Vegan BLT Sandwich – Veggie Impressed

Elements notes and substitutions

Bacon ~ I usually make a vegan BLT sandwich with my Smoky Tempeh Bacon. It’s crispy, salty, and savory with a lot of umami taste. Plus, it’s fast and straightforward to make. It retains for as much as 5 days within the fridge, so in case you make it upfront, this sandwich comes collectively in simply minutes.

You would additionally use tofu bacon, mushroom bacon, coconut bacon, or your favourite store-bought vegan bacon, too.

Veggies ~ You gotta have lettuce and tomato for a correct BLT.

Romaine or iceburg lettuce is fairly normal, however you should utilize recent spinach, arugula, or kale, in case you favor.

There may be nothing higher than homegrown backyard tomatoes within the peak of summer time. Use these when you’ve got them. Tomatoes recent from the farmer’s market is second finest. Any slicing tomato will work, like a beefsteak tomato or heirloom tomato.

Avocado ~ Identical to within the well-known TTLA (tempeh, tomato, lettuce, avocado) from Entire Meals, I like so as to add avocado to my vegan BLT. Merely mash a ripe avocado and unfold on as a lot as you want. Or go a step additional and use home made guacamole as a substitute!

The smashed avocado is a wholesome various to conventional mayo. For those who love mayo, nonetheless, strive my straightforward vegan mayonnaise with silken tofu! You should utilize this as a substitute of avocado or along with it. Each methods, scrumptious!

Different sauces and spreads to strive along with your vegan BLT sandwich: pumpkin seed pesto, southwest vegan ranch dressing, or vegan inexperienced goddess dip. A easy squeeze of yellow mustard or dijon mustard would work as effectively.

Bread ~ White bread is the go-to for a basic bacon lettuce tomato sandwich. You would additionally use wheat, rye, sourdough, and many others. I usually use a sprouted grain bread, like Ezekiel, for additional diet. Or my straightforward home made oatmeal bread. Select a gluten-free bread in case you like/want.

Whichever selection you select, make sure you toast the bread for the right crunchy texture distinction to the “meaty” tempeh bacon, juicy tomatoes, crisp lettuce, and creamy avocado.

Extras ~ Some freshly cracked black pepper sprinkled over the tomatoes could be yummy. And, though pickles aren’t conventional on a blt sandwich, it could be scrumptious!

Make the Smoky Tempeh Bacon. This may be made forward and saved within the fridge for as much as 5 days. To crisp it again up when able to serve your sandwich, merely pan fry for a couple of minutes till heat and crispy. Or you may eat it chilly, which is admittedly simply as scrumptious.

Toast the bread to your liking.

Unfold the avocado mash on one or each items of toast. Or vegan mayo, if utilizing, on one slice.

High with lettuce leaves, tomato slices, and several other items of tempeh bacon.

Put the 2 sides collectively to shut the sandwich.