this vegan Avocado Kale Florentine with Smoked Paprika Hollandaise is the perfect brunch recipe or holiday weekend – fresh avocado, greens, and a smoky hollandaise – delicious! Fried avocado is fresh baked in the oven, or super quick in the air fryer!

Vegan Avocado Kale Florentine

Smoked Paprika Hollandaise

Brunch is my favorite thing.

This recipe is made with all of my favorite things – crispy crunchy creamy avocado, garlicky sautéed kale, gloriously rich hollandaise. Brunch perfection, for a lazy weekend morning at home.

We enjoy this recipe often, and I have a couple tips for you: I always double the hollandaise portion so we can have extra for days.

That saucy goodness is tasty over many things.

Also! This recipe has instructions for baking the Pecan Crusted Avocado, which works beautifully. For those of you who have an air fryer, I have included super quick instructions for that as well.

To get this super tasty florentine onto your table just that much faster!

Vegan Brunch Recipe

When asked to review Kristy Turner’s gorgeous new book, But I Could Never Go Vegan!, I knew immediately this vegan Florentine would be the recipe I made first.

This Florentine is just one of many brilliantly creative and flavorful recipes to be found in Kristy’s new book – I have already tried several and have a list of many more to try soon.

From Chickpea Fries and Portobello Pot Pie to BBQ Bacon Burgers and Buffalo Calzones with Cashew Blue Cheese, Roasted Broccoli and Apple Salad and Avocado White Bean Salad Wraps to Caramel Apple Stuffed French Toast and ButterScotch Bread Pudding – there is something for everyone, something for every craving.

I have also made the Caramel Apple Stuffed French Toast twice. Spectacular.

Fried Avocado

One of the stars in this recipe is the fried avocado. The original recipe has instructions to bake them, and I have since added instructions for the air fryer. Both methods work well, and I love any excuse to use my air fryer – the result is a perfectly light and crisp coating around a creamy slice of avocado.

Yum.

Fried avocado really is the perfect topper to this flavorful dish:

Beautifully photographed, But I Could Never Go Vegan is infused with Kristy’s warm and upbeat personality. She tells us her touching story in the introduction, followed by a detailed guide for easily making the transition to vegan.

She talks kitchen tools, spices and sweeteners, and gives helpful guides to beans and grains.

With “125 Recipes – Zero Excuses” this book proves that you can live without cheese, it’s not all rabbit food, and your friends will still come over for dinner.

This book is perfect for everyone – seasoned vegans and those who just want more delicious plants in their diet. It truly is my current favorite book – dogeared pages and all – it has not left my kitchen counter since I received it!

Mmm, brunch.

Recipe from But I Could Never Go Vegan! : 125 Recipes That Prove You Can Live Without Cheese, It’s Not All Rabbit Food, and Your Friends Will Still Come Over For Dinner, copyright © Kristy Turner, 2014.

Reprinted with permission of the publisher, The Experiment.

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about Kristina:

Kristina is spabettie! She discovered a love of cooking at an early age, and founded spabettie in 2010 to share vegan recipes. As the sole recipe developer and photographer, Kristina turned her culinary training into sharing flavorful and vibrant vegan food! She loves dachshunds, karaoke, drums, and travel.

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