Smoky Vegan Bacon (Mushroom Bacon):
1 1/4 cup or 6 ounces finely diced or chopped mushrooms (shiitake or oyster mushrooms work best). For quick crispier mushroom bacon, use dried mushrooms.
Olive oil to drizzle
kosher salt and pepper to taste
1/2 tsp smoked paprika and/or 1 tsp liquid smoke
1/8 tsp onion powder or garlic powder (or pinch of both!)
1 tsp coconut sugar or maple syrup
Breakfast toast:
4–5 pieces Gluten free whole grain bread
1/2 cup+ plain hummus or garlic hummus
Grape or cherry tomatoes
Chopped Herbs (fresh parsley or basil to top)
kosher salt and pepper
Olive oil to drizzle
Other Optional toppings:
Nutritional yeast (for Cheesy taste)
Large sea salt flakes or smoked sea salt flakes
Crushed red pepper flakes
Cracked black pepper or peppercorns
Mushroom Bacon Breakfast Toast is a plant-based, gluten-free breakfast recipe that will transform the way you think of toast for breakfast! A vegan bacon substitute, made from smoky mushrooms, sits on a bed of hummus with tomato and fresh herbs. This healthy hummus toast is full of protein, fiber, and flavor.
FIRST: See instructions for making toast to save time on meal prep in the oven!
For the smoky mushroom vegan bacon:
Preheat oven to 375 F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, or well oiled the sheet pan.
Finely chop the mushrooms into smaller pieces and place on sheet in a single layer. Drizzle 1 tsp olive oil on top of mushrooms and season with kosher salt and optional pepper.
Place mushroom in the oven and bake for 12- 15 minutes. After 12- 15 minutes, remove from the oven and toss or carefully flip mushrooms over. Return mushrooms to the oven and continue cooking until browned and crispy, about 12-15 minutes.
Remove from the oven. 
Place mushrooms in a bowl or plate and blot the oil off. Then toss with coconut sugar or maple syrup, garlic and/or onion powder, smoked paprika, and optional liquid smoke. Return mushroom back to the pan and in the oven to caramelize. about 5 minutes longer.
Remove and set aside for breakfast toast topping.
Make your breakfast toast.
Before returning the mushrooms to the oven the second time, prep the a sheet pan with your toast and tomatoes. Oil the pan and place toast on top and tomatoes in a foil pack or on another pan. The toast and the tomatoes pan will be placed on top or bottom rack. All can cook in the oven at the same time I like to place the toast and tomatoes in a separate pan and bake with the last 10 minutes. The tomatoes will blister and soften. The toast will brown.
After the toast and mushrooms are ready, layer your ingredients.
Spread 2 tablespoons of hummus on each piece of toast, then add a few blistered tomatoes, followed by vegan mushroom bacon bits, herbs, and cracked pepper, sea salt.
Repeat for each piece of toast.
I used whole grain gluten free vegan bread (larger sandwich slices around 80 – 100 calories each)
Mushroom Bacon recipe adapted from:
https://www.seriouseats.com/crispy-smoked-mushroom-bacon-bits-vegan-recipe
Serving Size: Calories: 151 Sugar: 4.1 g Sodium: 203.6 mg Fat: 6 g
Saturated Fat: 0.6 g Carbohydrates: 20.8 g Fiber: 2.9 g Protein: 4 g
Cholesterol: 0 mg