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!

Vegan MoFo ~ Bonus Items!

Today's Vegan MoFo prompt is..."What 3 endless food supplies would you take if you were going to be stranded on an island?  Imagine your nutritional needs have been met - these are a bonus'.

Well, this one really has me stumped because nearly everything I initially came up with were fruits, veggies, nuts, seeds, grains, etc.  The only thing I could come up with would be luxury items or supplies of packaged items, I guess.  But before I get to those I thought I would talk about a few things that could probably be on the fringe.  I mean...Nutritional Yeast!  But...since all my nutritional needs have been met I would assume that would also include Nutritional Yeast, right?  B Vitamins and all!

And another one would be Grapeseed Oil.  Sure I could take a variety of over 30 grapes and cold press the seeds on the island but it would be pretty difficult.  The other oils would be more accessible and easier to put into oil form such as coconut oil, avocado oil, etc.  Since I showed a picture of Wildtree Grapeseed Oil I figured that would be a good segue into my actual 3 items that I would choose.  Instead of doing 3 individual items I have chosen 3 endless supplies of items from the following companies.

I know that is kind of cheating - but oh well!  The Vegan items from Wildtree would be on that list.  And I would probably say Earth Balance would have to be in there, too!  They are coming up with some pretty good products.  The 3rd company that I would have endless supplies of their products would be Daiya.  Where I live they have only scratched the surface of their offerings so I think by living on an island with an endless supply would certainly be a step up!

Sure I know I could MAKE my own vegan cheeses on the island from the ingredients already there but sometimes I just like the convenience of these items, ya know?

Oh...I almost forgot to mention BALSAMIC VINEGAR!  Sure I like just about any type of vinegar but Balsamic is in a class of it's own...and HEY, guess what?  Wildtree has various Balsamic Vinegar products, LUCKY ME!

And on MY island...

Daiya is the distributor of Chao!  So...I'm clustering in Chao Vegan Cheeses with Daiya Vegan Products!

It's my dream world and Island, right, so I can do anything I want...haha!

I know - I know...I cheated!  This was a HARD prompt but it ended up being a FUN one, too!