Stuck in a snack or breakfast rut? Try almond butter toast, topped with berries and a drizzle of maple syrup — even homemade almond butter if there’s time!
When I’m stuck in a rut with meals, it’s nice to have a little inspiration even if it’s just to make almond butter toast and top it with berries and a drizzle of honey. Or to mix ripe chopped tomatoes into spaghetti with fresh chopped basil. Or to make sandwiches with cucumber and dill. They’re those easy flavor combinations that are somehow easily forgotten. Keep reading for our recipe for almond butter toast: which includes our recipe for homemade almond butter!
How to make almond butter toast
Obviously, how to make almond butter toast is beyond elementary: slather almond butter on toast, right? Voila: almond butter toast! However, we’ve included this as a recipe because sometimes it’s easy to forget the simplest of breakfast and snack ideas! This is a vegan breakfast idea that’s packed with protein. Paired with whole brain bread, it’s everything I crave in the morning: lots of plant based protein, and not too sweet. Basically, it’s my perfect snack!
Almond butter toast toppings
You can make next-level almond butter toast by adding all sorts of fun ingredients for toppings! Here’s a list to get you started: but of course, anything goes!
- Blueberries
- Blackberries
- Sliced bananas
- Green apple slices
- A drizzle of honey, maple syrup, or agave syrup
- Cacao nibs or chocolate chips
- Chia seeds
- Shredded coconut (consider toasting on low heat it in a dry skillet)
- Bee pollen (we love the confetti look)
- Chia jams: cherry chai, rhubarb or cranberry
Step it up: homemade almond butter!
Now, you can step up your almond butter toast in a few ways. First, make your own almond butter! It’s so, so delicious made at home. Here’s our master recipe for How to Make Almond Butter. How to make almond butter? It’s actually quite easy. Here are the basic steps:
- Toast the almonds. Roast the nuts in the oven to bring out the flavor. Also, they blend better when they’re warmed up!
- Blend! After you toast the almonds, you throw them into a food processor and blend them for what seems like forever. You’ll see that they go through stages: they’ll be really crumbly at first, and then turn to gooey. Finally, they’ll turn to creamy: the perfect almond butter texture!
Or instead of almond butter, make any nut butter! Here are our recipes for homemade peanut butter, cashew butter or nut butter. If you have a food processor, we recommend you give it a try! It’s incredibly delicious and fun to make at home.
And that’s it: an easy breakfast in no time!
Though it’s perfectly elementary, it’s still fun to remember the simplicity of a good almond butter toast! While it’s perfect for easy breakfasts and snacks at home, it would be a fun baby shower or brunch idea to have a fancy almond butter toast bar! Provide toppings for your guests and let them get creative.
On a more personal note, we’re headed off to Alaska for a summer vacation with my family. I’m especially excited to see my sister, who lives in Southeast Asia, since visits are few and far between when you’re halfway across the world. We’ll be spending most of our time in Juneau and the surrounding area. Let us know if you have any travel tips, and we’d love to know if we have any readers in that part of the country? UPDATE: We loved Juneau Alaska! Read all about it here.
This almond butter toast recipe is…
This almond butter toast recipe is vegetarian, vegan, plant-based, and dairy free.
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Almond Butter Toast
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 1 1x
Description
Stuck in a snack or breakfast rut? Try almond butter toast, topped with berries and a drizzle of maple syrup — even homemade almond butter if there’s time!
Ingredients
- 1 slice artisan bread or Homemade Bread
- 2 tablespoons Almond Butter (or any nut butter: peanut butter, cashew butter or nut butter)
- 6 strawberries, sliced
- ½ teaspoon local honey or maple syrup (optional)
- Other optional toppings:
- Blueberries, blackberries
- Sliced bananas or green apples
- Cacao nibs or chocolate chips
- Chia seeds
- Shredded coconut (consider toasting on low heat it in a dry skillet)
- Bee pollen (we love the confetti look)
- Chia jams: cherry chai, rhubarb or cranberry
Instructions
- If desired, make the almond butter using our Homemade Almond Butter recipe.
- Toast a thick slice of artisan bread.
- Hull and thinly slice the strawberries.
- When the toast is done, spread liberally with almond butter, drizzle with honey or maple syrup, and top with strawberry slices. Add additional toppings as necessary.
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Toasted
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: Almond butter toast, How to make almond butter, Fancy toast, Breakfast Ideas, Vegan Breakfast Ideas
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Last updated: February 2020
So sweet and yummy! I love snack ideas like this that are perfect for curbing a sweets craving but still super healthy!
This is simple and perfect in every way. Can’t wait to make it for breakfast (or lunch!) this week. Have a great time on vacation too!
“Be creative within parameters”. I love the way you explain this. I’m doing a cooking workshop series this summer centered around this idea of using formulas to guide our weeknight cooking rather than recipes, and it gets at this same concept of inspiring flexibility, resourcefulness, and creativity in the kitchen. ;-) And by the way, can’t get much better than almond butter toast. Must put strawberries on mine next time! Enjoy your time in Alaska with family!
What a great breakfast idea. Super simple and doable. And your photography… takes my breath away.
Have a nice trip to Alaska and have fun!
oh this is beautiful. i love strawberry toast with a touch of thyme and honey. love these “idea” recipes. spark so much creativity. xo
As a fellow local I can attest to all the things used. So good!!
I could eat this every single day. Simple meals are the best! Urgh craving this now, must buy strawberries asap! Also not sure how you guys feel about agave syrup but that works nicely with almond butter. Rice cakes, almond butter and a tiny bit of agave is my go to 3pm snack…try it!
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