Egg and Bacon Slice

by Kyrstie Barcak on January 17, 2014

Egg and bacon, tomato and basil, pumpkin and feta, potato and rosemary – ingredients that are destined to be together.

When they are combined the result is (mostly) a winning meal. In this instance you have the perfect picnic food, or lunch box item for when the kids return to school.

I added our first Summer Zucchini harvested for the year to this dish. I find zucchini to be incredibly versatile in cooking as it does not have a strong flavor of it’s own. It happily blends in with whatever it is combined with. Plus it is obviously adding nutrients to the meal.

The first time I made this recipe I attempted to make it a little leaner by not including very much cheese. It was a little bland so do make sure that you do not skimp on the cheese. Alternatively you could add some tomato chutney or chilli jam on the side.

Grab the picnic rug this weekend, as it is forecast to be lovely and cool after a week of extreme heat. Make this slice and let the kids burn off some of the energy they have pent up from being indoors. Alternatively, pin or tag this recipe for school lunch box ideas.

What is your favorite ingredient combination?

Tagged as:
Family Food,
For the Kids

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i love a vegie slice like this – and i adore zucchinis, too, they are so versatile.
my favourite food combo in the summer time is a super-ripe tomato with green basil. yum.
good luck surviving the heat!

I am really getting anxious this year to start eating tomatoes! With a very cool start to Summer followed by a heat wave, the fruit has been sooooo slow! I have loads of green ones at the moment so hope to be eating tomato on toast with salt and pepper for breakfast and lunch very soon.

Your zucchini plants look healthy. Mine are really suffering with this heat! Lovely recipe, Kyrstie.

Thanks Lizzy, they don’t seem to have minded the heat but it has stalled vegetable production.

This looks and it sounds like Bulgaria (it’s popular in Eastern Europe in general) banica, only it’s made with filo dough you buy from the store, but you can make it yourself too. Check out recipes for banica/banitsa.
here – http://www.tastespotting.com/search/banitsa/1

It is such a great combination I sure there are many variations of this slice Srebina. I have not heard of Banica before. I like the idea of the filo and that it can be a sweet recipe also. Thanks for sharing.

I love this combination of ingredients too. And like to add capers or artichoke hearts for a bit of zing.

That sounds like a great addition Krista. I will have to give that a try.

I love slices like this. I am still waiting on my first zucchini. The plants are slow this year & are getting knocked around in the heat but this looks perfect for lunch boxes when school returns. Thanks.

Thanks Tania, mine are slow also. It is starting to drive me a little bonkers!!

My husband loves egg and bacon pie but I’ll bet he’ll be even more pleased with a slice of this!

Thanks for dropping by Maureen. Egg and bacon pie is fabulous!