Can the BLT (sandwich) be improved upon?

I see. Your BLT has no bacon, no lettuce, no tomato, and I’m surprised that don’t substitute and English muffin or naan for the bread.

Not quite so. Get me tomato worth eating and I’ll put up with the lettuce. Bacon improves most things and should you should definitely use a lot, but not too much. It’s a little hard to know what the OP meant if you can’t change any ingredients. Whether it remains a BLT is doubtful.

But almost any sandwich is improved with butter or frying. I don’t really care for sandwiches with naan or English muffins. If I switched the bread, I’d use (even bake) fresh baguette or brioche.

But I’d almost always prefer a turkey bacon club to BLT. Life is too short for mediocre sandwiches.

Jelly

No. But i don’t want to put cucumber into a sandwich. Cucumber sandwiches are dull and not very filling.

Try adding some bacon. :yum: :upside_down_face:

Cucumber and bacon don’t complement each other much, imo. :woman_shrugging:t4:

Who else here will be consuming a BLT sandwich within the next week? :raising_hand_woman:

Sadly, not I. I might grill up some bacon, though.

Definitely by the weekend…

I just went back on a low carb diet to combat some weight gain, so I might have to settle for a BLT wrap. Is that wrong? :thinking:

My gf buys us “low carb tortillas”. They aren’t as good as the “real” tortillas, but hey.

Serving size

2 slices (44g)

Servings per container

about 26

Amount Per Serving 1 slice 2 slices
Calories no value 45 90
Calories from Fat no value no value no value
Macronutrient Amount % Daily Value 1 Slice* % Daily Value* 2 Slices
Total Fat 1g 1% 1%
Saturated Fat 0g 0% 0%
Trans Fat 0g no value no value
Polyunsaturated Fat 0g no value no value
Monounsaturated Fat 0g no value no value
Cholesterol 0mg 0% 0%
Sodium 190mg 4% 8%
Total Carbohydrate 19g 3% 7%
Dietary Fiber 5g 7% 18%
Sugars 2g no value no value
Protein 5g no value no value
Calcium 0% 4%
Iron 2% 4%
Vitamin D 0% 0%
*Percent(%) Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

Wait, are there people who don’t do this already?

This type of bread is generally my go to for keeping my blood sugar down but it still has too many net carbs for a serious weight loss low carb diet, that actually requires less than 20 grams of net carbs a day in my own personal experience. The cardboard tortillas should do the trick for a BLT if I put enough mayo on it. :grinning:

No, you want to make jam with tomatoes, not jelly. With some garlic and basil…

As I said, I only eat BLTs with tomatoes from my garden, picked just minutes before I make it. And I’m with you on the value of a club sandwich - they are just too much of a pain to make these days.

Excellent for high tea, just not for lunch.

exactly

My mother always made sandwiches with the thinnest possible layer of mayo in sandwiches, only on one side. Partly this was a health thing, partly because she didn’t like mayo herself. While I definitely use 3-4 times as much now, it still feels excessive or wrong somehow to put it in both sides. I forget that may not be normal.

Better, but still seems to me like it needs something to pull it together, so that the pickles complement the bacon. What do you think about just a tiny bit of ketchup?

(Note, still don’t think it’s an improvement, since tomatoes also have umami, but it’s better than a BLC.)