Toast Tuesdays

Toast Tuesdays

Cucumber Tea Toast

Get excited for a very royal slice of toast on this fine Toast Tuesday!

Do you remember having tea parties with your friends when you were little? I used to love getting dressed up and enjoying overly sugared tea and all of the adorable little tea sandwiches. One of the classic tea sandwiches at my tea parties was an English Cucumber and Cream Cheese sammie. Although the fun days of tea parties and teddy bears are over, I still enjoy cooling off on a hot summer day with a refreshing glass of iced green tea and heart slice of whole-wheat toast with cream cheese and cucumber. I really want to bring Tea Parties back… they are just too cute! Get ready for this quick and easy summer snack… pinkies up!


Cucumber Tea Toast
Serves 1

1 slice honey whole-wheat bread (I used Milton’s)
1/4 cucumber – sliced
1 Tbsp nonfat cream cheese

Toast the bread. Slice the cucumber into thin slices. Evenly spread the cream cheese on the toast and top with cucumber slices. Enjoy with tea!

The Rabbit Food Pyramid Breakdown
Produce: cucumber
Whole Grain: bread
Protein: nonfat cream cheese
Plant Based Fat: none – although this would be yummy with 1-2 Tbsp of sliced almonds on top!

Mediterranean Toast

It’s Mediterranean Toast Tuesday!
This is like a little slice of heaven Greece!


Mediterranean Toast
Serves 1

1 slice whole-grain bread
1/4 cup chopped cherry tomatoes
1/4 cup chopped cucumber
1/4 Hass Avocado
2 Tbsp hummus
squeeze of fresh lemon juice

Toast the bread. Chop the tomatoes and cucumber. Cut the avocado and remove 1/4 of the “meat” from the skin and chop into cubes. Spread the toast with hummus and  top with tomatoes, cucumber, and avocado. Finish it off with a squeeze of fresh lemon juice and enjoy.

The Rabbit Food Pyramid Breakdown
Produce: cucumber & tomato
Whole Grain: slice of bread
Protein: hummus
Plant Based Fat: avocado

Cherry Almond Toast

It’s snack time. Toast Tuesday. Nom nom. ‘Nuff said!

I’ve been making a lot of savory toast recently, and today I wanted something sweet. If you haven’t tried almond butter before, you need to jump on board the almond butter train! In a nutshell, almonds contain protein, fiber, vitamin E, calcium & tons of other essential vitamins & minerals, and are an outstanding source of monounsaturated fat! With their outstanding nutritional value and great health benefits, you could go nuts with almonds! Oh, and may I just add, that that my favorite way to eat heart healthy almonds, is in butter form.

Almond butter is slowly appearing in grocery stores all over. I usually buy my Almond butter at Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods, but I have seen it at Ralph’s, Kroger, Bristol Farms, and even Target! If you cannot find almond butter in a store near you, you could also make it your self in a high powered food processor or blender out of whole almonds. After all, your almond butter should only consist of almonds anyway. No added oils, sugar, or salt!


Cherry Almond Toast
Serves 1

1 slice whole-grain bread
1Tbsp unsalted almond butter
1/4 cup unsweetened dried cherries
cinnamon to taste

Toast the bread, spread with almond butter, top with dried cherries, and add cinnamon to taste.

 

Fresh Avocado Multi-Grain Toast

Mmmmm, It’s Toast Tuesday again!

It is getting hot here in Los Angeles! Today I was craving some fresh avocado, and I just happened to have one chilling in the fridge. Fresh avo with a dash of lemon juice, salt, and pepper topped on a slice of multi-grain bread makes a delicious summer snack!

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Fresh Avocado Multi-Grain Toast
Serves 1

1 slice Milton’s Healthy Multi-Grain bread
1/2 Hass Avocado
squeeze of fresh lemon juice
dash of salt
dash of pepper

Remove half of the avocado from skin and cut into thin slices. Toast the bread, top with avocado slices, drizzle with fresh lemon juice, and sprinkle with a dash of salt & pepper to taste.

Sunflower Swiss Toast

I hope everyone had a fabulous & healthy holiday weekend!
Welcome back, it’s TOAST TUESDAY!

Today’s toast is a sweet and hearty multi-grain bread with creamy swiss cheese, sunflower seeds, and a drizzle of honey. One of my favorite new toast creations!


Sunflower Swiss Toast
Serves 1

1 slice Milton’s Healthy Multi-Grain bread
1 triangle Laughing Cow Spreadable Light Creamy Swiss Cheese
1 Tbsp sunflower seeds
1 tsp honey

Toast the bread, spread with Swiss cheese, sprinkle with sunflower seeds, and drizzle with honey.

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