Substitute for bacon. Help please

You could use canadian bacon. It is lean and only about 40 calories for 2 pieces. Enjoy!

try the morning star vegetarian sausages...those are yummy and 80 cals for two!

turkey bacon is just as good and much lower in fat and calories.

I agree with the turkey bacon....3 slices of butterball "bacon" are 75 calories. Delish!

The Oscar Meyer Center Cut bacon isn't too bad - 3 slices for 70 calories. It's a little pricier, but if you really want bacon, it's worth it IMO!

And it's REAL bacon!

I would go with Canadian Bacon. It takes great and has low calories and high protein. I would try and stay away from bacon bits (they're just processed soy proteins with sugar and food coloring). Turkey bacon is a decent option but also has a lot of fillers. If you really want the bacon taste, the center cut bacon discussed above is a good lower calorie option and you'll feel more satisfied having had "real" bacon. Hope this helps!

I have a weird bacon substitute (since I'm a vegan): thinly sliced, crispy eggplant. It can be crumbled up on a caesar salad, put on a BLT, or enjoyed as a side.
Four 1-ounce slices of fried, seasoned eggplant "bacon" is about 87 calories, 0 mg cholesterol, with 20 mg potassium!

Just my 2cents :glasses:

I use turkey bacon instead (Butterball brand in specific). It doesn't taste the same but it is a good substitute and like 25 calories a slice! You can find it with the regular bacon at the grocery store. I actually like it better than regular bacon!

100 per slice?!

I get hormel black label and it's only 80 for 2 slices.

I like Oscar Meyer Turkey bacon better than Butterball but that's my opinion. Canadian bacon is good but is high in sodium. I'll also chop us some lower sodium ham and throw it in with my egg whites for a scrambled omelette (I don't have the patience for a regular omelette!). I'm gonna try that center cut bacon, my kids hate turkey bacon and give me sad puppy dog eyes that we don't have "pig bacon".

I've tried turkey bacon and it tastes a lot better than I thought it would. Low in calories so you can eat more of it. One thing though is I couldn't manage to make it crunchy like how I like normal bacon so I'm back to normal bacon. I eat Smithyfield bacon which is 80 calories for 2 slices and 6g of fat. And I bought it wholesale so I got 3 packages for around 12 dollars, which comes to about 24 servings total.

I know this is in no way a substitute for bacon, but since you are having eggs- it's an excellent opportunity to get some veggies in- peppers, onions, tomatoes or spinach. Maybe you can add the veggies and have less bacon?

I'll probably make some people crazy with this but why substitute anything? I eat breakfast every day and always have. One difference now is that I use the food dairy here to record what I eat. I have a theory that makes sense to me-and my doctor-and some friends I talk to. I do not forbid myself bacon. Instead I balance it some way to still keep on target for my goals and losing weight. For instance, I skip the toast, or maybe go with one egg-not two or eggbeaters if you can handle them. I found serveral ways to cook eggbeaters that tasts really good. I always have bacon in my fridge. I buy the thick kind and the when I get home cut the entire package in half and freeze one half. When I want bacon (which is not every day) I cook two halfs - slowly so they don't shrink up as much and when crisp drain any grease and put in between paper towels to get as much grease as possible out. Like you said--it is 80 calories--I say it is only 80 calories. Add an egg-up to about 180 calories or eggbeaters less and with those-add shaved parm.which is very low in fat and caloroies and melts in a eggbeater omellette. If you really don't like eggbeaters try them with the parm-omellete style--and fresh spinach rocks (amazing-you have to try it to believe). I then put salsa--but if you don't like that don't . So lets say you are now at 200 calories, add fat free milk-now 280 calories-add one/half slice oroweat sanwich or bagel thins--350 calories-low fat LOLakes butter-now at 400 calories. I keep my breakfast under 500 and usualy it is more like 350-or 375 but one or two days at 400 is not criminal and will not stop your progress. Anyway--it works for me so just thowing it out there. I don't believe in forbidding myself-it just makes me want it more and in the past--that was a real problem. Portion sizes, count the calories, balance the rest of the day and stay happy and satisfied!