turkey bacon suggestions needed..

Bake it in the oven on a rack or broiler pan at 400 degrees until really crisp. Oh, and don't think of pork bacon when eating it. Consider it a new food.

Light corn chowder with turkey bacon

Slice the t-bacon into pieces, and fry it up in a soup pot. Once crisp, remove and set to drain on paper towel. Add diced onions and cook until soft. Quarter a small sack of fingerling potatoes with skin, add to pot. Add two cans of creamed corn, and two cups skim milk. Place lid and simmer on low until the potatoes are soft. Serve with the bacon added at the last moment. Serve with whole grain bread or corn muffins.

cook in the oven at 400 for 8-10 mins...its not bacon it is a good sub for people looking for a healthier option..bacon will never really be able to be subsituted... I enjoy mine on a BLT

Now you know why it was on sale lol. I like mine pan fried with the pan coated with spray on olive oil. It is crispier that way.

Real bacon doesn't have that many more calories. Unless you're eating a ton of strips at a time there's really no reason to get turkey bacon. For instance, the last turkey bacon I bought had 35 calories a slice. The bacon I have in my fridge is 45 calories a slice. Even if I ate 10 slices of each that would only be a 100 calorie difference.

very good point never really looked at it like that just assumed it was the healthier option

I use it when I make breakfast burritos. I will say it's not near as good as normal bacon though.

Real bacon doesn't have that many more calories. Unless you're eating a ton of strips at a time there's really no reason to get turkey bacon. For instance, the last turkey bacon I bought had 35 calories a slice. The bacon I have in my fridge is 45 calories a slice. Even if I ate 10 slices of each that would only be a 100 calorie difference.

Yep, totally agree with this. I suffered through a few slices of turkey bacon myself until I finally did a careful comparison. Just my opinion, but I think you'll find this with a lot of modified or "fake" food. Take ground turkey sometime and compare it to leaner ground beef. Again, just my opinion, but if you're counting calories then make every one count not only in nutrition but in unwavering and uncompromising taste. Dieting is hard enough!

Hi,

So turkey bacon was on sale the other day and we bought quite a bit before actually trying it. I did not like it at all done on the top of the stove. Any healthy or at least edible way of making it taste good?? Please help.

Put real bacon on it?

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Bake it in the oven on a rack or broiler pan at 400 degrees until really crisp. Oh, and don't think of pork bacon when eating it. Consider it a new food.

^^^ This. Kind of makes it taste like pork bacon, imo.

I microwave mine until crisps, then put it in a bagel with lite cream cheese. Awesome!!! of course, my son calls it fakon, as in fake bacon. He's a butt teenager, what does he know. :ohwell:

lol we call it fakon, too!

I don't like turkey bacon alone, but if I cut it up and scramble it in eggs I can hardly tell the difference. It also works on salads.

BLT on whole wheat!

What everyone else said.

Unless there's a specific reason (don't eat pork, actually like the taste, etc), there really isn't a health reason to ever eat turkey bacon instead of real bacon. Depending on brands, sodium and fat amounts are comparable. It comes down to eating a real food in moderation versus eating processed food in moderation. You still can't splurge and eat all the turkey bacon, so I stick with piggy goodness every time.

I also use it when making savory soups, as it gives off a smokey kind of flavor! I recently baked the turkey bacon while also baking egg cups. They turned out really well, and the whole house didn't smell like it does when I nuke it in the microwave.