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Avocado Toast #34 · breakfast · american Host: BBC Good Food · Avocado on toast → Instagram → web writeups Online recipe (as published / commonly shared) Serves 1 · Prep 5 min We wrote this recipe in the Joy of Cooking style. Every amount, time and step comes from the source's recipe card. Mashed, seasoned avocado on toast. Cut in half and remove its stone: 1 ripe avocado Then scoop out the flesh into a bowl. Squeeze in the juice of: ½ lemon Then mash with a fork to the desired texture. Season to taste with sea salt, black pepper and: big pinch chilli flakes Toast the bread: 2 slices sourdough bread Drizzle over: good drizzle extra virgin olive oil Then pile the avocado on top. Source: BBC Good Food · Avocado toast tags: avocado,bread,lemon,chili · popularity: evergreen · meat: no	Avocado Toast with Lime, Pepper and Coriander Book: Sydney Food by Bill Granger (2000) crumb: avocado on toast with citrus + olive oil Sydney Food includes “Avocado Toast with Lime, Pepper and Coriander”. Bill Granger wrote it (2000). Bill Granger wrote this first cookbook from his Sydney café, bills. People know it for its breakfasts, including avocado toast. Differences: Both put ripe avocado on toast with a sharp citrus note, olive oil and salt. The online version mashes the avocado with lemon instead of lime. It uses sourdough and adds chili flakes. It leaves out Granger's coriander and whisked dressing. So it tastes a little plainer and more peppery.

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Avocado Toast
#34 · breakfast · american
Host: BBC Good Food · Avocado on toast → Instagram → web writeups

Online recipe (as published / commonly shared)

Serves 1 · Prep 5 min

We wrote this recipe in the Joy of Cooking style. Every amount, time and step comes from the source's recipe card.

Mashed, seasoned avocado on toast.

Cut in half and remove its stone:

1 ripe avocado

Then scoop out the flesh into a bowl. Squeeze in the juice of:

½ lemon

Then mash with a fork to the desired texture. Season to taste with sea salt, black pepper and:

big pinch chilli flakes

Toast the bread:

2 slices sourdough bread

Drizzle over:

good drizzle extra virgin olive oil

Then pile the avocado on top.

Source: BBC Good Food · Avocado toast

tags: avocado,bread,lemon,chili · popularity: evergreen · meat: no

Avocado Toast with Lime, Pepper and Coriander
Book: Sydney Food by Bill Granger (2000)

crumb: avocado on toast with citrus + olive oil

Sydney Food includes “Avocado Toast with Lime, Pepper and Coriander”. Bill Granger wrote it (2000). Bill Granger wrote this first cookbook from his Sydney café, bills. People know it for its breakfasts, including avocado toast.

Differences:

Both put ripe avocado on toast with a sharp citrus note, olive oil and salt. The online version mashes the avocado with lemon instead of lime. It uses sourdough and adds chili flakes. It leaves out Granger's coriander and whisked dressing. So it tastes a little plainer and more peppery.

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Avocado Toast

Online recipe (as published / commonly shared)
Serves 1 · Prep 5 min

We wrote this recipe in the Joy of Cooking style. Every amount, time and step comes from the source's recipe card.

Mashed, seasoned avocado on toast.

Cut in half and remove its stone:
    1 ripe avocado

Then scoop out the flesh into a bowl. Squeeze in the juice of:
    ½ lemon

Then mash with a fork to the desired texture. Season to taste with sea salt, black pepper and:
    big pinch chilli flakes

Toast the bread:
    2 slices sourdough bread

Drizzle over:
    good drizzle extra virgin olive oil

Then pile the avocado on top.

Citations
- BBC Good Food · Avocado toast: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/avocado-toast
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/avocadotoast/
- web writeups: https://www.google.com/search?q=Avocado+Toast+recipe

Cookbook ancestor
- Affiliate: buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1741965543?tag=recipeancesto-20
- Reference: Sydney Food by Bill Granger (2000). Publisher: Murdoch Books, 2009 edition, hardcover, ISBN 978-1741965544.

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Dish: Avocado Toast
Match: Somewhat close
Ancestor: Avocado Toast with Lime, Pepper and Coriander
Source: Sydney Food by Bill Granger (2000)
Differences: Both put ripe avocado on toast with a sharp citrus note, olive oil and salt. The online version mashes the avocado with lemon instead of lime. It uses sourdough and adds chili flakes. It leaves out Granger's coriander and whisked dressing. So it tastes a little plainer and more peppery.
Book recipe: We do not offer this for print or share because it is not public domain. Buy or borrow the book.
Online sources: BBC Good Food · Avocado on toast (https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/avocado-toast)
Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/avocadotoast/)
web writeups (https://www.google.com/search?q=Avocado+Toast+recipe)
Date: Sep 2026

Source: what this book is
Sydney Food by Bill Granger (2000).
Bill Granger wrote this first cookbook from his Sydney café, bills. People know it for its breakfasts, including avocado toast.

Affiliate: buy the book

Reference: Sydney Food by Bill Granger (2000). Publisher: Murdoch Books, 2009 edition, hardcover, ISBN 978-1741965544.

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