Thursday, November 16, 2017

Mac & Chao and Thrown Together Wrap After The Fact

I just got back from Walmart and couldn't wait to jump into this!  YUP!  I found it LOCALLY at MY Walmart!  I thought I would have to wait at least 2 more years before seeing this in my area...if at all!  This is certainly a TREAT and not something I would buy every time I went to the store because it was still very pricey at over $5.  YIKES!  I have a few things to share with you on it.  First and foremost is that I noticed a hint of 'hot' when I first bit into it.  Not much but just enough to make me re-read the ingredients AGAIN.  To my surprise one of the last ingredients was HOT SAUCE!  It really was the icing on the cake here, folks!  It MADE the overall experience what it was!  The other thing I want to share is that it suggested 5 minutes in the microwave (that is if you didn't bake it in the oven) and to follow up the original 5 minutes with another 2 minutes.  I found out just how important that extra 2 minutes was!  After the first 5 minutes I thought...oh crap...this is going to suck...it was still all stuck together in a huge block and I didn't think it was going to melt properly.  So...I continued on with the additional 2 minutes and it made all the difference in the world for it melting into a magical half mac-and-cheese and half Alfredo type sauce!  WOWZA!  YUM!  I also have to add that this was my first pasta in about 6 weeks!  I'm pretty proud of myself but I couldn't resist this vegan temptation!

At the risk of sounding 'late for the party'...I have really been getting into cauliflower rice lately.  I know that Cauliflower Rice isn't anything new but I never got into it much when it first became trendy.  And really the only reasons that I am getting into it now is that there are naturally vegan frozen options that are already 'riced' that are much cheaper than a head of cauliflower (here in my area).

Yesterday I started writing about 'said rice' and then forgot to follow thru with the rest of the 'rice story'.  Furthermore, I didn't take a photo of this wrap that I did...VERY SORRY!  But...it was darn tasty so I figured it was still worth a mention.  I had 1 Sun Dried Tomato Wraps that I had to hurry up and use but I didn't really want to get to involved with cooking a meal.  So I decided to warm up some of the Cauliflower Rice that had some herbs already mixed in and put it in the wraps along with some melted Parmela Nut Cheese that I told you about yesterday.  I then topped it with a very little bit of Trader Joe's Vegan Mayo Spread (to finish off the jar) and a bit of Salsa.  Oddly, this combo was YUMMERS!

I was able to find another new-to-me vegan product at my local Walmart today that I thought I would save for another post.  Plus, I still have items from my Wegman's Adventure from last weekend.  So I do have LOTS to blog about in the coming weeks!  Oh yeah...and...I still have to figure out which dishes I might want to do for Thanksgiving Day over any my parents house!

20 comments:

  1. Cauliflower rice. Made once before for hubby. He likes it very much

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    1. Hi there! Thanks so much for visiting and commenting! I just can't get over how cute your kitty is! Did you season the cauliflower rice any special way when you made it?

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  2. I haven't seen the chao mac and cheese anywhere. I'm dying to try it. Your wrap sounds delicious. I still haven't tried cauliflower rice. Trader Joe's has cauliflower rice suffing!!

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    1. I was completely shocked to come across that last night and at OUR Walmart, no less! TJ's has cauliflower rice stuffing? I will have to keep an eye out the next them I am lucky enough to visit a TJ's!!! Thanks for the heads up!

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  3. Yay for Mac n Chao! And at Walmart! I can't believe they had it there either. if it was around $5 that is definitely a bargain because it is almost $9 here. Yikes!

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  4. I haven't been impressed by any of the packaged 'macs out there, so I'm still hesitating to plunk down the money for the Mac and Chao. It definitely sounds much better than most of the competition though, so if I can find it at such a discount, I'll finally give it a try too. It sounds like it's worth a shot!

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    1. At a discount I would jump on it again! It's pretty tasty when you are craving it! Worth a try for sure! I'm not LOVING the currently $5+ price tag on it tho. They need to lower that!

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  5. I wouldn't say no to a bit of Mac and Chao, especially if there's a bit of hot sauce involved.

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  6. Cauliflower rice is fun. In no way replaces rice for me, but I like it as its own thing.

    We have the Mac and Chao here, but at AU$13 for a single box, I haven't got it. I fear that it will be too coconut oily for me, because I know that Chao is heavy on the coconut oil.

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    1. I know what you mean about it being good as it's own thing and not being a replacement! I fully agree! I had to Google the conversion for the dollar amount and that would be over $9 US. YIKES! I didn't find it too coconutty tho if that helps!

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  7. I've been wanting to try to cook my own cauliflower rice but as they say - the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. I am basically so lazy, just like to eat. :D

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    1. LOL I love the way you put that and I just might have to steal it from time to time!

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  8. That's great to hear that you enjoyed the mac 'n Chao! I'm looking forward to trying it but haven't seen it anywhere yet.

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    1. I seem to be the last to try most of the stuff because I usually can't find it anywhere near me! I was so stoked to see it so quickly here!

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  9. Very interesting on the Chao mac n' cheese, we have not tried it yet but want tot track it down. Hubby loves adding hot sauce to it, so that would be perfect for him.

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    1. It was just a hint of hot sauce so he might need some more to kick it up another notch!

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