loved it and gobbled up more veggies than they might have otherwise. Here's our new favorite recipe:

"Parmesan Cheese"
1/2 cup nutritional yeast
1/2 cup raw almonds
Grind to powder (not to a butter) in coffee grinder or similar.
Add 1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp salt
Sprinkle liberally on food such as hot steamed greens, pasta, rice etc etc.

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