Avocado Toast
- Clare
- Sep 20
- 3 min read
The one thing millennials will never kill
Us millennials get accused of killing so many things. And in most cases, they are things that should be killed:
Raisins
Motorcycles
Fabric softener
The paper napkin industry
Corporate chain restaurants
Golf
Blood diamonds
Marmalade (I actually have mixed feelings on marmalade)
Another thing we are allegedly "killing" is the housing market - all because we spend our money on avocado toast instead of buying houses. (This is a stupid assessment because if you want to put a $100,000 down payment on a house, that would equal 5000 orders of avocado toast assuming the avocado toast costs $20. And it also costs waaaaaay less when you make it at home!)
As a house-owning millennial, perhaps I should have given up avocado toast long ago. (Instead, I gave up wanting to ever have a child which will save me maybe 16,000 orders of avocado toast per child I don't have.) Instead, I have avocado toast all the time because it's delicious, nutritious, and extremely versatile.
Avocados are very healthy
Avocados have a lot of health benefits:
High in unsaturated fat
Good source of potassium, folate, and dietary fiber
Can help lower LDL cholesterol (the bad kind)
Good source of vitamin E and vitamin K
How to Make Avocado Toast
A good piece of avocado toast includes the following elements:
1) Bread (toasted, obviously) - feel free to be creative. You can use an English muffin, sourdough, wheat, or even a hot dog bun.
2) Spread - mayo is the OG, but you can use butter, toum, chili paste, or any other spread.
3) Avocado. Obviously.
4) Salt. Obviously.
5) Spices, herbs, and/or cheese - little accoutrements that decorate the toast and make it extra tasty. Consider red pepper flakes, Tajin, furikake, togarashi, pickled onion or jalapeno, cilantro, scallions, everythig bagel seasoning, or cotija cheese.
6) Drizzle - a drizzle is optional, but sometimes a little dash of hot sauce or balsamic glaze can really put your avocado toast over the top.
To mash or not to mash?
Sometimes avocado toast features mashed avocado and sometimes it features avocado slices. In my opinion, mashed avocado stays on the bread better and is easier to eat. That said, sliced avocado tends to look more glamorous. It's your choice.
Tips and Tricks
Don't over-toast your bread. You don't want it to be totally crispy; avocado toast is best when the bread still has some moisture with a crispy outside.
Always salt your avocado, even if you are adding sauces and other garnishes - if the things you're adding are very salty, you may want to add less salt at first but you do always need to salt the avocado.
Buy your avocados unripe and let them ripen on your counter. The moment they start to feel soft on the end, put them in your crisper drawer in the fridge and they will last for a week in perfect condition.
How many accoutrements should you add?
You can make an extremely simple avocado toast that's just bread, spread, avocado, and salt. You can also add a whole plethora of toppings for a variety of textures and flavors. It's all good.
Choose your own adventure
Because avocado has a pretty neutral flavor, you can take avocado toast in so many different culinary directions. Here are a few of my favorite avocado toast flavor combinations:
Cream cheese or regular mayo, everything bagel seasoning, capers, thinly-sliced red onion, cucumber slices, and lox
Tajin and cotija cheese
Tomato slices and balsamic vinegar or glaze
Your favorite hot sauce (I'm partial to Marie Sharp's and Matouk's Soca)
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