Applegate Good Morning Bacon BLTs and a Review

I love bacon! As a breakfast meat, a sandwich or on Mac'n'Cheese. I am a big bacon fan. And I know it's not that good for you. I have tried everything from Turkey bacon to vegan bacon to get  my bacon fix but also be on the healthier side. And I failed every time. Nothing can really replace the smell and crispiness of real bacon. Sigh.

And then I got an email. From Applegate. There is a new bacon in town with 60% less fat. So, of course, I HAD to find out for myself if the new bacon would live up to my bacon expectations!

I was so excited when my package arrived. BLTs here we come!

So, what's different? Applegate Good Morning Bacon is not made of pork belly like traditional bacon but from pork shoulder. It has 60% less fat and on top of that helps use more parts of the hog which helps make this more sustainable.

So, let's fry up some bacon!!

• Making the bacon according to the Microwave directions was easy and both taste and look of the bacon was identical to regular bacon.

• I also made some bacon in a pan on the stove and it fried up wonderfully. It did not release as much fat as regular bacon (obviously) and fried up more like Turkey bacon. The result however was crispy, juicy and just delicious REAL bacon!!

The only thing you need to be worried about is how much your family will LOVE it!!

I made BLTs for everyone with Applegate Good Morning Bacon, tomatoes, spinach leaves and a drizzle of Balsamic glaze. The whole family loved it!

Applegate Good Morning Bacon BLTs would also make a fun school lunch!

To test your Bacon Knowledge and get a $1 coupon head to Applegate!

Disclaimer: Applegate sent me some Good Monirng Bacon to sample. All opinions are my own. I did not receive any further compensation.

BLTs {4 ways}

B(acon) L(ettuce) T(omato) sandwiches are great for school! You can cook the bacon the night or day before and they are assembled fast in the morning. We packed them this morning and I was able to pack all four lunches in under 20 minutes!

My second grader loves Spiderman, so his Spiderman BLT is packed in our Easylunchboxes with a few strawberries and Cheddar bunny crackers. He also packed ice water and a cereal bar.

My third grader loves jokes so I added a few funny picks to his BLT. Lunch is packed in Easylunchboxes as well with strawberries and cheese crackers. Ice water and a cereal bar was also packed in his cooler bag.

This lunch is packed in our Goodbyn Bynto and for my four year old. She wanted lots of strawberry hearts with her BLT on a stick and I packed her cucumbers and carrots as well as a few cheese crackers. 

My middle schooler packed his BLT in Laptop Lunches and we added:

• strawberries
• half an apple
• cheese crackers
• cinnamon almonds
• mini pickles and
• a cereal bar.

Things I used to make lunch (contains affiliate links):

BLT Lunch

This is the first week of summer vacation but I never got to post these last lunches of the school year. We had BLTs for dinner last week and since we had left overs (I know hard to believe there could be :) the kids wanted BLTs for school as well:

We packed our Easylunchboxes with a few pitted cherries, a corn muffin and three Goldfish crackers and a toasted whole wheat turkey bacon BLT. They also had yogurt and ice water.