Meatless Beef Broth

OK.  So you're wondering about my sanity.  How can a beef broth be meatless.  But I promise that when you cook up a batch of this broth, which can be used as the base for many wonderful dishes, the aroma of beef broth will fill your abode.

Ingredients:
   3 Tablespoons soy sauce
   2 teaspoons Kitchen Bouquet
   2 Tablespoons nutritional yeast
   1/2 cup chopped onion
   1/2 teaspoon rubbed sage
   1 teaspoon oil
   2 cups water

Combine everything in a saucepan and simmer for 5 minutes.  That's all there's to it!


Optional - go nuts and add some sliced mushrooms to make this into a delicious mushroom soup.  The broth in the picture is loaded with sliced mushrooms.  A sprinkle of Parmesan cheese on top is delicious.

Footnote:  If you're wondering about nutritional yeast it's a source of vitamins especially the B-complex vitamins and is a complete protein.  It's also naturally low in fat and sodium.  Really yummy when sprinkled on popcorn.  Available at stores that sell organic and vegetarian products.

Enjoy!