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Easy Low-Carb Avocado & Bacon Salad

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Avocados are my favourite keto-friendly superfood! I usually have an avocado every day - either as part of a complete meal or simple snack with just a pinch of salt. You're going to love this salad, it's so tasty, so simple and only takes a few minutes to prepare. Additionally, this recipe is suitable for the fat fast.

Including avocado in your diet is the best way to boost your electrolyte intake without taking supplements. Avocados are very high in fibre and very low in net carbs.

An average avocado has less than 4 grams of net carbs, is very high in heart-healthy monounsaturated fats and contains 50% of your daily potassium. As you may know, sodium, magnesium and potassium are essential electrolytes and will help you beat "keto-flu". If you need to boost your electrolytes, here are even more recipes with avocados.

Easy Hard-Boiled Eggs

If you use hard-boiled eggs, here's how to cook them. Fill a small saucepan with water up to three quarters. Add a good pinch of salt. This will prevent the eggs from cracking. Bring to a boil. Using a spoon or hand, dip each egg in and out of the boiling water (be careful not to get burnt!). This will prevent the egg from cracking, as the temperature change won't be so dramatic. To get the eggs hard-boiled, you need round 10 minutes. When done, remove from the heat and place in a bowl filled with cold water.

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Serving size 1 salad bowl

Allergy information for Easy Low-Carb Avocado & Bacon Salad

✔  Gluten free
✔  Dairy free
✔  Egg free
✔  Nut free
✔  Nightshade free
✔  Coconut free
✔  Fish free
✔  Shellfish free
✔  Beef free

Nutritional values (per 1 salad bowl)

Net carbs6.7 grams
Protein14.2 grams
Fat65.6 grams
Calories699 kcal
Calories from carbs 4%, protein 8%, fat 88%
Total carbs22.2 gramsFiber15.5 gramsSugars2.4 gramsSaturated fat12.1 gramsSodium896 mg(39% RDA)Magnesium109 mg(27% RDA)Potassium1,522 mg(76% EMR)

Ingredients (makes 2 servings)

  • 2 large avocados (400 g/ 14.2 oz)
  • 2 small heads lettuce (200 g/ 7.1 oz)
  • 2 cups fresh spinach (60 g/ 2.1 oz)
  • 1 medium spring onion (15 g/ 0.5 oz)
  • 4 large slices bacon (120 g/ 4.2 oz)
  • Optional: 2 hard-boiled eggs, sliced
Vinaigrette:

Instructions

  1. Start by crisping up the bacon. Place the slices in a hot pan. Add 1/2 cup of water and cook over a medium heat to render the fat and until the bacon is crisped up, for 10-15 minutes. When done, set aside. Easy Low-Carb Avocado & Bacon Salad
  2. Meanwhile, tear the lettuce and wash well with the spinach. Place in a or pat dry with a kitchen towel. Halve and deseed the avocados and slice into stripes. Easy Low-Carb Avocado & Bacon Salad
  3. Make the vinaigrette by mixing all the ingredients. Easy Low-Carb Avocado & Bacon Salad
  4. Assemble the salad by folding the lettuce and spinach in a bowl, add crisped up bacon torn in smaller pieces and sliced avocado. Enjoy immediately. Easy Low-Carb Avocado & Bacon Salad

Easy Avocado & Bacon Salad
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Easy Avocado & Bacon Salad
Quick and easy low-carb salad made with crispy bacon, spinach, sliced avocado, all drizzled with mustard dressing.
Hands on10m
Overall20m
Servings2
Calories699 kcal
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Ingredients

  • 2 large avocados (400 g/ 14.2 oz)
  • 2 small heads lettuce (200 g/ 7.1 oz)
  • 2 cups fresh spinach (60 g/ 2.1 oz)
  • 1 medium spring onion (15 g/ 0.5 oz)
  • 4 large slices bacon (120 g/ 4.2 oz)
  • Optional: 2 hard-boiled eggs, sliced
  • 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil (45 ml)
  • 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
  • 1 tsp Dijon mustard or wholegrain mustard (make your own)
  • sea salt and black pepper, to taste
  • Optional: dash Tabasco

Instructions

  1. Start by crisping up the bacon. Place the slices in a hot pan. Add 1/2 cup of water and cook over a medium heat to render the fat and until the bacon is crisped up, for 10-15 minutes. When done, set aside.
  2. Meanwhile, tear the lettuce and wash well with the spinach. Place in a or pat dry with a kitchen towel. Halve and deseed the avocados and slice into stripes.
  3. Make the vinaigrette by mixing all the ingredients.
  4. Assemble the salad by folding the lettuce and spinach in a bowl, add crisped up bacon torn in smaller pieces and sliced avocado. Enjoy immediately.

Nutrition (per serving, 1 salad bowl)

Calories699kcal
Net Carbs6.7g
Carbohydrates22.2g
Protein14.2g
Fat65.6g
Saturated Fat12.1g
Fiber15.5g
Sugar2.4g
Sodium896mg
Magnesium109mg
Potassium1,522mg

Detailed nutritional breakdown (per 1 salad bowl)

Net carbsProteinFatCalories
Total per 1 salad bowl
6.7 g14.2 g65.6 g699 kcal
Avocado, fresh
3.7 g4 g29.5 g322 kcal
Lettuce (Little Gem), fresh
1.5 g0.6 g0.4 g12 kcal
Spinach, fresh
0.4 g0.9 g0.1 g7 kcal
Spring onion, scallion, green onion, fresh
0.4 g0.1 g0 g2 kcal
Bacon, streaky (high fat content), organic
0 g8.2 g15.1 g169 kcal
Olive oil, extra virgin
0 g0 g20.3 g179 kcal
Apple cider vinegar
0.1 g0 g0 g2 kcal
Mustard, wholegrain
0.2 g0.2 g0.3 g5 kcal
Garlic, fresh
0.5 g0.1 g0 g2 kcal
Salt, pink Himalayan rock salt
0 g0 g0 g0 kcal
Pepper, black, spices
0 g0 g0 g0 kcal

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Martina Slajerova
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Martina Slajerova

I changed the way I ate in 2011, when I was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s, an autoimmune disease that affects the thyroid. I had no energy, and I found it more and more difficult to maintain a healthy weight.

That’s when I decided to quit sugar, grains, and processed foods, and to start following a whole-foods-based ketogenic approach to food.

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Comments (6)

Yum yum yum!!..this was extremely delish! Thanks Martina. .will continue to follow you

Thank you Angela! 😊

Just had this for my lunch. Very yummy

Thank you Catherine! 😊

Love avocados! The funny thing is that I started eating them after discovering keto. Can't believe I've been avoiding avocados for so long! Have you tried adding some cheese? Do you think feta may work?

Hi Liz, yes I think you can add some feta. I quite often have avocado, tomato & feta salad with some fresh basil and olive oil 😊