Product Reviews

Macaroni and Chreese from Road's End Organics
www.chreese.com
Review by Erin Pavlina

When I heard there was a vegan version of Macaroni and Cheese I was hoping against hope that it would taste as good as the "old" kind I was used to. You know the kind.. the one in the blue box (enough said). So when Road's End Organics responded to my request for a sample of their product I was ecstatic and couldn't wait to try it.

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Road's End sent me more than just the Mac and ChReese. I also got the Penne and ChReese, Shells and ChReese and some sample packets of just the ChReese. I fired up my cooking pot and got to work. Steve sat back and waited with baited breath.

It mixed well, easy directions, no problem there. I noted that the ChReese packet smelled very much like the nutritional yeast that it is made from. This concerned me as I do not like foods that are heavy on nutritional yeast. So, when it was ready, I took a tentative bite. And then another. Yep, nutritional yeast city! If you are a fan of the taste of nutritional yeast (I am not!) then you will love this product. I found it only mildly tasty.

Steve, however, loved it. He is in fact a big fan of nutritional yeast. He ate the entire bowl. We made one of the separate ChReese packets and dipped tortilla chips in it. This was actually tasty and I liked it a lot.

So, to bottom-line it for you: If you like nutritional yeast, you will like this product. If you feel a somewhat delicate aversion to the stuff, stay away, but try the ChReese packets.

Erin Pavlina is the author of Raising Vegan Children in a Non-Vegan World, and a new cookbook, Vegan Family Favorites. She lives in Las Vegas with her vegan husband and children, Emily and Kyle.

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