Lunch

Bacon, Egg and Little Gem Salad with Sourdough Croutons

Name: Bacon, Egg and Little Gem Salad with Sourdough Croutons
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 2 large, about 110 g Egg; 60 g Bacon medallions; 120 g Little gem lettuce; 100 g Cherry tomatoes; 1 slice, about 50 g Sourdough; 6 g Olive oil; 1 tsp, about 6 g Dijon mustard; A tablespoon Cider vinegar; A few, snipped Chives; A good grind Black pepper

Crisp bacon medallions and soft eggs over little gem and tomatoes, with dry-baked sourdough croutons and a mustard vinaigrette. 34 g of protein.

Calories: 442kcal
Protein: 34g
Fat: 19g
Carbs: 31g

Per serving, makes 1. 20 minutes of work. Published 8 September 2026.

Allergens

Gluten
Eggs
Mustard

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Ingredients

Egg2 large, about 110 g
Bacon medallions60 g
Two medallions. Back bacon with the fat cut off, 110 kcal per 100 g against about 300 for streaky. Weighed raw. Back bacon with the fat on is about double.
Little gem lettuce120 g
Cherry tomatoes100 g
Sourdough1 slice, about 50 g
Olive oil6 g
Dijon mustard1 tsp, about 6 g
Cider vinegarA tablespoon
ChivesA few, snipped
Black pepperA good grind

Method

Tear the sourdough into rough croutons, spread them on a tray and bake at 200°C for eight minutes until crisp. No oil.
Grill the bacon for three minutes a side until the edges crisp, then chop it.
Boil the eggs for six and a half minutes and cool them in cold water.
Whisk the mustard, vinegar, oil and a pinch of salt, toss the torn lettuce and halved tomatoes in it, and top with the bacon, halved eggs, croutons, chives and pepper.

Worth knowing

The croutons are baked dry and pick up the dressing instead. Fried croutons would add 5 g of oil to the total and you would not taste it under the bacon.
A frisée aux lardons with the fat taken out of the lardons. The eggs do the richness the fat used to.

Other lunch recipes that share ingredients with this one, or every lunch between 300 and 450 calories a serving.

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Macros are calculated from the weights listed above using standard food composition values, and will shift with your own brands and measuring. Weigh what you can. This is a recipe, not dietary advice. The full health disclaimer is below.