Guacamole on Toast and other ways to use Avocado
Guacamole is one of the essentials in Mexican cuisine. Top on toast or scoop with nachos, this is one recipe you must have up your sleeve! And HEALTHY too!
Ingredients
- 4 bread slices of (whole grain or rye)
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1 avocado ripe
- 1 lemon
- pinch salt
- 3 - 4 pickled gherkins , sliced (or use sliced olives)
- 12 cherry tomatoes , halved
- 2 tbsps feta cheese
- black pepper
- mint leaves few fresh
Instructions
- Toast the slices of bread either in a toaster, oven or on a skillet over low flame until crisp and golden. Cut each into two halves.
- Rub one side of the toasted bread, when still hot, with the garlic clove.
- Scoop out half a ripe avocado in a small bowl, add lemon juice, salt and mash with a fork.
- Spread this over the garlic rubbed side of the toasts.
- Top with halved cherry tomatoes, sliced gherkins/olives, mint leaves and a sprinkle of freshly ground black pepper.
- Eat/serve immediately.
Notes
This was first published in Huffington Post, India..