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.

Buffalo Chicken Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Blue cheese, shredded chicken, and Frank's RedHot are straddled by two melted layers of Monterey Jack—all the spicy, meaty, funky, cheesy flavors of a bar food classic, translated into the ultimate comfort food.

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 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 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 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 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.

Grilled Cheese With Guacamole

Grilled cheese with creamy guacamole in the center that bursts out as you bite into it. This may be the greatest thing ever.

Grilled Cheese With Bacon, Tomato, and Avocado

A grilled cheese stuffed with crisp bacon, tomato, and avocado.

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.