WARNING! This post is naughty. (food naughty that is!)
My boyfriend is not gluten free. He suffers enough with all of my belly-aching that I don't want to ask him to keep our kitchen free of gluten. So for about a week I have been eye-ing some Velveeta Shells and Cheese in our cupboard. I should also say that since finding out that I have Celiac's, I have not eaten gluten. I have been glutened by accident twice, but I have not "cheated". But that doesn't mean that I can't lust.
I had some gluten-free elbows in the cupboard and decided that I would go ahead and make some homemade mac & cheese.
But I had no cheese! I had one piece of Havarti in the house, which while delish would not be enough!
So I did the unthinkable. I was truly naughty! I took the Velveeta cheese pack out of my boyfriend's macaroni and used it on my gluten free noodles. (And I added the one piece of Havarti)
Holy deliciousness! It was good. I read the ingredients in the Velveeta cheese and it was fine! Also, I had no reactions! Creamy. Cheesy. Good. And the Tinkyada elbows were awesome!
4 comments:
Oh gosh, this just caused me to have a new craving to obsess about...that sounds SOOOO good!
I do that all the time! It's also really good with Mrs. Leeper's corn elbows. ;-)
My hubby is the celiac one, though, and he LOVES LOVES LOVES Kraft Mac and Cheese. I found out that they actually sell the cheese powder for their mac and cheese in a container - for spreading on popcorn. So Tinkyada pasta, Kraft cheese powder, milk and margarine and naughty comfort food is there. :)
Well one thing I know for sure is that the cheese packets--especially the liquid cheese sauce packets can be cut in half when prepared. I tried not to use the whole packet when I 'd make it for my kids, and then I'd use a box of elbows to use the remainder. the packet of powder can also be halved. You still get the satisfaction and comfort of a childhood favorite, but half the sodium and fat and other unmentionables...Not to mention the artificial colors. But hey, in moderation, like many other things, Your body is a good detoxifier! I guess we should let it do it's job and challenge it now and again!
Personally, I find the rice noodles very mushy and have very little flavor. I have been glutenfree for over 5 years now and I think that the quinoa grain pasta and the corn pasta is way way better! scharr makes a great quinoa and corn pasta you should try it out! It tastes great with velveeta :)
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