Having this toast for breakfast falls into the latter category. I can't tire out of eating this, no matter how hard I try (I don't). I have, however, almost entirely eliminated bread from my diet. I realized that I just feel better when I eat whole foods, so that's what I do.
...buuut I still can't get enough of the avocado/tomato/basil/balsamic flavor combination. So now I just use the same ingredients, only with some greens, quinoa, potato or squash. The options are limitless, that's the beauty.
Four mentionables regarding the glorious avocado:
- Two words: avocado toast. Get familiar with this concept. Avocado = nature's butter. <-- real talk.
- Avocados deserve a presence in your daily life. On a sandwich, in a fresh spring roll, as a salad dressing, with fruit, or with a spoon.
- Avocados are fickle. Make sure you know how to tell if your avocado is ripe.
- During our brief (3 month) stint living in Florida, we were introduced a whole new world of avocados! There are a ton of different varieties besides the Hass variety we typically see at grocery stores. Florida green skin avocados have a smooth exterior and the ones we ate were about 3 or 4 times the size of a Hass. Hass VS. Florida Green Skin
Literally all six of today's ingredients are in the title: toast, avocado, sun dried tomato, basil, hemp seed, and balsamic vinegar. In that order. Breakfast is now complete.
But seriously, it's easy.
hemp seeds
are like little bonus sprinkles of health.
Health sprinkles that can go on almost anything. They're extremely versatile - I recommend trying them sprinkled on some yogurt with fruit, or on a fresh spinach salad. They are a great source of protein (11 grams per 3 tablespoons), are high in omega-3's, and contain all 10 essential amino acids.
Let yourself fall in love with your food and what it offers your body. Nature provides some pretty incredible stuff, right?
No worries if it gets messy, you will want every last drop. This is one of those situations where you lick the plate after you're done.
Balsamic Avocado Toast with Hemp Seed, Fresh Basil and Sun Dried Tomatoes
Ingredients:
1 slice toasted bread (this is sprouted grain from Trader Joe's)
1/2 an avocado
A handful of sun dried tomatoes
Fresh basil
Spoonful of health sprinkles, aka raw shelled hemp seeds
Balsamic glaze to drizzle
*Optional: add fresh sliced red pepper, fresh sliced tomato, a few spinach leaves, or sprinkle with crushed red pepper flakes
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