Two Vegan Breakfast Toasts!
Two Vegan Breakfast Toasts! Why two? Because it’s twice as nice. 😉 These delicious delights are incredibly easy, healthy, and quick to make. Everything you want in a breakfast! Lord knows, no one has endless amounts of time in the A.M. Mornings are the foundation of my day. If they start out shitty, the road is long for the rest of the day. I am a believer in starting your day right.
The first toast is loaded with avocado & shiitake mushrooms, and the second is loaded with spicy roasted red pepper hummus (click the name for link to my hummus recipe) & Italian veggie sausage. I LOVE glorified toasts in the morning. I usually have them with a green fruit smoothie and a cup of hot water with lemon, agave, ginger, and cayenne pepper. I feel like that perfect trifecta starts my body’s day at some form of homeostasis. No doubt I need that to cope with my 10 or 11 classes/day with 25-35 kiddos/class. Sigh… This is why my thighs will always touch. 🙁 Haha. I’ll never have enough energy to go nutty enough on the working out scene and I’ll always need my medicine, I mean, wine ;), after a long and crazy day of teaching, mommy-ing, cooking, blogging, writing, and house cleaning. INSANE! Let these two fabulous toasts at least ease some of the burden of your day, too! Wanna vent about it? Do it here! Leave your crazy lives and morning stressors in the comment section. I now have Heyoya as well which means you can leave voice comments. SO cool! Let’s get to know one another and our insane day-to-days!
Lastly, my very first e-cookbook, Easy Vegan Mexican & Italian Inspired Food, is now officially available on Amazon for a mere $2.99! And, no. You DON’T need a Kindle to read it! The Kindle is free to download (mine did it automatically with purchase) and therefore you can read on your iPhone, computer etc. What makes this cookbook so unique?! I have songs and well- researched drink pairings for every single recipe including slightly racy, and “Heather-style” inappropriate commentary for each page as well! Please leave me a review if you purchase it! They’ll be more to come by the end of the summer! Thanks for all of your support! Love, FGG
This album below (and Come Away with Me) are my 2 favorite Sunday morning albums to cook to and start the morning with!
UGH! CAN’T FIX THE GIANT GAP B/W THE PIC AND THE RECIPE CARD. WORDPRESS KILLS ME!
- 2 pieces of toast (I use black sourdough rye from Trader Joe's)
- 1 avocado - smashed
- 1 C of shiitake mushrooms (without stems)
- 1 Tbl chopped fresh cilantro
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp onion powder
- 1 Tbl olive oil
- 2 Tbl veggie broth
- Salt & pepper to taste
- Red pepper flakes to taste (optional)
- 2 pieces of toast (I use large sourdough slices)
- 1/3 C spicy roasted red pepper hummus (I use my own recipe - link in blog post)
- 2 Tbl vegan cream cheese (I use Tofutti)
- 1 1/2 C baby spinach
- 2 large veggie sausages (I use Trader Joe's Italian Vegan Sausages) - sliced
- 1 tsp oregano - fresh or dried. If fresh, chop
- 1 1/2 Tbl of olive oil
- Salt & pepper to taste
- Heat pan on medium with olive oil
- Add mushroom, salt, pepper, red pepper flakes, garlic & onion powders, and stir for about 3 minutes
- Add veggie broth and cilantro and stir occasionally for about 4-5 minutes more - shiitakes should be slightly crisp but not dry
- Remove from heat
- Evenly smear the smashed avocado onto both pieces of toasts
- Evenly divide the contents of the pan onto both pieces of toast
- Done!
- Heat pan on medium with olive oil
- When hot, add veggie sausage, salt & pepper
- Stir occasionally for about 5 minutes (we want to brown the outside of the sausages)
- Add the oregano and stir occasionally for 1-2 minutes more
- Add the spinach and stir occasionally for 2-3 minutes - spinach should be bright green and slightly wilted - do not over cook
- Remove from heat
- Evenly spread the cream cheese and then the hummus on both pieces of toast
- Evenly spread the contents of the pan on top of the toasts
- Done!
- White wine - riesling or chablis
- Red wine - pinot noir or zinfandel
The BEST Avocado Toast Ever!
The BEST Avocado Toast Ever! was created because I had left overs from my Organics to You delivery AND because I was tired of my everyday avocado and vegan cream cheese breakfast toasts. I mean, avocado, everyday, on almost anything, right?! However, I thought there’s always room to jazz up even the simplest of breakfasts… so, I did! I had left over rainbow chard and I sauteed that up with some seasoning. Threw in some julienned sun-dried tomatoes in oil and herbs, cut fresh chives from my garden, topped it with left over cilantro, and layered that on top of my avocado smash toasts. Lastly, I drizzled the shit outta them with hot sauce and a vegan ranch dressing… OMG!!! They were crazy AMAZING! I was totally pleased with myself as I was chowing down like a machine on ‘roids leaving a trail of sauce dripping down my face. I had just devoured true love in its most honest form… food. 😉 Hence the name of this post: The BEST Avocado Toast Ever!
My aunt lives in southern California and her neighbor has these beautiful avocado trees that extend into her yard and drop on her grass. This is like my freakin’ dream! She also has lemon trees that produce like crazy every year. Honestly, I think I’d quit teaching and start selling avocado toasts every morning at a stand in front of my house on the street. I’d graduate to selling various styles of guacamole in the afternoon with homemade tortilla chips and fresh lemonade from my lemon trees. I’d soak up the sun (well, from under my umbrella. If you knew me, you’d know I hate direct exposure to sun for too long), blast dope tunes from my old school radio, and chat with my customers – all day, everyday. What a suh-weet way to spend my days! Alas, I don’t live in or amongst that beauty. This is not to say that where I live doesn’t have its own incredible beauty as well, because shit, it TOTALLY does, it’s just different. Still, a girl can dream of lemons, avocados, the sun and a stand… aahhhh…
Please feel free to comment and let me know what kind of breakfast toasts you’re eating! Always looking to mix things up in the kitchen! Let’s share the food wealth, people! 😉
- 2 pieces of toast (I used TJ's Black Sour Dough and Rye)
- 1 small avocado
- Approximately 1 Tbl chives - cut however you'd like
- 4 leaves of rainbow chard - chopped
- 1 Tbl sun-dried tomatoes (I used TJ's julienned in oil and herbs)
- 2 Tbl spoons loosely packed cilantro
- Garlic & onion powder to taste
- Salt & pepper to taste
- Olive oil for pan
- Hot sauce to taste (optional)
- Vegan ranch to taste (optional) - I used Follow Your Heart ranch dressing
- While you bread is toasting, heat pan with olive oil and add the chard and sun-dried tomatoes Season with salt, pepper, garlic, and onion powder to taste
- Cook for approximately 3 minutes on medium or medium high and then remove from heat
- Smash 1/2 of an avocado on to each toast and then evenly divide the contents from the pan on top of the toasts
- Sprinkle the cilantro and chives evenly across both toasts
- Drizzle with ranch and hot sauce to taste
