Chili Mac without processed cheese?

pickledtreats · **Posted:** Sun Oct 07, 2012 5:29 am

Anyone have a good chili Mac recipe that doesn't call for vegan cheese products? We're trying not to buy anything and just cook out of the pantry. I have some awesome chili, but want to stretch it with some chili Mac. All the ones I've found online call for Daiya. Thanks!

Arisaig · **Posted:** Sun Oct 07, 2012 6:14 am

Do you have a cheezy sauce recipe that you like? I would just add that to the chili mac.

vgnwitch · **Posted:** Sun Oct 07, 2012 7:52 am

I have a few recipes for chili mac and none of them call for cheeze or cheeze sauce. They're simply chili and macaroni.

ijustdiedinside · **Joined:** Sun Sep 05, 2010 8:43 pm **Posts:** 8529

I've never followed a recipe. I just mix whatever chili and whatever cheezy sauce together. You could also just add a bunch of nooch to some chili and mix it in with pasta.
i think the fat free vegan recipe is just chili with pasta http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/2008/08/chili-mac.html

quark · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2010 7:31 am **Posts:** 642

I like chili with cashew queso, so I'd go that route.

pickledtreats · **Posted:** Sun Oct 07, 2012 9:05 am

Thanks guys. I guess I'm not enough of a chili Mac fan to have realized it's just a mish mash of different things. I might try ctate's queso without the salsa that I add (we don't have rotel here) and add that to it. I love that stuff. Super pantry friendly.

quark · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2010 7:31 am **Posts:** 642

Oh, I assumed you were just looking for queso since you mentioned already having chili. Um... there probably are recipes from the ground up, but I really think any pantry cheese sauce you like will work.

karichelle · **Posted:** Sun Oct 07, 2012 9:33 am

The Chili Mac recipe in Fresh from the Vegan Slow Cooker has options for either Daiya or a homemade cashew/nooch sauce.

Cornelie · **Posted:** Sun Oct 07, 2012 1:25 pm

There is a recipe in Vegan on the Cheap that I've been wanting to try. It's based on the idea that you eat chili on day one, mac&cheeze on day two and chili mac on day three (not necessarily three consecutive days). I think you can use any chili and/or mac&cheese you like.

karichelle · **Posted:** Sun Oct 07, 2012 1:39 pm

We have had the Vegan on the Cheap one too...I used the Pantry Chili, then made the mac & cheese, then put the two together. All 3 were really good.

Petunia · **Posted:** Sun Oct 07, 2012 1:48 pm

karichelle wrote:

We have had the Vegan on the Cheap one too...I used the Pantry Chili, then made the mac & cheese, then put the two together. All 3 were really good.

That sounds really good! For chili mac I always just do chili over macaroni - never really thought of using cheese - will definitely try next time.

bunniee · **Joined:** Wed Oct 20, 2010 3:31 pm **Posts:** 1435

When I make chili mac, I just add chili (homemade or canned) to a pot of mac & cheese. This works best with creamy mac & cheese recipes like the one in Vegan Diner.

bookwormbethie · **Posted:** Sun Oct 07, 2012 3:02 pm

pickledtreats wrote:

Anyone have a good chili Mac recipe that doesn't call for vegan cheese products? We're trying not to buy anything and just cook out of the pantry. I have some awesome chili, but want to stretch it with some chili Mac. All the ones I've found online call for Daiya. Thanks!

yes, i recently made nava atlas's version! yum! i blogged about it below with a link to her recipe online

http://bookwormbethie.wordpress.com/201 ... of-course/

pickledtreats · **Posted:** Mon Oct 08, 2012 7:48 am

bunniee wrote:

When I make chili mac, I just add chili (homemade or canned) to a pot of mac & cheese. This works best with creamy mac & cheese recipes like the one in Vegan Diner.

Yet another reason I need to get that book. I'm waiting to get Vegan Diner and the Artisan Vegan Cheese book when I make a trip to an English bookstore. I had the biscuits and gravy from vegan diner recently and it was SO delicious.

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