VEGETARIAN GRAVY
1/2 cup nutritional yeast
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 veg. oil
2 cups water or veg. broth
2 to 3 tbsp reduced-sodium soy sauce
3/4 tsp salt, or less
1/8 tsp pepper

Toast the yeast and flour in a saucepan until you can
start to smell it. Add the oil and stir while it bubbles
and turns golden brown. Add water or broth, still
stirring with a whisk, until it changes to gravy
consistency. Stir in soy sauce, salt, and pepper.

NOTES: Oriental toasted sesmae oil can be used instead of
normal vegetable oil. This will make it richer, but also
heavier.

Other flours can also be used--chickpea flour, etc.--for
variants on the above.

3/4 tsp is probably way too much salt. Sage can also be
added, if you like--maybe 1/8 tsp.