Bacon replacement

julie781

Trying to replace Bacon is like trying to replace a soul. It's just wrong.

Amen!

Lesa_Sass

I use Lite Life bacon, (vegetarian)- 20 calories a slice. No, its not real bacon but it will not kill me either (for some reason I do not digest bacon and it feels like glass moving through me.)

I also use temphe bacon to make BLT's but the lite life tastes better.

I spray some olive oil spray on it and toast it right up in the frying pan.

As a matter of fact, I am going to wrap some shrimp in it tonight and grill it too.

KimmieSue2011

Proscuitto?

JollyJane13

There is NO replacement for BACON.

Bacon is one of the only reasons I am not a vegetarian lol. But I find turkey bacon the best alternative

blazergrad

I'm going to agree with the turkey bacon as well .... my wife and I eat it and it cooks up quite crispy and just as tasty (to us, at least) as "regular" bacon.

However, there's also a brand of bacon that we sometimes pick up from Walmart named Gwaltney .... it's center cut pork bacon, but it's 40% less fat than regular bacon. Only 5 grams total fat for 3 slices.

ajevans2674

I'd go with Morningstar brand veggie bacon. My husband, a huge carnivore, actually eats it as a healthier alternative. I'm a vegetarian, so it's the only bacon I've had in 8 years...I'm definitely not going to be the best judge to tell you if it tastes just like bacon, but it does taste yummy!

Athijade

Just use center cut bacon (stats are pretty much the same as any turkey bacon out there).

Personally, I like Chicken Sausage and have started to use it instead of pork sausage. It's not 100% the same, but I enjoy the taste of it just as much (personally).

MaximalLife

The only good replacement for bacon would be if there was some alternative animal more disgusting than a hog which there is not.

Don't do it.
The end product won't taste as good, but for yourself, try turkey bacon - YUK!
We must do what we must do for our diets, but just don't subject your guests to yucky healthy food.

Mindyana

In the UK i'd say some bacon medallions.... such as Sainsburys Be Good To Yourself Bacon Medallions only 18 calories per slice. For sausages I'd swap for Venison sausages, they're tasty and a much leaner meat, once again Sainsburys (I promise i don't work there!!!) Taste The Difference Venison and Red Wine sausages are 88 cals per sausage!!

d5d14m66

I eat real bacon, but not as often as I'd like to. I do like the Morningstar Farms "fake bacon" and even my former coworkers commented on how good it smelled when I'd nuke a couple of pieces to go with my bagel. One man said his wife ate it all the time because it fit their kosher diet.

YassSpartan

This is madness!!!! Trying to replace bacon is blasphemy!!!! :bigsmile:

dls06

I do my family a mixed grill every week, with bacon, sausage, egg and beans, it's just that bacon is really high in fat, as are the sausages, any ideas for a healthier option that I can eat with the family?
:noway:

Maybe stop making that high fat and high calorie meal all together and find something else less processed.

MrDude_1

I do my family a mixed grill every week, with bacon, sausage, egg and beans, it's just that bacon is really high in fat, as are the sausages, any ideas for a healthier option that I can eat with the family?
:noway:

Maybe stop making that high fat and high calorie meal all together and find something else less processed.

**waiting for someone to suggest a highly processed food to replace a unprocessed slab of dead pig**

warmachinejt

the difference in sat fat from bacon and turkey is not big (i assume) but the sodium on turkey bacon is probably much higher than regular bacon so nono just have regular bacon in smaller quantities, plus its tastier

karin_s

Canadian bacon

karin_s

Look at the label on turkey bacon. It is not really that differnt from regular bacon. Read those labels!