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Directions#
Preheat oven to 220 degrees Celsius.
Spread bacon evenly over roasting trays.
Cook bacon in oven for approximately 15 minutes or until it begins to crisp around the edges, remove from oven and cool.
Drain fat from trays and discard.
Finely shred lettuce and mix with grated carrot.
Mix avocado pulp with lemon juice.
Spread avocado on 1/3 of the bread slices.
Spread mayonnaise on 1/3 of the bread slices.
Place 40g of lettuce and carrot mix on the bread with mayonnaise.
For years 0-3, place 60g of bacon on the bread with avocado.
For years 4-8 and 9+, place 50g of bacon on the bread with avocado.
Stack these pieces of bread on top of each other then top with the third slice of bread.
Press each sandwich gently then cut in half.
Core and cut apples into quarters.
Portioning guidance
Portion out a reference plate for each meal size to guide your portioning:
- Years 0 to 3: 1 half sandwich with 80g of apple.
- Years 4 to 8: 1 full sandwich with 80g of apple.
- Years 9 and above: 1 full sandwich with 80g of apple and 1 piece Hidden Vege brownie.
Special diet substitution ideas#
- Vegetarian: replace bacon with boiled egg.
- Vegan: replace bacon with crispy grilled tempeh or other plant-based option. Use vegan mayonnaise. Replace Hidden Vege brownie with vegan baked item.
- Egg: use egg-free mayonnaise. Replace Hidden Vege brownie with egg-free baked item.
- Gluten: use gluten-free bread and mayonnaise. Replace Hidden Vege brownie with gluten-free baked item.
- Wheat: use wheat-free bread. Replace Hidden Vege brownie with extra wheat-free bread.
- Dairy: replace Hidden Vege brownie with dairy-free baked item.
- Halal: replace bacon with halal-certified cooked chicken or beef.
- Soy: make sure bread and mayonnaise are soy-free.
Recipe tip
- Where possible choose the bacon listed below which is a green item, otherwise choose a bacon with a HSR of at least 2.
- Avocado can be substituted for any other seasonal non-starchy vegetable.
- Replace apple with any other fresh fruit.
- Replace Hidden Vege brownie with other baked item that meets green or amber criteria.
Gilmours product information#
| Product description | Pack size |
|---|---|
| Colonial flaked bacon | 2.5kg |
| Lettuce | each |
| Fresh Connection carrot grated | 1kg |
| Edgell avocado pulp frozen | 454g |
| Grove lemon juice | 1L |
| Pams Value wheatmeal toast bread | Loaf (17 slices) |
| Gilmours mayonnaise | 5L |
| Apples royal gala | Per kg |
| Original Foods slab hidden vege brownie | 40pk |
