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Sunday, February 14, 2016

Smashed Avocado, Black Bean and Roasted Tomato Toasts

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Seeded bread is toasted and slathered with creamy avocado and protein-rich black beans. Roasted tomatoes on this open-faced sandwich brings out the flavorful goodness.

Source: Adapted Recipe from Blissful Basil
Serves: 1

Ingredients
  • 1 medium beefsteak tomato, cut into 4 slices
  • ½ tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 pieces of sprouted grain, multi-grain or seeded bread, toasted
  • 1 small avocado
  • ¼ teaspoon cumin
  • 1 tablespoon minced red onion
  • ½ minced garlic clove or more if you like
  • Cilantro (optional, if you don't like it)
  • ½ of a lime, juiced
  • salt and pepper
  • ⅓ cup canned organic black beans, rinsed


Instructions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.

Line a small baking sheet with parchment paper. Spread the tomato slices out across the baking sheet. Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper.

Roast tomatoes for 15 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool.

While the tomatoes are roasting, smash the avocado in a small bowl. Add in the lime juice, cilantro, red onion, garlic, salt and pepper and cumin, to taste. Stir in the black beans.

Slather the toasts with the avocado mixture and top each with 2 slices of roasted tomato. 

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