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Toasted

In the show “Fleabag,” the protagonist runs a café and one of the things she makes is avocado and tomato toast.

I fall into the millennial stereotype of loving avocado toast, so this pairing came pretty easy.

This toast is vegan and gluten-free, making four slices. Depending on how much you’re in the mood to eat, it can make 2-4 “servings.”

Ingredients
4 slices gluten-free bread, toasted
1 ripe avocado
2 tablespoons furikake seasoning
lemon juice from half of a medium lemon
1 medium tomato, sliced
4 teaspoons vegan parmesan

Instructions
Toast your bread.

While that’s getting toasty, slice open your avocado, remove the pit and put the inside in a small mixing bowl.

Sprinkle in the furikake seasoning (ours is a blend of nori flakes, black sesame seeds, white sesame seeds and salt) and squeeze half of the lemon’s juice into the bowl.

Mash the avocado, furikake and lemon juice together until they’re thoroughly mixed and there are no large chunks of avocado.

Spread the avocado mixture on the bread.

Top the toast with tomato slices and sprinkle the parmesan over the tomato.

Serve and enjoy with an episode or season of “Fleabag!”

The Easy Route
Many cafés and restaurants have their own takes on avocado toast for you to take out or have delivered.

You could also buy a premade avocado spread or guacamole to put on your toast instead of making your own.

The Pairing
Some might find this show odd or depressing, but watching Fleabag (the nickname of the character played by show creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge) deal with complicated family dynamics and struggle in her relationships feels very honest and frankly, relatable to me.

The first season of “Fleabag” is great, but the show truly soars in the second season with the addition of the Hot Priest (Andrew Scott).

The best way to succinctly describe “Fleabag” is that it does a brilliant job of combining absolutely relatable moments with truly shocking or unusual circumstances.

Not everyone can say they’ve fallen in love with a priest, but most of us can say we’ve struggled with relationships that are unrealistic or unattainable for whatever reason.

In addition to Waller-Bridge and Scott, “Fleabag” also features strong supporting performances from Sian Clifford, Brett Gilman, Bill Paterson and the one and only Olivia Colman as Fleabag’s very dysfunctional family.

On top of her mesmerizing lead performance, Waller-Bridge’s writing sucks you in and you just can’t turn away from the trainwreck situations her character finds herself in throughout the show’s 12 episodes.

It is one of the best shows of the 2010s, and I cannot recommend it enough.

With only two seasons (again, just 12 episodes total because it’s British), this is a very easy show to binge watch if you’re looking for something new.

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