Marinate your beans — put them on toast

Jar full of assorted organic beans (Getty Images/Juanmonino)

Weekday Plants is a weekly recipe column from Salon Food that centers on easy-to-make and adaptable vegan meals.

Before I started writing this column, I reached out to a few of my friends about what kinds of plant-based, weekday-friendly meals they'd like to learn how to make. Most respondents offered their suggestions, but one individual had a request: "Just please no avocado toast." 

My friend went on to explain that while most things in life are at least a little more delicious when served on a hunk of toasty bread — avocado being no exception — as a vegan, she felt like avocado toast was her only option at most breakfast and lunch joints. Fatigue had set in.