Bacon replacement

Turkey bacon, turkey sausage, egg whites...

yves veggie bacon. fry it with butter in a pan until crisp on the edges and it smells and tastes just like the real thing http://yvesveggie.ca/index.php/products/product/veggie_bacon_strips/

There is no replacement for bacon, no matter how much processing is done to try to make the imposters taste the same. BUT...as far as sausage patties go, the Morningstar Farms Veggie sausage patties are really good!

Do I have any suggestions? Yes...and no. The thing with "replacements" is that they are never as good as the real thing. Low-fat cheese...turkey bacon...blech. I just end up missing what I'm not eating.

BUT, what has helped me is to re-imagine the meal itself. Instead of replacing one favorite ingredient for a less favorite ingredient, why not try a different kind of meal? Everything tastes yummy on a grill. Even vegetables! Why not try kabobs, made with marinated chicken? Try "meaty" vegetables like eggplant and mushrooms. Oven roasted tomatoes or peppers (OMG!). And potatoes. And heck, if you're not on a "eliminate all saturated fat" diet, use the bacon for what it was originally made for...seasoning. I've never had a vegetable that wasn't improved by bacon and bacon fat...one or two slices will flavor an entire meal for many.

**and for the folks lovin' on turkey bacon...look at the stats. A good center cut bacon isn't much worse for you than turkey bacon. And they add "crap" to turkey bacon to make it taste all smoky.

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There is no replacement for bacon, no matter how much processing is done to try to make the imposters taste the same. BUT...as far as sausage patties go, the Morningstar Farms Veggie sausage patties are really good!

I call BS. A good quality turkey bacon is darn near identical to normal bacon. Even when I wasn't dieting a lot of times I'd buy turkey bacon instead. It's delicious.

I respectfully disagree. I've tried several different brands. They smell like bacon, but the taste was not pleasant to me. Lots of people like it, but not me! Blech!

Do I have any suggestions? Yes...and no. The thing with "replacements" is that they are never as good as the real thing. Low-fat cheese...turkey bacon...blech. I just end up missing what I'm not eating.

BUT, what has helped me is to re-imagine the meal itself. Instead of replacing one favorite ingredient for a less favorite ingredient, why not try a different kind of meal? Everything tastes yummy on a grill. Even vegetables! Why not try kabobs, made with marinated chicken? Try "meaty" vegetables like eggplant and mushrooms. Oven roasted tomatoes or peppers (OMG!). And potatoes. And heck, if you're not on a "eliminate all saturated fat" diet, use the bacon for what it was originally made for...seasoning. I've never had a vegetable that wasn't improved by bacon and bacon fat...one or two slices will flavor an entire meal for many.

**and for the folks lovin' on turkey bacon...look at the stats. A good center cut bacon isn't much worse for you than turkey bacon. And they add "crap" to turkey bacon to make it taste all smoky.

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I would get rid of the beans and keep the rest. LOL

Sounds delish. What time should I be over?

I saw Chicken Bacon at the store the other day for the first time. It is not the same as pork, but it will do.

TURKEY BACON APPARENTLY. DIDNT LIKE IT WHEN I TRIED IT IN THE STATES THOUGH. MAKE SURE YOU CUT OFF AS MUCH FAT 'BEFORE' COOKING. TOO TEMPTING WHEN ITS CRISPY COOKED

my advice is to go on a high bacon diet.

that way you can eat the bacon, and stay on your diet.

Seriously... NEVER replace BACON. Period.

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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?
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I actually think bacon and sausage are fairly healthy. I consume an entire package of bacon almost every night, sometimes dipping it in real butter, too. My food diary bears this out.

Many people are fat-phobic with the idea that fat in the food automatically becomes stored fat in the body, which, upon closer inspection, is like arguing that tomatoes cause one's skin to become colored red (Dr. Richard Bernstein's analogy, not mine, from his book "Diabetes Solution").

Woah woah....you dip it in butter? I mean, I love bacon and I love butter, but I don't understand this.

Use meat-free versions of the bacon & sausages - for example, Quorn - very low in fat & high in protein. & use less oil when frying.

Replace bacon?! Blasphemy!

Use meat-free versions of the bacon & sausages - for example, Quorn - very low in fat & high in protein. & use less oil when frying.

But there is SOOOOO much 'stuff' in those. Soy and fillers and gums, etc. I like the taste but I don't like an ingredient list that covers 1/3 of the box.

GO bacon!