Teese had a booth at Chicago VeganMania last weekend, right near the entrance. Vegan cheeses aren’t really my thing, so I passed the booth quite a few times before I stopped to check it out. But they lured me in… with vegan nachos…
AND THEY WERE SO DAMN GOOD. I was sold. We bought some of their creamy cheddar sauce and mozzarella to try at home (the nachos used their nacho sauce which is a bit spicy).
Lunch was not hard to figure out the next day! Vegan mac and cheese! Something I sometimes still always crave, but can only get at Native Foods and S’Mac in NYC… and neither are this good.
The bowl got filled up a few times. It was hard to stop. We may or may not have eaten the leftovers, cold, standing up in the kitchen, the next morning…
We were anxious to try the mozzarella, since the cheddar was so good. I decided to be adventurous and shred it (Steven had just squeezed the cheddar sauce out of the container for the mac and cheese).
Success!
It wasn’t as earth-shatteringly good as the cheddar, but it was definitely the best vegan cheese I have tried on the pizza, and beats having the pizza without cheese (as I always do).
So… now I am sad. We are all out of our Teese vegan cheese and I could really go for some mac and cheese. Or nachos. Or quesadillas.
I suggested to Steven that he add Teese products to FakeMeats.com! Only because I want to share it’s awesomeness with others. It’s not for my personal purposes, AT ALL. Ha ha.
Have you tried any “new to you” food products lately? Has anyone tried Teese?
(you can see the Teese ingredients here – contains soy, gluten-free)
Vegan nachos? YUM! Is it super high salt content or no?
There are 10 servings per package and each serving has 125 mg of salt (http://www.chicagoveganfoods.com/teese_vegan_cheese/ingredients_and_nutritional/#nutritional). I am not sure how much that is, because that is not something I pay attention to… but probably should. Ha ha.
YUM!!! I love all cheese and those dishes look AMAZING. Especially the pizza, the mac n cheese, and the nachos. Glad that you decided to give the Teese products a whirl!!!!
I just tried a pineapple guacamole recipe which was so good!!! It’s the perfect mix of creaminess, tangyness, and sweetness. Must duplicate it soon!!!
I have had mango salsa, but pineapple guac? MIND BLOWN! Must try 🙂
Now I want to make pineapple guac. I have a pineapple sitting on my counter at home… this may happen soon.
That pizza looks amazing! I’ve never tried Teese, but I’d definitely try it. The only fake cheeses I’ve ever tried area Daiya, which I like, and another one I found at Kroger called Veggie Shreds, which is NOT good at all!
Ugh, I have had those shreds. Meh. Daiya didn’t really do it for us either. It’s great there are so many options! One person told us they don’t like Teese because it is so “buttery.” Guess we like butter 😉 (well, vegan things that taste like butter :))
I’ve always been a bit leary about trying those kinds of products – I worry about all the ingredients on the lables. But it might be nice for a once-in-a-while treat!
How did I miss that you were vegan?? Well I feel bad that I didn’t know this. I have never tried vegan cheese – I dont know if I could give up real cheese. Sounds good though! I love mac and cheese. Like have a billion recipes for it, never gets old. Love it!
Probably because I don’t talk about it much. 😉 But I have been for over three years 🙂
Is Teese something you can buy locally or would you have to order it online? Because it sounds like you definitely need it in your life 🙂
Ha ha! I know, right?! I think it is sold at Whole Foods? You cannot buy it on Amazon yet, and I did not check out direct ordering. I should get some and we can make nachos or something at ZOOMA. 🙂