If you are wondering what to do with your ripe avocados, and you are not quite feeling like having some guacamole, then this easy avocado spread appetizer recipe is a great alternative. There’s no need to buy premade avocado spread anymore, this recipe can be easily made fresh at home.
This is a great recipe for breakfast, an afternoon pick-me-up, a snack with tortilla chips, or over toast with tomato. This recipe also makes a great avocado dip and takes less than 5 minutes to prepare.
Healthy Benefits of Avocados
What I love about avocados is that they are easy to work with, they taste great but most of all, for their nutritional benefits. You can feel good about eating avocados since they come with a long list of healthy benefits.
Some which include:
- Heart-healthy fatty acids that can help with inflammation.
- Antioxidants that can assist in eye health.
- Avocados contain more potassium than bananas.
- Rich in fiber, which is important to keep the metabolism healthy.
Avocados are not a medical food, and can’t fix all of your health concerns or issues. They are known to be one of the healthiest fruits, however. Studies have shown that people who eat avocados daily are healthier. So, why not add this green creamy fruit to your healthy lifestyle?
How to Make Avocado Spread
To make a simple and flavorful spread, you will need
Avocados: Ripe
Onion: Red onion
Garlic: Will boost the flavors of this dip
Lemon juice: Freshly squeezed from a lemon
Hot sauce: To spice things up, but add as much as you can handle or none at all.
Salt and Pepper to taste
As a topping, you will also need tomatoes.
Ingredients
- 2 avocados
- 1/4 red onion
- 1 garlic clove
- 1/2 lemon juice
- 1/2 tsp hot sauce
- salt
- pepper
- 2 medium tomatoes
- Slice the avocado, remove the pit, and transfer to a food processor or blender. If you like to leave it chunky, you can mash the avocados with a potato masher or fork.
- Dice 1/4 red pepper and add it to the blender.
- Mince 1 garlic clove.
- Squeeze the juice out from 1/2 of a lemon and also add to the blender.
- Add 1/2 teaspoon of hot sauce. (More or less, depending on your preference.)
- Add a pinch of salt and pepper.
- Blend for 1 minute until it’s pureed. (I used a Magic Bullet.)
- Toast slices of bread. I used my homemade bread.
- Spread the avocado mix over each slice of bread.
- Slice 2 medium tomatoes. Add a slice of tomato on top of the avocado spread.
- Add a pinch of salt and pepper.
I hope you enjoy this flavorful avocado toast with a tomato. Here are other toast ideas you can prepare:
Easy Avocado Toast with Feta Cheese and Microgreens
Products I used in this recipe.
Avocado Spread
Ingredients
- 2 avocados pit and skin removed
- ¼ red onion diced
- 1 garlic clove minced
- ½ lemon juiced
- ½ tsp hot sauce more or less depending on taste
- salt to taste
- pepper to taste
- 2 medium tomatoes sliced
Instructions
- Slice the avocado, take the pit out, and transfer to a food processor or blender.
- Dice 1/4 red pepper and add to the blender.
- Mince 1 garlic clove.
- Squeeze the juice out from 1/2 of a lemon.
- Add 1/2 teaspoon of hot sauce. (More or less, depending on your preference.)
- Add a pinch of salt and pepper.
- Blend for 1 minute until it’s pureed. (I used a Magic Bullet.)
- Toast slices of bread. I used my homemade bread. http://imagecooking.com/2014/05/27/homemade-bread-recipe/
- Spread the avocado mix on each slice of bread.
- Slice 2 medium tomatoes. Add a slice of tomato on top of the avocado spread.
- Add a pinch of salt and pepper.
- Enjoy!
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