Avocado Toast is yummy!
Have you tried it?
Great for mid-morning snack, 4 o’clock tea, or simple supper
Assemble your ingredients: 2 small or l large avocado; seasonings, salt and red pepper flakes; tomato slices (optional). Avocado, nature’s butter, is nutrient-rich and tasty!
Mash the avocado:
Add seasonings to mash: 2 pinches of salt, to taste; 10-12 flakes of red pepper spread on toast bread. I used whole grain, but you could substitute rye, wheat, or sourdough.
The rest is easy!
Why Avocado Toast?
Before our city’s lockdown in March, I met with my web guy, Stockton, at Southern Grounds, a coffee shop/community hub in San Marco, which encouraged outdoor seating. Stockton talked about ordering avocado toast, but settled for a hearty breakfast drink instead. When he raved about how tasty the toast was, I googled the recipe later on, easy-peasy!
Social distancing was just around the corner, we discovered a few days later.
Stockton helping Cliff figure out the finer points of FinalCut Pro, a video-editing program
I remember Mother making buttered toast to dip in hot chocolate, a morning (or an evening treat). Your memory?
Do you have an easy recipe to share?
I’m one of those rare individuals who doesn’t care for avocado, Marian. I do like peanut butter on toast, but your mother’s buttered toast dipped in hot chocolate sounds pretty yummy!
Peanut butter works for me too, Jill. Especially when the toast is hot, hot, the peanut butter melts into a sweet goo – ha!
Exactly!
I love avocado toast. Here in Spain, a popular breakfast is tostada y tomata. A baguette sliced and toasted, olive oil drizzled over and topped with grated fresh tomato. Salt and pepper to taste. It is so good, quick and easy. A slice of cheese can be placed on top and put under the grill or microwave for a minute as well. Now I’m hungry. Xo
Yum to Darlene’s tomato rubbed into Spanish baguette.
Thanks, Melodie!
Since you posted this, I wonder if you treated yourself to your recipe here, which sounds so high in protein. 🙂
When we visited the UK, every full breakfast featured tomatoes – just like in Spain. I remember baked beans too.
Thanks, Darlene!
Hi all: Forgive my ignorance, but Darlene’s snack sounds yummy but how does one get grated fresh tomato? What am I missing here?
I’m not sure, Irwin. Darlene lives in Spain, so maybe it’s a Spanish thing – or maybe it’s the cheese included in the recipe. % -)
Oh yes; Olive Oil, very healthy and that sounds very good Darlene!!!
To Cactus Flower: 🙂
Good morning, Marian! I love avocado toast, but I would eat it for lunch. I’ve had it on matzoh, too, during Passover. I add a splash of lime juice, and Penzey’s Arizona Dreams flavoring is great in it.
Merril, I was planning to add a splash of lime juice but forgot about it. Thank goodness you added it here.
I have a niece who swears by Penzey’s spices too. 😀
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Quick response: My mom made toast and hot chocolate for us too. Sometimes when I can’t sleep, I make that in the middle of the night and read. (With only a very small amount of chocolate in the hot milk.)
Melodie, I’m thinking you specified “a very small amount of chocolate” because of the caffeine. Confession: I often have 2-3 bits of chocolate after breakfast. Why? Maybe because I miss my mother.
Once upon a time, Marian, long long ago, avocado was considered unhealthy: too high in fat, it’d clog one’s arteries. Thank goodness we came to our senses. I’ve had many lost avocados to make up for.
Your toast recipe sounds yummy; I’d like to try it on an English muffin with a fresh tomato slice. I like Merril’s lemon juice idea too. A delightful, light addition to my morning. I needed this. Thank you.
Ha! After posting my fight with hubby last week, I thought readers may need a lighter touch today. Ha!
Thanks for enlightening us about the history of avocados in diet. I’ve heard so many disclaimers about foods (remember the suggestion to ban eggs?) I take suggestions, even from so-called experts, with a grain of salt. Make that two grains! 😀
A dash of salt makes most anything taste better. And I do remember that ban on eggs. That was about the same time all fats were considered bad and food manufacturers began marketing “low fat” products, then sneaking in added sugar without saying so. The beginning of our obesity epidemic. Weight Watchers (ironically) taught me about “good fats” and when I learned avocados were one of them, I was elated. Truly.
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Cinnamon & sugar, and of course butter, toast was a treat for us growing up. Satisfying the sweet tooth, crunchy & spicy, yum, yum good. Periodically, I will once again treat myself to that childhood memory. Also love avocado toast and also peanut butter and honey. I think I will have breakfast now!!
I’m complimented by the fact you read my post before you ate breakfast. Thanks, Carolyn! See you for lunch soon. Even observing CDC guidelines, it will be a treat. 😀
Oh ya; what a good reminder; Cinnamon and Toast- those were the days but I still eat that once in a while for a snack.
To Cactus Flower! 🙂
I wish I liked avocado, but it is one of the few things that give me nausea.
We used to have hot chocolate for breakfast and before going to bed as children, but I prefer to dip buttered toast in coffee. 😉
Well, of course you’re going to avoid avocados if they give you nausea, Fatima. Goodness!
Next time I have coffee (once a day in the morning, I’ll try your buttered toast dip. 😀
Hope you’ll enjoy it.
Thanks! 😀
I love avocados. On anything and everything, even on my face lol. But my go to on toast is peanut butter and bananas with coffee.
Gloria, I can believe that avocado mash would work on one’s face because of the “good” fatty acids. Did you know that Mother L. sometimes made a salad with sliced bananas topped with peanut butter on a bed of lettuce. Maybe you can try that sometime. ;-D
Oh wow l love lettuce wraps. I’m going to try it. Thanks.
😉 Mom would love it too!
So perfect to read this as I had avocado yesterday for lunch. I mash it up much the same as yours, I use a dash of garlic powder instead of red pepper. I love it on Saltine crackers. Probably not as healthy as your delicious breads, but it is tasty.
I appreciate your adding a twist to the recipe here. Garlic is so good for the diet too, a nice variation. Thanks, Timeless Lady!
Thanks for the post!
You’re welcome . . . to Timeless Lady! 🙂
Love avocados but haven’t had avocado toast. Thank you for sharing that recipe!
Buttered toast dipped in hot chocolate sounds like a great idea to me! I might have to make some! 😀
I love raisin toast. I don’t have any raisin bread currently (so tempted to pun with a misspelling here–CURRANTLY). Have to make do with the bread I have.
You are so clever, L. Marie. I had raisin toast this morning, two small pieces with my eggs. Currants spice up any pastry. Thanks for the suggestion.
I love, love, love avocados. I eat them with green onions and a little vinaigrette. Yummy. So far they haven’t been a breakfast food though. As for a memory, occasionally toast with butter and maple syrup was a thing that happened – eaten with a knife and for like pancakes.
Arlene, I have two small avocados in the fridge. Green onions and a little vinaigrette sounds delish. My onion is purple though, so I’ll make do with that. It’ll look pretty, I think!
Thanks for your input here! 🙂
Yes, I’m an avocado toast fan. Delicious! And now I want some! Other toast memories include Dad making cinnamon toast for a Sunday evening snack (buttered toast with brown sugar and cinnamon) and my own version of the same when I was a kid, put under a broiler so the sugary topping bubbled and caramelized. These days, I usually stick with butter and a bit of homemade raspberry jam,
No one has mentioned putting making toast carmelized with brown sugar, until now, thanks to you, Linda. It sounds mouth watering, but I guess I’ll stick to butter and jam. Florida is getting hot and I don’t want to fire up the broiler these days. 😀
We didn’t eat avocados often in our early adult years and never in childhood. However, a trip to San Antonio, when we ordered guacamole made by the table, turned us into fans. The servers use fresh citrus, sea salt, ripe avocados, tomatoes, onions, and garlic. Mash with mortar and pestle and serve with warm corn chips. Yum! We have been buying bags of avocados at Costco, but we are troubled by articles like this one: https://www.businessinsider.com/us-avocado-consumption-helping-mexican-drug-cartels-border-guns-2020-2
Shirley, avocados would have been foreign to Mennonite tastes in the 1950s and 60s. We see them all the time on Florida grocery bins, nearly year round.
I checked the article in the link. If we try to squash the drug cartels, we may end up hurting the Mexican farmers. It’s a Catch-22, isn’t it?
Oh, that sounds really good…..I love that Green Stuff; so healthy. I’m out of Chips though but they are on my list; I’m definitely going to try that, thanks!
I used to love toast with butter, cinnamon and white sugar. Delicious, but not good for your teeth! 🙂
Jenn, you’ll just have to brush your teeth hard, Jenn. Sounds tasty though!
Brush while I jog on the spot!
Ha! Ha!
I LOVE avocados! Unfortunately they’re desperately expensive here. Sometimes I buy a bag of them as it’s cheaper, and to ripen them place in a brown bag in a dark cupboard. Or under bananas. Invariably they ripen at the same time and then I’m in heaven …Always with a little lemon, salt and pepper, a dash of balsamic. On toast is a real treat. A South American friend of mine loves them with sugar! Don’t you have guacamole? Thanks Marian!
Susan, I’m finding so many variations on this treat here; thanks for yours. Because I like sweet & sour together, I’ll add a dash of balsamic. Also, the banana/tomato combo intrigues me. I’ll have to try that too. But first, I’ll have to put bananas on the grocery list!
I’m sorry avocados are so expensive in South Africa now. At a discount grocery we can find that for 59 cents each although sometimes they are twice that, probably out of season.
Thanks for all of your suggestions! 😀
I see a smile on one of those pieces of toast. I love cinnamon, butter and sugar myself. Also love melted peanut butter. Avocado sounds good too.
Janet, you are the first one to mention the smile. Perhaps others noticed it, but you are the first to comment on the tomato-y smile on the toast on the right. Thanks so much for checking in today! 😀
Marian, I just had avocado toast yesterday. But I had it for supper so I mashed up some salmon with a yoghurt based garlic dip, spread it on the toast and added tomato slices. Delicious!
You know what they say about great minds, Elfrieda – ha! I can’t think of a more nutritious supper than the one you suggested with the ingredients above. I’m guessing Hardy liked it too. 🙂
Hardy eats his avocado with lemon juice and sugar kind of like a dessert. He prefers canned herrings when it comes to fish. They are quite stinky and I actually leave when he eats them!
Ha! Ha!
There’s even a Wikipedia entry for avocado toast.
Oh, my gosh, I had to look that up: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avocado_toast
Sure enough, there it is, and included in the description is the mention that “the act of ordering avocado toast at a café was criticized as a symbol of frivolous spending.” Who knew!
I love to learn something new every day: Thanks for the info! 🙂
Marian — We love avocado toast, too.
Here’s a quick and easy recipe that we enjoy on a regular basis: NO COOK OVERNIGHT OATMEAL. Here’s how it’s done.
Ingredients
1/3 cup milk (we use almond milk)
1/4 cup rolled oats (the quick kind, not steel-cut)
1/4 cup Greek yogurt
2 teaspoons chia seeds
2 teaspoons honey
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 cup fresh blueberries
Directions
Combine milk, oats, Greek yogurt, chia seeds, honey, and cinnamon in a 1/2-pint jar with a lid; cover and shake until combined. Remove lid and fold in blueberries. Cover jar with lid. Refrigerate oatmeal, 8 hours to overnight. Enjoy it cold. Yum!
No wonder you have such beautiful skin and healthy bod, Laurie. Your recipe sounds like the kind I’d like to make on Saturday night and enjoy as I loll around on Sunday morning these days.
Thank you! 🙂
We have a café near us who mixes smashed avocados with chopped hard-boiled egg on toast and it’s a favorite for many.
Carol, it’s good to see you here. I assume you’re back home from the South now.
Smashed avocados with chopped hard-boiled egg on toast sounds like a good breakfast item. In fact, I have lots of eggs, so I could hard-boil at least a half-dozen of them to mix with the avocado. =)
My memories–Mom baking homemade bread and having it sliced and slathered in butter for us when we got home from school. Oatmeal was my favorite! Then there was Christmas–mixing, cutting, baking cookies and decorating them with homemade buttercreme frosting. Some for the family and many as love gifts for others. SWEET MEMORIES!
Precious memories, Bette. Thank you for sharing sweet memories of your mother’s treats, especially at Christmas-time. By the way, I am enjoying reading Dog Bone Soap and plan to write a review of it when I finish. Thanks for your comment here and for contribution as a writer. 🙂
Well that looks tasty and healthy. I can’t eat avocados for years now, but I used to be able to and love them. I’m into almond butter 🙂
Okay, maybe no avocados, but there’s almond butter, tasty too. Thanks, Debby! 🙂
How timely for me to read this now! Just yesterday my daughter was telling me how her 11-year-old loves avocado toast and eats it with her dad for breakfast and lunch. “you should try it!” My daughter said. Oh how I love avocado. But avocado doesn’t love me. When I eat it my tongue burns like it’s on fire. So I can only read your recipe with desire and jealousy.
A favorite comfort food with bread for me? Grilled cheese. I haven’t had one since the last time my mom made me her “best in the world“ grilled cheese made with butter and sharp cheese and tomatoes and lots of love. I’m not sure I’ll ever have another grilled cheese,since who can beat that? 🥰
Oh, my, I’m happy to see you here, Pam, but I’m reading your comment with a heavy heart. Your mother meant the world to you. I understand how you would savor her buttery grilled cheese with tomatoes.
Virtual hugs today! ((( )))
I’m with Jill. I don’t like avocados enough to want to ruin my toast. Now if you put some butter and cinnamon sugar on the toast, I’m all there with you.
Good to see you here, Ally. Cinnamon and butter works for me too! 🙂
I know! The system let me comment and there was joy in the land!
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I really can’t stand avocados and it seems like everyone is eating them now . I think the colour is amazing though .
Eggy bread is really good . Whisk a couple of eggs with a little milk and seasoning , soak a slice of bread in the eggy mixture, leave to soak right in and fry both sides Mmmmm!
Maybe a little crispy bacon on the side Yum!
Cherryx
My mum used to make this, which seems like a yummy version of French toast. And bacon, for more yumminess.
Cherry, I’ll still love you even if you can’t stand avocados. Ha! 🙂
Hi Marian, while I’m not an avocado person, I admit this does look good. It’s also very popular at all the cafes around here. When they reopen, maybe I’ll give it a try, or make my own before that! My toast memories are cinnamon toast made by my mother. She also made us butter and sugar sandwiches, which doesn’t sound healthy at all now. But that was a thing in the 60s. Hope you are doing well. I’ve been spread very thin lately, but I hope to catch up on reading blogs this weekend. Take care, and thanks so much for supporting my blogs!
Thanks, Barbara! You curate good books on your blog and give me a sampling of what I want to read next. Honestly, I don’t know how you read so many books; I can understand how would feel spread thin at times.
Back in the day (!), mothers didn’t worry about sugar and butter, which provided taste and energy. We were young then, and got enough exercise to stave off weight gain.
Take care and enjoy your weekend! 🙂
That’s true, Marian. I never served butter and sugar sandwiches to my kids, but I bet they would have less sugar than the processed food in the stores.
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Mmmm .. delicious!
I just read about your lovely childhood breakfast of buttered toast dipped in hot chocolate in your book, Marian. Sounds yummy. Have you ever heard of speculoos or speculoos (sometimes spelled speculaas) spread? It’s a Belgian thing that is going international. We grew up with speculaas, which are like gingerbread cookies. We’d dunk them into our tea or milk and put them between bread slices before eating them. Well, a few years ago, some inventive Belgian actually reproduced that principle and created speculaas paste to spread on bread. Like chocolate spread (which we call choco), but with the flavor of the biscuits. Google “speculoos paste” or check out https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speculaas#
And, yes, I like avocado toast. I sometimes make it for lunch instead of our usual sandwiches. I cut the tomato small (diced, like in salsa) and dice onion (and sometimes garlic), mix that with the mashed avocado and spread it on our toast. It’s like guacamole on toasted bread. Yum!
Liesbet, I have not heard of speculaas, but I wonder if I could find it at Trader Joe’s, which carries many European imports. It sounds like a great Mother’s Day treat to myself!
Thanks for adding the link + your version of avocado toast. Just now, I ate a dish of diced bananas and avocado with vinaigrette, which another reader suggested. I had no idea readers how SO many ideas about how to fix avocado. Thanks for adding your take!
Stay warm, stay safe, my friend! 🙂
Happy Mother’s Day, Marian! I haven’t looked, but I think Trader Joe’s might have something similar to Speculaas paste as the Wikipedia link I sent you mentioned something about Trader Joe’s in the footnotes. I believe. It’s certainly a sweet commodity!
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Absolutely LOVE Avacados, Toast and Tomatoes; it’s one of my favorite things anytime, but mostly I just slice them. Another thing I love for a snack and that’s slices of Apple dipped in Crunchy Peanut Butter; I just add a dash of salt….Mmmmmmm! Thank you for sharing and if I wasn’t snacking on something else right now I’d be heading for the kitchen and make some…LOL!
Dear Cactus Flower, it sounds as though you love snacking as much as I do. Thanks for the suggestion that apple dipped in peanut butter taste so good. Now I’m thinking of it as a morning snack.
It’s good to hear from you again – thank you for reading all the comments, I’m glad you enjoyed this post!
Oh yes; and you are so welcome. My time hasn’t been my time if you know what I mean but this is going to change soon!
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I rarely get an avocado since other people are doing my grocery shopping. I cook as little as possible these days, but get a weekly share from a local organic grower. Last night I made a salad of young lettuce and arugula after dunking and swirling the leaves in a big tub of water before spinning them dry. I put leftover baked salmon on top and ate it with a piece of sourdough bread. I hope to make a pot of soup tomorrow because it’s so cold here and I can share that with my son.
Elaine, your salad spinning sounds like poetry to me.
Soup is SO good, especially shared with your son – a Mother’s Day repast, it sounds like. Stay warm, my friend, and look for posies under that melting snow, my wish for you. ((( )))
Somehow I missed this one… Life is so topsy turvey at the moment… Natures butter what a lovely description…. Cinnamon toast is one of my favs.. Some great ideas in the comments… Avo with banana sounds so good… Be well and stay safe, Marian 😊
Carol, sometimes I too miss comments and I feel embarrassed. So, what I’ll tell you is what I tell myself.” Don’t worry about it; life’s too short!”
Nature’s butter is a phrase for avocado my web guy came up with. He said it came from his girlfriend, so it must be making the rounds – ha!