After running the Two Oceans Half Marathon on Saturday I made a new carb-free concoction of eggs bacon and spinach. It's not like I'm on the Noakes' LCHF diet or anything but I had no bread in the house. Damn this was tastier than most breakfasts I've had in a while. Maybe it's time to turn to the other side?

Ingredients:

Eggs
Bacon ( shoulder bacon rounds are preferable)
Spinach
Greek yoghurt
Red chilli- medium to hot
2 cloves Garlic

Method:

1. Firstly make the chilli oil: chop up some chilli removing the seeds. Place in a small ramekin and add olive oil to cover the chilli. Add salt and pepper and a bit of crushed garlic and let it marinate while you whip up the rest of the breakfast.

2. Fry the bacon rounds until brown and crispy. Shoulder bacon has less fat than other cuts so it wont go crisp-cripsy if you know what I mean...

3. Wipe out the pan with roller-towel and add a dash of butter or olive oil. Fill the pan with fresh baby spinach and toss lightly with a clove of garlic on top to infuse a little bit of the flavour. It shouldn't take more than 2 minutes- you don't want it to be too soft.

4. Fancy Poached Eggs: To Poach the eggs bring a medium sides pot of water to a rapid boil. Make sure that there is enough water to cover the egg. Add a dash of white spirit vinegar. (If you don't have its not a biggy- not sure how much of a difference it makes but hey mine have worked every time doing this.)

5. Crack en egg into a small pyrex jug. Slowly pour the egg into a serving spoon resting on the inside edge of the pot which helps shape it and keep it all together. It may look a bit messy but give it 15 seconds or so to settle. If the white isn't sticking together carefully push the white toward the yolk. Cook for 3 minutes for a soft egg and a bit longer for a medium egg. Repeat the above for each poached egg. I'm usually able to do 3 in a pot at a time. It's really not that difficult and it looks so professional. I find it harder to fry and egg to be honest- I break it every time....

6. Now that the main ingredients are ready you can start stacking! Start with bacon rounds, add spinach and then the poached egg on top of this. Layer a tablespoon of Greek yoghurt on top and add a half a teaspoon of the chilli/garlic oil.

7. Top with salt and pepper to your taste.

Devour.