Sweet potato toast kicks avocado toast off its pedestal
Avocado toast haters, rejoice.
Sweet potato toast is now the coolest toast in town.
Sweet potato toast has plenty of fans, who love the dish for its taste, nutritional value (especially its abundance of beta-carotene), and its ability to adapt to nearly any diet -- that's right, you finally have a brunch option with no gluten, meat products or dairy.
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To make the toast de rigueur, bake thin slices of sweet potato in the toaster oven, oven or even toaster until crispy and then go crazy with toppings.
Load on the protein for a savory meal.
Make a more responsible dessert to enjoy after dinner.
Go seasonal with ribbons of fresh zucchini.
Give pita the cold shoulder and have hummus crostini.
This elaborate presentation will make the rest of us feel like we are eating a jar of peanut butter with our fingers on the couch.
If you're really feeling like the bigger person, go ahead and put some avocado on your sweet potato toast. After all, there's no need to eschew the green goodness completely.
The masses have spoken; the way to become the darling of the food world is to call your creation "__ toast."
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Sarah Spigelman Richter is a contributor to Mashable's Food channel. Sarah covers everything edible, from the food industry to D.I.Y. recipes. She was previously the community manager for Tastemade NYC and her writing has been seen on The Today Show's food blog, Refinery 29, the Food Network, and Gothamist. She has also developed recipes for Tabasco and other nationally recognized brands and has blogged for 5 years at "Fritos and Foie Gras." Sarah is obsessed with "Orphan Black" and chili-cheese Fritos and is still depressed that Loehmann's closed.
