As I have mentioned in previous posts I am on a bit of a mission to show people that salads don’t need to be boring. You can spice them up with all sorts of ingredients from vegetables to cheeses, fruit, lentils and various kinds of meat and fish. This salad does just that combining spinach with crispy bacon, egg and smooth creamy crumbly feta. You don’t need to add salt to the dish as the bacon and feta have plenty already. My Wilted Spinach, Bacon & Egg Salad is high in protein, iron and of course flavour. What to knock off a few calories then omit either the feta or the egg yolk the choice is yours. You can hard boil or soft boil your eggs the choice is yours but a warm yolk running over the other ingredients is quite a nice touch.
Wilted Spinach, Bacon & Egg Salad
Serves 1
Ingredients
3 rashers of unsmoked bacon
2 medium eggs
212g fresh spinach
A little feta to crumble over
A drizzle of olive oil
Freshly grated black pepper
Method
Cook the bacon on a rack over a baking tray lined with foil so the fat can drip off it, we don’t need to eat that excess. Cook for about 20 minutes until crispy.
While the bacon is cooking place two medium eggs in cold water and bring to the boil. I normally find that it takes about 12 minutes from start to finish for a soft yolk.
Rinse the spinach, place in a microwaveable bowl, cover and cook on high for approx 2 minutes then strain off the fluids. Alternatively you can place it in a wok, cover and cook at a low to medium heat for about 4-5 minutes until it wilts. Again strain off excess fluid.
Place the spinach into a serving bowl, cut the eggs into quarters and arrange around the spinach. Top with the bacon, sprinkle over some feta, freshly ground black pepper and a drizzle of olive oil.
Enjoy!
If you loved this you’ll love my courgetti carbonara recipe here: https://melaniesfabfinds.co.uk/recipes/courgetti-carbonara/
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I could definitely tweak this to fit in on my Slimming World plan. Anything with bacon and I’m happy!
Bacon is great in salads it adds so much flavour.
I am so bad when it comes to salad as I don’t eat any vegetables and I’m not the biggest fruit fan either. Basically if it’s healthy I probably don’t like it. I do a “salad” though using streaky bacon and hard boiled eggs, alongside ciabatta bread drizzled in balsamic vinegar 🙂 I’ll definitely be showing my Mum this recipe though, she’ll love it
Oh dear Tanya, I’m not sure if that can be classed as a salad although it does sound nice.
Definitely a twist on bacon and eggs
It’s rather yummy too 😉
This looks insanely gorgeous I love egg, although I’d need alternative to the bacon 🙁 x
You are so right, salads do not need to be boring, they’re so easily dressed up! I love the sound of egg, bacon and spinach salad, what a fab combination! I’ll try this next time I prepare a salad 🙂
Enjoy, the mix of flavours work very well together.
Ah now this looks like my kind of salad, you can’t go wrong with bacon! I am going to have to give this a go!
It is a great ingredient for salads.
I actually really love spinach, I would usually put something like sweet chili tofu with something like this as opposed to bacon but anything which adds a little bit of taste x
I love the sound of this, I could happily eat this and am going to be making it, I don’t each spinach very often no idea why x
I love how much flavour is in this dish. My partner is a massive spinach fan so I’m definitely going to give this dish a try. Thanks for sharing it!
I have to try this
This looks so yummy even hubby would eat this x
This looks delicious
I bet it tastes great too
looks so yummy, and really simple to make
this looks really nice, apart from the bacon. I would change that for quorn bacon Lol
I am now really wanting bacon, there is nothing better than bacon when you feel a bit meh x
From the title, I didn’t expect the end result to look like it does – totally yummy. I will be trying this one out. Thank you
Tx
Being an extremely fussy eater, id basically pick out the bacon and eat that! It is a healthy meal I just don’t like egg or spinach! haha.
I haven’t had salad for such a long time now, baby doesn’t like it haha! But really want to get back into eating it when baby is born
Some of my favourite ingredients in this one – I’d be wolfing it down!
Bacon, Spinach and Eggs is a perfect combo. Im going to give this a go
Enjoy, it’s very tasty 😉
Now this looks like my kind of salad – delicious!
It is very tasty, enjoy Hannah 😉
YUM! This looks delicious. I need something to have for breakfast that doesnt involved bread so i think this would work well for me xxx
This looks so good, great for summer lunches!
yum this is my kind of salad, thanks for the idea x
Bacon, egg and salad are all my favorites! Just a perfect dish for me.
I love the mix of flavours. I bet it would taste good.
Ooooh, this looks so delicious, it would make a great week day lunch, I have to try it!
I love egg salad and my friend can have the meaty version as he adores in fact is obsessed with bacon!
I love spinach and this looks so yummy! Definitely going to try it!
This is definitely my kind of salad! I adore bacon and I love spinach! xx
The bacon and feta give it a lovely salty flavour with a mix of textures.
I am a firm believer that you can add bacon to anything and it makes it instantly better!
I have to agree it normally does the trick 😉
I’d love this if the bacon were veggie, might nick + adapt the recipe 😛
It’s worth a go, great idea to use vegi bacon. Enjoy.
I’m so bad when it comes to salads, like you said I find them so boring but this one looks so tasty going to save it and keep this for a nice sunny day as hubby always says sunny days salads are a must thanks for the recipe xxx
I love my salads, I need to have a few a week or I miss them.
I’d have to find a substitute for the bacon (vegetarian) but otherwise this looks absolutely divine! <3
Definitely not boring. Looks delish and so easy to put together – yum 🙂
Alina
Not at all I do think the flavours work well.
This looks lovely. cant beat bacon and eggs
Wow, looks delicious, and I love my bacon when it’s all crispy, never thought of putting it with spinach though .x
Your mission is a success , there’s nothing boring about this one !
Ooh now this looks absolutely amazing and perfect for this weather x
Thanks Rachel, it is rather tasty.
That looks very satisfying. I hadn’t really thought of adding bacon to salad, but you’re right, it would be a brilliant way of adding flavour.