Mexican Avocado Bruschetta

Delicious bruschetta topped with slightly spicy avocado and a fresh tomato salad. MORE+ LESS-

By Macheesmo

May 12, 2017

baguette, sliced

tablespoons olive oil

medium avocados, mashed

1-2 tablespoons Old El Paso™ taco seasoning mix

pint cherry tomatoes, chopped

tablespoon balsamic vinegar

1/2

lime, juice only

tablespoon fresh basil, minced (+ more for garnish)

Kosher salt

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Preheat oven to 450ºF. Slice baguette on a diagonal to make large slices. Drizzle with olive oil. Bake the baguette slices for 5-8 minutes until they are lightly browned around the edges.
2

Meanwhile, mash together avocados with Old El Paso™ Taco Seasoning. Feel free to use the mild or spicier version of the seasoning and adjust it to your liking. Start with one tablespoon and add more if you like.
3

For the tomato salad, roughly chop tomatoes and stir together with vinegar, lime juice, 1 tablespoon of fresh basil and a pinch of salt.
4

Once bread is toasted, top with a big dollop of avocado mixture and then scoop some tomato salad on top. Garnish each bruschetta with fresh basil.

Nutrition Information

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

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

More About This Recipe

If there’s one appetizer that you can always count on as a pleaser, it’s guacamole. Who doesn’t love scooping up that spicy, creamy mixture?! If there’s a second-place appetizer, in my opinion, it’s bruschetta. Infinitely variable to your liking, toasted bread is about as easy and simple as appetizers get. So, it just makes sense to mash these things together. Instead of making a full-fledged guacamole, I like to keep the mashed avocado layer on these simple and top them with a unique tomato salad. This little tomato salad has traditional Italian flavors going on, but it pairs really nicely with the avocado. Pile these things onto your toasted bread and you’re ready to go! You could even just serve the toppings in big bowls and let people make their own. Bruschetta makes any party bettah!