Protein Packed Avocado Toast
This avocado toast recipe has a secret ingredient that makes it rich in protein, fiber, iron, and folate. Drum roll please! ... It's chickpeas - but trust me, you'd never know it! Great for vegans trying to up their protein intake or for picky eaters who hate the texture of beans! Think of this as Avocado Toast 2.0 👩🏻🍳
Ingredients
- 2 slices bread toasted
- ½ large avocado
- ⅓ cup chickpeas
- 1 tsp white rice vinegar
- ½ tsp maple syrup
- 2 tbsp chopped scallions
- kosher salt and black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Mash the avocado in a bowl and set aside.
- Then rinse and drain the chickpeas and add them to the bowl with the avocado. Mash very well with a fork.
- Next add the vinegar, maple, scallions, 2 big pinches of kosher salt and about 5-6 grinds of black peper. Mash again until the mixture resembles creamy guacamole. Then taste it and add more salt and pepper as needed.
- Toast bread (I like to do this after making the avocado + chickpea mixture so the bread is nice and warm👩🏻🍳)
- Top each piece of toast with the avocado mixture and whatever else you like. My favorite toppings for this recipe are pickled red onions and/or thinly sliced cucumbers. Enjoy!
Notes
If you don't have chickpeas on hand, lentils or navy beans work too!
If you're meal prepping, you may want to add a touch more vinegar or some fresh lemon juice to the avocado + chickpea mixture to ward off any browning. But to be honest, I haven't noticed that it's a problem when I meal prep the recipe as is. It keeps for about 2-3 days in the fridge so I usually make a big batch when I make this on a Monday so that I'll super quick lunches for the next few days.
To change it up, you can serve this with crackers and veggies too. Sometimes I'll make a snackable lunch of cheese and crackers, this Avocado + chickpea mixture, and crackers, veggies, and nuts. So good and fun to eat too!