These vegan avocado melt sandwiches are crispy on the outside, and packed with creamy avocado, roasted red peppers and savory coconut bacon on the inside!
Let’s talk about what you don’t need in order to create a vegan melt sandwich.
- Cheese. Obviously, that one’s a no brainer. It’s vegan.
- Fake cheese. This one’s not so obvious, but trust me, you don’t need it, and when I made this sandwich I wanted to avoid it because (a) I’m generally not too fond of store bought premade vegan cheese, and (2) homemade vegan cheese is a bit of a project.
So, what do I use instead of cheese? Avocados! They’re perfect…rich, creamy, melty when heated, and even better than any real or fake cheese because they’re green. You gotta love a green panini, right?
This type of sandwich is totally customizable. For my take on the vegan avocado melt, I opted to include cilantro, red pepper slices and coconut bacon.
I’m such a sucker for coconut bacon and I highly recommend trying it if you haven’t already. I make my own, but in the spirit of keeping thing simple, feel free to buy it premade, which you can usually do at a natural food store or online
I also added a bit of lime juice to balance out the avocado. Mashed up with the lime and some salt and pepper, avocado becomes your perfect, tangy, creamy melt sandwich base.
Vegan Avocado Melt with Coconut Bacon
Ingredients
- 1 avocado
- juice of 1 lime
- dash salt
- dash pepper
- 4 slices sandwich bread
- 1/4 cup coconut bacon
- 4-6 jarred roasted red pepper slices
- 1/4 cup fresh cilantro
- about 2 tsp. olive oil
Instructions
- Mash avocado lightly with a fork. Add lime juice, salt and pepper and mash a bit more to blend.
- Divide avocado mixture in two and spread over two slices of sandwich bread.
- Top avocado mixture with coconut bacon, red pepper slices and cilantro. Top each sandwich with one of your remaining bread slices to close.
- Coat a large skillet with olive oil and place over medium heat.
- Place sandwiches in skillet and cook until browned on each side, about five minutes per side.
Green food is the best. Unless its mouldy :P
This sandwich looks so amazingly delicious. I love this kind of sandwich and though I haven’t tasted it I would rate it a 10 any way. . . oh, I can’t rate it a 10? Then it’s a 5 for sure.
Yay! Thank you so much Diane :)
Made this sandwich with your homemade coconut bacon tonight!! Holy cow, much tastier than I anticipated. I never tried coconut bacon before, so I was scared :) this was a great recipe, and I finally have another delicious sandwich to eth with with roasted red pepper! Yay, thanks!!
Awesome! I know – coconut bacon sounds a little weird at first, but it really is some amazing stuff. So glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for letting me know! :)
Do I really even need to say anything else? Crispy coconut bacon with cashew mayo or mashed avocado, fresh tomato and crispy greens? This vegan BLT sandwich satisfies all my salty and fresh cravings at the same time!