High Protein Avocado Toast (Vegan)

overhead shot of avocado toast with pickled onions and a lemon on the side

5 from 6 votes

This easy high protein avocado toast is creamy, lemony, and will keep you full all morning long with 14g of protein per slice! Top with your some microgreens and pickled onions for even more flavor and crunch.

Prep Time5

Total Time5

Course: Breakfast, Snack

Cuisine: American

Servings: toasts

Calories: 334kcal

Author: Allie Petersen

Ingredients

2 large slices sourdough bread
½ cup white beans Cannellini or Great Northern
½ avocado
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon nutritional yeast
¼ tsp garlic powder
himalayan salt and fresh black pepper to taste

Optional

microgreens
pickled onions

Instructions

In a small bowl, add you white beans and avocado and mash with a fork until combined. You can leave some pieces of bean or avocado for texture.
Add in lemon juice, spices, and nutritional yeast. Mix until combined.
Toast your piece of bread until crispy and golden brown. I like to toast it over the stove with a little olive oil but you can also toast it in the regular toaster.
Spread avocado mixture on top of toast. Sprinkle with crushed himalayan salt, freshly ground black pepper, microgreens, and pickled onions (if desired).

Notes

Tips:

Pick the perfectly ripe avocado! One that is dark green, firm but slightly soft when squeezed, no soft spots, and when you remove the stem it should be green underneath.

Speed up the ripening process: Place the avocado in a brown paper bag with an apple or banana and place in a warm spot.

Choose another type of high-protein bread like sprouted grain breads for the most protein. FYI Sourdough bread already has a lot protein (8g per medium slice).

Turn this into different high protein snacks: Instead of bread, add this high protein avocado mixture on crackers or rice cakes.

***This recipe only makes enough avocado mixture for two toasts, but you could easily make a double batch and save for later.

Storage

Save your avocado pit! Place it in center of the avocado bean mixture and it can help to decrease the amount of browning. The lemon juice in the mixture is also helpful to decrease browning. Store the leftover avocado bean mixture in an airtight container or bowl with plastic wrap on top for up to 2 days.

Variations/Substitutions

Add even more protein:

- Hemp seeds: High in protein and healthy fats

- Greek yogurt: Mix in some non-dairy greek yogurt into your avocado bean mixture for more protein.

- Bread: Choose a high protein bread with whole grains or sprouted grains. Sprouted grain bread has the most protein with ~7 g protein per slice

Add more fun toppings:

- For some spice try red pepper flakes!

- Add chopped cherry or roma tomatoes for some extra veg

- Try out a Mediterranean twist with sundried tomatoes and/or kalamata olives.

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