Mac and Chreese

Being vegan isn't so fun when you've had a rough day and just want to eat some junk food. No pizza, no ice cream, no chocolate, no macaroni and cheese. Pretty much everything under the comfort food umbrella. There are substitutes, but you have to go out of your way to find them. I've made fake mac and cheese before, but it was pretty involved compared to the non-vegan box stuff. When you've had a big ol stressful day, the last thing you want to do is stand in front of the stove and oven making dinner.

I went to Whole Foods for a quick break yesterday and picked up a few things - one of which was Road's End Organic's Mac and Chreese. I'm not going to lie, I was pretty excited to get home and make this stuff. Could it be? Easy to make and deliciously bad for you vegan macaroni and "cheese"?

You make it just like you make any other mac and cheese, only you use the milk product of your choice. I used rice milk since I tend to only buy vanilla soy milk. The directions said you could also use a butter of your choice if you want to make it extra creamy. I decided against it.

The finished product - I wouldn't say it's a dead ringer for non-vegan mac and cheese. It's a pretty garlicy (which is not something your normal mac and cheese eater expects). The cheese flavor is a little lacking. If you really want a mac and cheese experience I would assume adding some form of butter to it would do the trick. But for something that tries to make mac and cheese taste good without one of the main ingredients, I'd say Road's End Organics did a pretty good job.



Semolina Shells & ChReese - Serving size - 3/4 cup Servings per container - 2 Calories per serving - 320 Fat per serving - 1g (0g saturated) Sodium - 390mg Total carbhohydrate - 62g (7g fiber, 5g sugars) Protein - 14g