Food for Indecisive Humans: Four Distinctively Awesome Cracker-Toppers

So making decisions isn’t my favorite thing in the world. Latte or cappuccino? Grad school or law school (…or neither?!)? Scarf of sweater? …you get the idea.

My mom says it’s best to face challenges and uncertainty head on. Pick a choice and commit to it until you realize you need to make a change, and then adapt from there.

I think she’s totally right, but can also think of one situation where her pick-one-commit statement has a little wiggle room….

CRACKER TOPPERS! The flavors! The options! It’s enough to make a queen of indecision cry.

But seriously people, your combinations are as endless as the number of crackers you can eat. Mine are pretty damn high in fiber, so four is a comfortable limit. Let me know some of your favorite combos, too, k?

Four Distinctively Awesome Cracker Toppers

The Barney (the dinosaur)
Ingredients:
1 sturdy large cracker of choice (or many little crackers, this is all about indecision so I don’t care what you do)
1/2 a small deep red/purple beet, thinly sliced
1/2 small avocado, sliced length-wise (or mashed if you just need to smash something today)
Drizzle of olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:
1. Place avocado on cracker, top with beets, then olive oil and salt and pepper. Devour your Barney-esque creation. I love you….you love……

The Caprese Nibbler
Ingredients:
1 large, sturdy cracker of choice
1/2 a small, delicious tomato, thinly sliced
2 small balls of mozzarella, sliced (or big ones, whatever, this isn’t exact science 🙂 )
1 big basil leaf, torn
1/2 tsp or so balsamic vinegar and olive oil for drizzling
Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:
1. Place tomato on cracker, wedge in mozzarella and top with basil, balsamic, olive oil, salt and pepper. Feel fancy and Italian.
The Swanky Tea Time
Ingredients:
1 large, sturdy cracker of choice
1/2 tbs cream cheese
1/4 pear, thinly sliced (mine was bosc…yummmm)
A few thin slices of cucumber
Olive oil for drizzling
Salt and Pepper to taste

Directions:
1. Spread cream cheese on cracker. Add cucumber and pear, olive oil, salt and pepper.
2. Put on fancy hat and stick out pinky when eating
The Duh One Needed Hummus
Ingredients:
1 large, sturdy cracker of choice
2 tbs hummus, any flavor
1/2 small avocado, thinly sliced
Olive oil for drizzling
Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:
1. Spread hummus on cracker. Add avocado, olive oil, salt and pepper. Yay hummus. 🙂

Notes:
Wanna save a little time? Wait until all four crackers are assembled, then drizzle olive oil and salt and pepper over the plate. Bam. Efficiency.

Also. Accidentally ate the barney before I got a good solo photo. whoopsies.

Beet+Basil+Fig Yogurt Bowl

Red, yellow, gold, maroon, one or two bursts of lingering green…is there a season with more cozy beautiful colors associated with it than fall? For the purposes of this post, I’m going to say no. So what do fall colors have to do with a delicious yogurt bowl combo? Well….

This yogurt bowl is basically like being able to eat autumn.

Look at the red! The gold! The yellow! The green! And even better, it tastes delicious. The flavors are both complex and cozy, not sickeningly sweet, and leave you light, satisfied, and a little more ready for fall.

Beet+Basil+Fig Yogurt Bowl

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt or co-yo/soy/whatever
• 2 figs
• 1/4 cup spiralized or very thinly sliced raw beet (use both yellow and red for extra autumn pretty bonus points)
• 1 basil leaf
• 1 Tbs toasted walnuts
• 1 Tbs honey or maple syrup
• 1 tsp or so (a drizzle’s worth) olive oil
• Salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste

  Directions
  1. Put yogurt in bottom of bowl, layer rest of ingredients and top with honey and EVOO, then finish with salt and pepper. Does it get easier?