Avocado Pesto Toast

Name: Avocado Pesto Toast
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 2 pieces whole wheat bread, toasted; 1 avocado, pitted and mashed; 2 tablespoons pesto

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Prep 5 min
Total 5 min
Servings 2

Savory avocado toast with the addition of salty herbed pesto is a quick snack worth keeping in your back pocket for those moments when hunger hits. MORE+ LESS-

By Cheeky Kitchen

Updated March 3, 2017

Ingredients

pieces whole wheat bread, toasted

avocado, pitted and mashed

tablespoons pesto

Steps

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Mash avocado and pesto on toast with a fork. (That’s it! Serve and enjoy.)

Expert Tips

To keep the avocado from browning, mash with a spritz of fresh lemon or lime juice.

Nutrition Information

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 280
Calories from Fat: 180

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 20g; 30%
Saturated Fat 3 1/2g 16% Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol: 0mg; 0%
Sodium: 260mg; 11%
Potassium: 450mg; 13%
Total Carbohydrate: 19g; 6%
Dietary Fiber 6g 27% Sugars 2g
Protein: 6g

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 2%; 2%
Vitamin C: 10%; 10%
Calcium: 10%; 10%
Iron: 10%; 10%

Exchanges:

1 Starch; 1/2 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 4 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choice

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

More About This Recipe

Avocado toast has been around for a long time. But lately, it seems to have exploded in popularity. I like to imagine it’s an extension of the gourmet toast craze, often accredited to the tiny little Trouble Coffee Company in San Francisco. But wherever it started, and whoever conjured this trend: bless them. Avocado toast is one of the simplest and most satisfying eats I know of. My go-to breakfast. My quick hipster lunch. A perfect dinner for those nights when I simply can’t gather the energy to kitchenize a full dinner. Schmear a little avocado onto a piece of toast, and suddenly you feel like all is right with the world. And all is pretty okay with you, too. Because you have a toast. And you have an avocado. And together, you made many bites of tasty magic. Add to that one more easy find: a dollop of pesto sauce, which lends hearty, herby flavor to a simple piece of toast. Now trending in my house (possibly forever): Avocado Toast with Pesto.