Recipe of the week: Higher Protein Avocado Toast

This recipe is more of a modification to a classic breakfast/brunch item: avocado toast. If you don't like avocado, this one may not be for you... but I also wouldn't tell anyone if you just used less of the avocado spread to give it a try.

Please feel free to modify this in any way you wish (I know there are tons of ways to dress up avocado toast; this recipe will just be what I like to do!)

(This is a single-serve recipe)

Ingredients:

• 1/2 small/medium avocado, sliced/cubed

• 1/4 cup low-fat or non-fat small curd cottage cheese

• lime wedge, for juice

• salt, to taste

• pepper, to taste

• hot chili powder, to taste

• 1-2 eggs, scrambled, poached or over-easy

• sourdough bread*, toasted

• everything-but-the-bagel seasoning, to taste

• micro-greens or herb of choice, to taste

*Use whatever bread you enjoy!

Directions:

1. In a bowl, combine avocado, cottage cheese, salt, pepper, and chili powder. Mix/mash with a fork until smooth (it will not be completely creamy--if that's your thing, just add ingredients to a food processor or blender!)

2. Add the lime juice from the wedge and stir it in (this is to prevent browning of the avocado)

3. Add sourdough (or your bread of choice--we like the big cottage style slices) to toaster after you begin preparing your eggs.

4. As your eggs are finishing, spread the avocado mixture onto your toast. Add your egg(s) on top, and finish with EBTB seasoning and your greens of choice. Enjoy!

The cottage cheese really is a game changer for making a light-fare breakfast item a little more protein conscious!

Let me know if you tried this and liked it. :)

Margo