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That sounds so good! I'm going to have to try it once the holiday insanity is over.
 

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.

Love

Kelly
 

long time no chat! your kids look great!!
happy thanksgiving
uni
 

We just tried the recipe tonight- pretty close to the original. We found nutritional yeast at Whole Foods bulk dept and canned organic soybeans. Made our own yumm bowls too. I don't actually think $3.75 a bottle is that pricey- but you have to buy a six pack and the shipping is $48.00. They insist on overnight shipping with special ice packs- that motivated me to wait until we're back in OR again to buy- so your recipe was a real treat.
 

HEY!! I was making a burrito tonight and all of a sudden had a flash of Yumm Sauce! I used to live in Eugene and Portland but I am located in SF now....WOW..You made my night with this recipe!

YOU ROCK!!!

Justin
 

I live in Eugene and have been hooked on Yumm sauce for months. I figured someone might have the recipe, THANKS for sharing! I have made it twice, both times to rave reviews! I am going to work with a vegan/raw chef friend to see if we can refine it a touch more and get it closer to the original. BUT, it's darn good as it is. The only thing is that I can't get it smooth enough. Don't know if I need to run it longer in the food processor. I am going to try soaking the almonds overnight and that might help.
 

Yes, I'm another Yumm addict a far way from home, now living in NYC, but hooked on Yumm during 13 years of living in the Pacific Northwest. Thanks so much for the recipe. I'm getting the ingredients today!! From my cooking experience I wouldn't substitute baking yeast for nutritional yeast, I urge you to try to find nutritional yeast, I think you'll be happier with the flavor and the leftovers won't try to escape from the container :)
 

Yay-happy to find this! Can't wait to try it. thanks for posting it.
 

Uhhh... the reason why your stuff is expanding and weeping all over the place is because you're using the wrong type of yeast. Why ever told you to use brewers yeast is off the mark. What you should be using is nutritional yeast, which is cultured on molasses, so it'll help the taste be closer to real Yumm sauce, too...
 

I'm so glad to have found this recipe. I'm going to make it up tomorrow. We lived in Oregon for three years (we've been in Seattle for 4 years now), and like junervy said, I emailed Cafe Yumm this very day and got severe sticker shock - having to buy a whole case and then overnighting it to me in gel packs. No, thanks. I really appreciate you posting this - glad I Googled it. And there's nothing wrong with using baking yeast. Once it's done being yeasty I think no harm's done.

Cerise
 

Oh my Lord. We made this today - finally - and your friend (or whoever thought the recipe up) is a genius. We followed the recipe to the letter, and this IS the stuff. We're making Yumm bowls tonight.

Thank you thank you thank you. This is a culinary miracle in our home. :-)
 

I am soooo excited about trying this and sharing it with all of the people in my life that have heard but not tasted - I got hooked on Yumm sauce when the cafe opened in Eugene over on 18th - then when living in Portland was sooo excited when I found it in the food coop off NW 23rd - now in the sf bay area for 2 years with only the yumm sauce that friends have brought down in there coolers (yes that addicted) when visiting from OR ... I just happened to google search yumm sauce - when what I was really looking for was hummas and tabule recipes to mix together to get something close to yumm ... but there was your recipe, first hit! I don't know, maybe this is all a dream - but I'm making a list for the store right now and have read over all the comments and suggestions ... have i mentioned that i am a little excited!!! Thank you from my taste-buds!! And thank you Yumm Cafe for coming up with the sauce in the first place!!
 

WOW thanks! You're a life saver to all those who used to live in Eugene and came to love Cafe Yumm. I would buy a big bottle of sauce every time I visited friends there, but I don't have to anymore!
 

This is great! I live in Chicago and just flew back from Eugene last night after visiting my sister and her family. I tried to get a jar of Yumm sauce through security, but they took it away after I had kept it cool for hours in a little cooler bag with ice! I was so disappointed because I became addicted to Yumm sauce after only a nine-day visit. This morning I googled Yumm sauce and this is the first hit I came across--exactly what I was looking for! I am making my grocery list this minute and we're having Yumm bowls tonight! Thank you so much!!
 

another very happy family! We use to live in eugene, (now in ct) and my kids live on the stuff....so much so that we order two cases at a time every few months! my little picky eaters don't want anything else but rice, avacados and yumm sauce! We are going to make it tomorrow and try it before I have to put our next order in ! Thanks so much!
Missing Oregon! Carissa
 

I added a touch more soy beans and it seemed to get the recipe closer. Also, I'm not sure what it is but the original has some sort of green leaf in it. Bay leaf, basil, or something like that... I'm not really sure.
 

I went to Cafe Yumm one time on my way thru Eugene and was hooked. I've ordered Yumm Sauce to get my fix ever since, but with the shipping it does get too spendy! So, I tried your recipe yesterday and BLESS YOU!! I am thrilled. LOVE IT! Thanks ever soooo much!
 

I live 2 hours from Eugene. Tonight ate at Cafe Yumm for the first time. Oh wow! We bought a bottle of the sauce and came home intending to work on duplicating the sauce. But thought I'd do a web search, and there was your recipe! Thank you!! Kyle mentioned a green leaf. Try adding basil -- the woman who waited on us and described the food while we were trying to decide what to order mentioned that the sauce has basil.
 

Ok....I used to live in Eugene and ate this every day for lunch....so when I moved to Washington I was sure I'd starve. I too bought jars every time I visited and had several people pick me up a jar as they passed through. A special treat once in a while. I could not believe it when I saw the recipe!!! I used nutritional yeast and tofu, almond butter and cumin instead of curry.....WOW!!! I am again enjoying th food of the God's here in Washington. Thank you soooooo much for posting this!!!
 

Great recipe. I am off to try it out. I would recommend that instead of fast acting yeast, you try nutritional yeast. They are very different things. The latter is not used for baking but imparts a wonderful flavor. I bet that's what they use in Yumm sauce.
 

Ever since we found this recipe in January, we've been adjusting it. We had a bottle of the Original Yumm Sauce to which to compare the homemade version. We thought the recipe here, while great, was not quite right. Way too much curry powder; not tart enough, etc. Here is what we have come up with that we think is closer to the original:

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1/2 c canola oil
1/2 c slivered almonds
1/3 c cooked garbanzo beans
1/4 c cooked soybeans
4 garlic cloves
1/2 c water
1/2 c lemon juice
1/3 c nutritional yeast
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp curry powder
1/2 tsp dried basil
1/8 tsp ascorbic acid

Combine oil, almonds, beans, and garlic in food processor and blend. Add remaining ingredients and puree until smooth.
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We have also discovered that you can replace all the garbanzo beans with soybeans without altering the taste. (We have a friend who is allergic to them.) Ascorbic acid adds a little more tang, but can be omitted if you can't find it at your health food store.

Enjoy!
Nancy
 

Thanks for the recipe! But be aware that despite what your grocer said, brewer's yeast (also called nutritional yeast) is definitely *NOT* the same as active dry yeast.

Brewer's yeast is used for nutrition and flavoring (and, ironically, not for brewing--that's yet another kind of yeast!)

Brewer's yeast is usually found in the bulk foods section of your local natural food store.
 

You are awesome- I love Yumm sauce but it is always too spendy. I just made your recipe and it is WONDERFUL! Thank you SO much!
 

Wish I can try the original but this is pretty good! Thanks for sharing this with us!

Grayburn
 

I used 1 Tbs of soy sauce instead of salt, and it tasted awesome!
 

I tried using Bragg Liquid Amino instead of salt and also turned out very good.

Thanks for posting this recipe and thanks to Nancy for sharing her test kitchen results.

Kind regards Yumm fans!
 

Thanks so much for posting this recipe. I am going to make it tomorrow for a dinner party:-)
 

On the bottle of Yumm sauce, they actually list the ingredients. With the exception of herbs (which can be anything) we at least know what most of the ingredients are. Nobody here has mentioned the use of Lecithin (which is on the list.) Has anybody tried making it with that? If so, how much did you use?
 

I have tried making Yumm sauce about 10 times now following various versions of the recipe I've found on the internet including the two found here. Unfortunately, none of my attempts come anything close to the real thing. Mine does not come out as tangy but seems to have a stronger scent. Also, real yumm sauce is a little darker (touch of brown color) whereas mine comes out mostly light yellow. When I make it, there doesn't seem to be enough moisture to puree it and thus I wind up adding more water and more oil just to get it to blend. Any suggestion on what I might be doing wrong? Does the sauce need to age/ferment for awhile?
 

The bulk health food section of Fred Meyer (next to the produce section in most stores) carries nutritional yeast.

I went to cafe yum for the first time last week and loved it. Living in Florence, it's way to far to drive for a craving, so I'm excited to try out the recipe.

THANKS!
 

Cafe Yumm and will have to try this sauce (the adjusted version). I'm also addicted to Whole Bowl. Do you have a recipe for their Tali sauce (maybe tahini, lemon juice, brewers yeast and garlic... what else and in what quantities?)

Thank you for this!!!
 

I've been trying to figure out the ingredients to the Tali Sauce at The Whole Bowl and had a friend tell me that she thought it was the same as the Yumm Sauce. I've never tried Yumm Suace and wondered what others think about the their comparison.
 

Hi there. I was excited to find this recipe, as I moved away from Eugene 7 months ago and have really missed Yumm sauce. I finally used up the sauce I bought when I visited Eugene two months ago and Googled the recipe on a whim.

You should definitely have not used regular yeast. The nutritional yeast won't swell as much and will give you a better flavor.

I forgot to bring my grocery list to the store, so I had to substitute a few ingredients. I used silken tofu for soy beans, added oregano and basil, and used garam masala instead of curry powder, but it's pretty close. I actually really like the flavor the masala gave the sauce. It's yummy.
 

Hey there ... GREAT recipe ... I live in Cottage Grove, and with the economy what it has been I was thrilled to find this about 8 months ago.

My only improvement is to use Almond Meal instead of grinding the almonds myself. It smooths the texture out allot, and is significantly cheaper than Almond Butter :)

Great post!
 

I have found that the key to making this is to be sure to add the asorbic acid...it really makes a difference. I use less curry powder, and add dried basil, oregano, cilantro, and paprika. The original yumm sauce seems to have red specks, which could be paprika, and it seems to make the sauce a darker color.