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Trio of cottage cheese avocado toast with tomato, smoked salmon and seeds

Cottage Cheese Avocado Toast

Marissa
This cottage cheese avocado toast is quick and easy to make with just a handful of ingredients but fancy enough for company! The combo of creamy avocado and tangy cottage cheese makes the perfect base for three delicious toppings: smoked salmon with fresh herbs, juicy sliced tomatoes, or crunchy toasted seeds.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 0 minutes
Course Appetizer, Breakfast, Brunch, dinner, lunch, Snack
Cuisine Baltic, European
Servings 2
Calories 336 kcal

Ingredients
  

Basic ingredients

  • 4 slice of quality sourdough bread white bread, whole grain bread, rye bread or your bread of choice (I used Latvian bread)
  • 3 tablespoons whole milk cottage cheese full-fat works best, but you can use fat-free cottage cheese as well
  • Basic ingredients
  • 1/4 ripe avocado Ripe and soft, but not brown or stringy
  • 1-2 slices of smoked salmon about 50g
  • Fresh dill or chives or green onions for garnish Or 1 tsp dried dill

Additional toppings

  • 50 grams smoked salmon slices -
  • 2 tbsp pumpkin seeds sunflower seeds or sesame seeds or bagel seasoning (optional)
  • 1 tomato fresh tomatoes - cut into thin tomato slices
  • 1 tsp Black pepper
  • 1 Salt I use flaky sea salt
  • 1 tsp Lemon juice or lime juice optional

Instructions
 

  • Toast your favorite bread until golden brown and crisp around the edges.
  • Lightly toast the pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds if using. To toast seeds, just heat up your skillet on high heat and put seeds onto a dry (not oiled) base. Keep an eye on the seeds as they start to brown quickly, and keep stirring with a wooden spoon so they don’t burn. Once they are a bit golden, take them off the skillet and place in a container until you are ready to use them. Or you can just buy pre-roasted seeds or use bagel seasoning.
  • In a small bowl, mash the avocado with a bit of lemon juice and a pinch of salt. Or you can just lay the avocado slices on top of the bread or mash it directly on the slice of toast.
  • Spread the cottage cheese evenly over the avocado mash.
  • Sprinkle with toasted seeds for extra flavor if using
  • Gently place the smoked salmon slices on top of the cottage cheese.
  • Gently place the thin slices of tomato on top of the cottage cheese.
  • Finish with fresh or dried herbs, a crack of black pepper and a light sprinkle of flaky sea salt.

Notes

  1. Rustic rye or sourdough work the best to give you that European deli style, but white sourdough and even just plain white toast works well too.
  2. Make sure your avocado is soft and ripe but not brown and stringy, as this will not taste nice!
  3. This is not a food you can make too much in advance. It’s best to make the toast and smash the avocado right before eating, for the best texture, flavor and color.
  4. For meal prep, you can slice your bread and tomatoes, chop your herbs and toast your seeds, but it’s best to toast the bread and spread the avocado and cottage cheese right before serving.
  5. Pre-chopped herbs can be stored in the refrigerator in a damp paper towel inside a container for 3-4 days.
  6. Store in the fridge for a day. The avocado cottage cheese toast will still taste ok the next day, but the toast will not be very crispy.
  7. You can store any unused smashed avocado in an airtight container for a day or so, if you sprinkle it with lemon juice.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 336kcalCarbohydrates: 37gProtein: 18gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 12mgSodium: 1899mgPotassium: 542mgFiber: 7gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 617IUVitamin C: 12mgCalcium: 84mgIron: 3mg
Keyword Baltic, Quick and easy
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