Someone came up to me and asked how on earth do you make B.L.T's healthy? My reponse...EASY switch your white bread to whole wheat or eziekiel bread, sub your regular bacon for TURKEY bacon, keep the lettuce and tomotoes, add extra sprouts even, but what about the mayo? Problem solved! My mock mayo for 3 ounces coming close to 50 calories with 5 grams of protein! You really can't tell the difference and it's quick, easy and cheap too! Let's start off with the mayo (you'll need a blender)
Ingredients-
1 pkg of soft tofu (you can buy this at any grocery store at $2.50)
¼ cup of olive oil
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp sugar
2 tsp of prepared mustard or mustard powder (you could use honey mustard too)
2 tsp of apple cider vinegar
½ tsp of salt
Directions-
In a blender combine all ingredients until smooth and creamy, for the tofu it comes in a block pretty much so you would want to cut it up in cubes then add into blender once done taste a bit to see if you need to add more vinegar or mustard to your liking. You can make different flavors of mayo if you like it spicy you can add chipotle tabasco your options are endless!
As for the turkey bacon I just purchased Jennie-O's extra lean bacon and followed the cooking directions I personally like mine crispy so I broiled the bacon flipping it every 2 minutes while that is cooking I prepared my vegetables. I'm so glad I LOVE vegetables you can keep your sandwich simple with just lettuce and tomatoes, (also remember don't use iceberg there's basically zero nutrients in that type go with a romaine, the darker the better!) but I added sliced avacados and alfalfa sprouts! Alfalfa sprouts? It's like baby bean sprout it doesn't have the crunch to bean sprout but it is full of sweet flavor. There are no rules when assembling your sandwich just go for it, and ENJOY! : )
Sarah
you can also blend that avocado with a touch of lemon juice and olive oil and use it a spread. Skip the mayo completely! I like red onion on mine too :)
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