Don't you just love the weekends? Those two days between Friday and Monday where the evenings are ours to do as we wish, the afternoons ripe for (possibly boozy - but I'll deny it all) lunches with your girlfriends and lazy mornings sleeping in in your big bed all by your self whilst your fiance is out riding his bike. Yep, that was my weekend this weekend, although, I must say my gorgeous man did make me dinner last night, pick me up after the deny-it-all-boozy-lunch (that may have extended on into the evening in a not-so-boozy-manner - thank goodness - as I feel I can't handle many of those these days!) then we walked down to the Prahran Markets with me on Sunday morning for some fresh fruit at veg.
Oh! Which reminds me - did you know there's a new gluten free store there at the Prahran Markets? Yep, there is and it's packed full of gluten free goodies, so you should check it out whilst you're buying your gluten free snags from the butchers next weekend...
After a long day on Saturday all I wanted on my return from the markets was something tasty for brunch. I've been slowly getting my man to eat avocado. He knows that avocados are rich in vitamin C, high in fibre and folate and contain natural antioxidants such as Vitamin E. Yep, he knows they're pretty fab, but he's never liked the flavour and wasn't to fussed on the texture either, so, I took some inspiration from a recent breakfast out and made this brunch for him combining the avocado with a few of his favourite things - mint, lemon and feta. Smash it onto some crispy toast (more on that below), top with a fried egg and ta-da fiance friendly avocado! Highly recommended.
The fabulous end to the weekend was knowing that I had some goodies to give away to my Queensland readers this week! A big shout out to all of you who joined my little 'Oi!' campaign on Facebook and Twitter last week - thanks for saying hi and good luck!
This giveaway is now closed!
Avocado & Mint Toasts with Eggs
Makes enough for two
1 large ripe avocado
3-4 fresh mint leaves
1-2tsp lemon juice
1-2tablspoons Persian feta
Pepper to taste
Crunchy gluten free toast + fried eggs (to your liking) to serve.
Cut your avocado in half and scoop out the flesh into a small bowl. Smash together with the remaining ingredients.
Spoon and spread onto toasted bread with an extra sprig of mint and crumble of feta Top with a fried egg and some cracked pepper. Also delicious without the egg!
Enjoy with your favourite person or people.
I'm not a Queensland reader so you can leave me out of the giveaway, but I just wanted to say that the description of your weekend has made me want to go back to friday right now and redo it all! My redo would include making these delicious sounding avocado toasts. I actually have all the necessary ingredients!
ReplyDeleteHope you enjoyed them Maria and I'm sure your weekend was just as good as mine, I may have edited it to just the good bits - hehehehe!
DeleteI'm entering for my mum who is having a tough time transitioning to a gluten free diet. She also adores avocados!
ReplyDeleteLove avocado and fetta combo. I would layer organic honey, mashed banana and almond butter...yum!!!
ReplyDeleteBeing coeliac and egg and dairy intolerant, it would have to be avocado and tomato for me! Yum!
ReplyDeleteLove all those piccys, made me feel hungry!
Hmmm, I would probably put some creamy scrumbled eggs on my toast or poached eggs and hollandaise sauce... Any egg combo would please me!
ReplyDeleteI would have some Avocado, Roast Chicken and Tomato, with some thyme and cracked salt and pepper. Hmmmm mouth watering already!
ReplyDeleteMmm...chicken, avocado, cheese, tomato and red onion.
ReplyDeleteYum! That is a regular meal for me. Avocado on toast a variety of different ways is my all time fav :)
ReplyDeletethat bread looks great! did you make it??
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