Spinach, Bacon and Egg with vinaigrette

I love the combination of the hot bacon and egg and the salad leaves in this simple dish.

It's brilliantly easy to make, and I love it so much I'm about to have it for lunch again today!
I have a habit of finding something I love to eat and then making it over and over again! So, no surprise that for the third lunchtime in a row I'm having this easy peasy dish. I also feel quite good because I use spinach as my salad leaves so I get the goodness from them,(see some interesting facts below) helps to counteract the processed bacon effect!

You can add whatever takes your fancy and you can substitute the bacon for avocado to make it a tasty, wholesome vegetarian dish. 

Some spinach facts: This leafy green is an excellent source of vitamin K, vitamin A, magnesium, folate, manganese, iron, calcium, vitamin C, vitamin B2, potassium, and vitamin B6. It’s a very good source of protein, phosphorus, vitamin E, zinc, dietary fibre and copper. Plus, it’s a good source of selenium, niacin, and omega-3 fatty acids. Now you know why I have changed from my regular salad leaves to this beauty!

INGREDIENTS:

Serves 1

Handful of mild spinach leaves
1 soft boiled egg
2 cooked slices of bacon
Vinaigrette dressing:
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon dijon mustard
squeeze lemon juice
Place all ingredients into a jar and shake igourously to combine. If you dont have an empty jar you can put the ingredients into a mug or a jug and use a fork to combine.

METHOD:
Place the leaves on the plate, drizzle vinigrette over them, coating generously.
When soft boiled egg is cooked, peel it and place on top of spinach, slice open and let the yolk
ooze out. Yum!
When the bacon is cooked to your liking chop into bite size pieces and sprinkle around salad.
I like to cut the bacon up after I put it into the slaad as it means I get to cut up the leaves and egg and it all binds together so the flavours join forces and help ecah other to taste delicious!
It doesnt get much easier,

Enjoy!

For those of you lucky enough to live on the Irish North East Coast you can now check out my recipes in the monthly Meath Coaster that gets delivered to yor door. My section is Jill's Kitchen. My recipe from last month, Chicken and Chorizo Pasta Bake will be posted here tomorrow.