Raise your own toast to millennials
Credit Gwyneth Paltrow’s devotion to avocado toast, a recipe for which she featured in her cookbook It’s All Good (2013), for turning the buttery fruit on bread into an A-list celebrity.
Perhaps because we were distracted by the Twitter chitterchatter of an Australian real estate mogul calling out $19 avocado toast as the reason millennials could not afford to buy houses.
Avocado toast was in the news again when Time reported that Americans are now spending $900,000 per month on avocado toast — a jump from $17,000 per month in 2014.
Despite its overexposure, it’s hard to hate a tasty, good-for-you option that works just as well for breakfast, lunch or dinner as a snack, and takes no culinary skill to make.
The only drawback? It’s close to $7 per pop for avo toast in a restaurant. So making your own at home can keep more green in your wallet. And just to keep things interesting, this avo toast recipe includes variations worth exploring, such as egg, bacon, tomato and smoked salmon.
Avocado Toast
Makes 2 servings
Using the tines of a fork, mash avocado in a bowl. Add lemon juice, red pepper flakes and salt and pepper. Stir to blend well. Divide between the two pieces of toast.
Serve as is or add a variation from below: Avocado Toast With Egg: Poach, scramble or hard cook an egg. Place egg on top of avocado toast and serve. Bacon Avocado Toast: Top with a crisp turkey bacon slice that has been halved and crisscrossed across toast. Tomato Basil Avocado Toast: Slice four cherry tomatoes and layer on avocado toast. Sprinkle with finely chopped basil. Smoked Salmon Avocado Toast: Top toast with thin slices of smoked salmon and sprinkle with minced fresh dill.