Taste Test Tuesday: Gardenburger Breakfast Sausage

I'm not afraid to try a meatless sausage, although I have tried products that I just had to spit out. I am open to soy-based meatless products, for sure, and this new breakfast sausage patty from Gardenburger seemed worthy of a Taste Test Tuesday. I really liked the fact that there were .28 grams of plant omega-3s per patty - a quick glance at the ingredient list told me these were mainly coming from the canola oil and ground flaxseed.

How did it taste?

I browned a patty up in a nonstick frying pan with a squirt of canola cooking spray and low and behold, it may not have looked or tasted just like a light pork breakfast sausage (not that there's anything wrong with that), but it tasted good enough that I was automatically putting another bite on my fork! I whipped up a mini Egg Beaters omelet and wrapped the rest of my patty inside (just to see how it faired with other breakfast ingredients) and it tasted even better.

What's the Nutrition Info?
The first five ingredients are: soy protein concentrate-hydrated, canola oil, ground flaxseed, vegetable gum, and salt

1 large Patty (43 grams) =

45 calories
5 grams protein
3 grams carbohydrate
2.5 grams fat
0 grams saturated fat and trans fat
0 mg cholesterol
2 grams fiber
270 mg sodium

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