Avocado Toast With Boquerones and Smoked Paprika

This open-faced avocado sandwich gets a dose of bright, tender boquerones (vinegar-marinated fresh anchovies), a squeeze of fresh lemon juice, and a light dusting of paprika. The result is creamy, smoky, tart, briny, and immensely satisfying all at once.

Avocado Toast With Ricotta, Olive Oil, Lemon Zest, and Basil

This open-faced sandwich pairs avocado with Italian flavors like creamy ricotta, extra-virgin olive oil, bright lemon zest, and fragrant basil. A squeeze of lemon juice cuts through the avocado and keeps the whole thing tasting light and summery, no cooking required.

Avocado Toast With Radishes, Baby Peas, and Fresh Herbs

Springtime flavors come together in this open-faced sandwich of rich and creamy avocado, peppery radishes, and sweet baby peas. A squeeze of lemon adds acidity, and freshly chopped basil gives it a fragrant, herbal touch.

Avocado Toast With Chipotle Mayo, Cotija Cheese, Cilantro, and Lime

This Mexican-inspired take on avocado toast gets its acidity from fresh lime juice and a dash of creamy heat from homemade chipotle mayo. It's all topped off with a layer of salty, crumbly Cotija cheese and a generous dose of grassy cilantro.

Avocado Toast With Citrus Suprèmes and Slivered Fennel

Avocados, tart-sweet citrus segments, and thinly sliced fennel come together on this light and refreshing open-faced sandwich. Oranges are featured in this recipe, but grapefruit, tangerines, clementines, or pomelos would be excellent alternatives. Mint adds a light, herbal finish, but arugula and feta cheese would make a punchier, bolder substitute if you're so inclined.

Avocado Toast With Cucumber, Soy Sauce, and Shichimi Togarashi

Seedless cucumber does a great job adding cooling crunch to avocado toast, but it doesn't impart much in the way of flavor. Here, soy sauce adds a savory note, amped up by a sprinkle of peppery scallions. But the real kicker is a pinch of shichimi togarashi, a Japanese seven-spice blend of chili peppers, sesame seeds, and other ingredients like nori, ginger, and orange peel, which adds nuanced heat to each bite.

Avocado Toast With Mango, Chili Powder, and Mint

Juicy, tart mangoes are surprisingly excellent at cutting through the richness of the avocado in this open-faced sandwich. Unfortunately, it can be hard to predict just how sweet they'll be. If you're working with an especially ripe or fruity mango, make sure to compensate with additional lemon juice to keep the sweetness in check. A sprinkle of chili powder adds contrasting heat that more firmly anchors this toast in savory territory.

Avocado toast with radish and purple sprouting broccoli

A simple avocado toast, but with a little extra!

Egg Salad, Salmon, and Radish Sandwich Loaf

The perfect party sandwich, this stacked egg salad, salmon, and radish sandwich is assembled as a large loaf then sliced into individual servings.

Avocado, Arugula, and Walnut Sandwiches

This simple sandwich consists of nothing more than avocado, arugula dressed in lemon juice and olive oil, chopped walnuts, and some salt and pepper sprinkled about, all intermingled between two pieces of wheat bread. While this sandwich may seem perfect for this particular time of year—healthy resolutions, and all—it's dang tasty and hefty, good enough to work into your regular year-round sandwich rotation.