Ive been working on this BLT since July 10th 2009 when I first stumbled upon Micheal Ruhlman’s Challenge. Technically I’ve been working on it since I started my tomato seedlings back in may. Throughout the process I have been burdened by failed sourdough starters, unsuccessful bread experiments, and a horrible growing season.  Finally with the extended deadline approaching I had a perfect lively sourdough starter, red tomatoes (2 to be exact), and some lettuce to make my BLT. I decided to challenge the challenge by making a completely Vegan BLT, you might want to call it a TBLT because the main ingredient is my Tofu Bacon. And in order to hopefully woo the judges into comparing a vegan BLT with one containing real bacon (which is something I have, and most vegetarians I know have missed since going vegetarian) I decided to use a wild yeast starter for the bread. Last but not least I decided to take it up one more notch and experimented with a Pita recipe I found, by turning it into a sourdough Pita and grilling it on the BBQ.

Below I’ll go through all the steps and provide links to the full recipes for each step. I have to say this was a fantastic challenge to be a part of but a little stressful in the end since I was extremely sick the day I put it all together

Step 1: Make the tofu Tofu from Scratch

Looks pretty simple.

Step 2: Cure and smoke the tofu Hickory Maple smoked Tofu

Step 3: Make the Sour dough BBQ Pitas Cmac’s Sour dough BBQ Pitas

Step 4: Make Vegan Mayonnaise Cmac’s Vegan Dill Mayonnaise

Looks kinda like Bacon

Step 5: Make your smoked tofu into fried bacon Cmac’s Tofu Bacon

Step 6: Pick your fresh tomatoes and lettuce from the garden No link necessary

Step 7: Put it all together

Step 8: Eat, Enjoy, and brag about all the work you went through making it. Me Bragging about making it

Here are some links to my past BLT from Scratch updates:

Update #1

Update #2

Update #3 (final update)