How do you eat avocado?

**staresm** · 03-30-2009 09:55 AM

In our house we love avocados. I thought it might be a good idea to see what are some of your favourite ways to have them. I like them in a salad, which although it has a few carbs (the tomatoes and onion), we generally don't add a lot of those and have 2 or 3 servings from each salad.

1 avocado diced
6 small tomatoes (cherry, grape etc.) cut in half
feta cheese to taste
1slice red onion, chopped
sliced black olives
black pepper, olive oil and balsamic vinegar to taste

Combine first 5 ingredients and dress with the last 3. Serve on a bed of spinach, lettuce or whatever greens you prefer.

**hdyhouse** · 03-30-2009 10:42 AM

I like to slice them and intersperse them with shrimp in a shrimp cocktail and then dip them in what I call my California Style Chipolte Cocktail Sauce to eat.

**Maggie** · 03-30-2009 06:36 PM

One of my favorite ways to eat avocados is to take a half, sprinkle with salt & pepper and drip some fresh lemon or lime juice over it. ... or put some salsa in the crater left from the pit. Then just eat it out of the skin with a spoon.

Also, I love to add chunks or slices (depending on the mode I'm in) to a salad.

**gregg** · 03-30-2009 09:54 PM

Yumm! I like them in salads too. Lettuce, tomato, diced avacado and stir fried chicken breasts and Marie's bleu cheese dressing! Wow awesome!

**lavender gal** · 04-02-2009 09:50 AM

I love them in salads, too, or just sliced up and put a little salt on them. I've also cut them into little cubes and fork it up with whatever I'm eating - roasted vegetables, chicken, etc. The creaminess of the avocado mixed with whatever else is really good. Did that make sense?

**gregg** · 04-28-2009 08:50 PM

While we're on the subject of avacados, I've noticed that quite often when I cut one open, there is a bruising type discoloration. Sometimes it's around the pit, or more often around the parimeter. I'm assuming this just a natural thing. I try to scrape off most of it, but I assume there isn't anything unhealthy with eating this. Am I right? Do you notice this too? What do you do?

**Rob** · 05-01-2009 10:10 AM

I've noticed that too Gregg. I always just cut out the dark spots and eat the rest also. I think the dark spots are due to bruising but I don't know for sure. All I know for sure is I'm wanting to buy some avocados today!

**Maggie** · 05-02-2009 06:47 AM

Yeah, the dark spots are oxidation from bruising. There's some general information here.

My own experience is that when I get a hard avocado with no visible dents on it, and ripen it at home (I just leave it on the counter and check very gently each day) I'm likely to have less bruising once it comes to ripe.

If I do have one with dark spots, I just cut them out or eat around them.

**HerBoudoir** · 05-03-2009 10:29 PM

I make a spicy chicken soup with sliced leftover grilled chicken, chicken broth, chopped veggies, some canned diced tomatoes, jalapeno, garlic & cilantro (sort of a chicken tortilla soup without the tortilla). Chunks of fresh avocado are fantastic in this - cool and creamy relief to the hot & spicy soup.

Alternatively, sliced and served inside homemade fajitas (iceberg lettuce leaves instead of tortillas)...in salads....etc.

:-)

**barb keith** · 09-07-2009 05:11 PM

I like mine any way, shape or form.........except with cilantro! I HATE cilantro. So I usually end up making my own guacamole. But since Snyder's Soy Crisps have disappeared from my grocery shelves, I don't make it much anymore........not chips to eat it with.

But I like them with anything. I like them like Maggie, with a sprinkle of salt and lime juice and eaten right out of the shell. I slice 'em and put 'em on salads. I slice 'em and put 'em on BLT's with LC bread. I could eat them every day of the week. And DH doesn't like them, so MORE for ME! HA!

**Sandi** · 09-07-2009 06:25 PM

I like to wrap turkey slices around them and dip in ranch
But I can eat it any way it is made.

**barb keith** · 09-12-2009 04:54 PM

I like to wrap turkey slices around them and dip in ranch

MMMmmmm, what a GREAT idea! I might use ham too! YUM!!!!!

I also like them with alfalfa sprouts. I need to get some fresh seeds and sprout them. I have a sprouter jar. I could see doing a slice of avocado, add the sprouts and wrap it with deli meat. YUMMMMMMMMMMO!

**toota** · 10-26-2009 05:56 PM

thankxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx everybody

**LynSchwartz** · 12-08-2009 11:48 AM

Mmmm, avocados are a slice of heaven. I just enjoy them the simplest way - at perfectl ripeness eaten out of the half shell with a spoon and with a good sprinkling of celtic salt. Also, my nearly every night salad dressing consists of a combination of avocado oil, fresh lemon juice, celtic salt, and freshly ground pepper. Really brings out the tase of that spinach salad. (Keep the avocado oil in the fridge so it doesn't go rancid.)

**sunshine822** · 02-24-2010 01:47 PM

I love avocados!!! Everyone should try avocados with splenda. Really delicious

I grew up eating avocados with sugar and a little milk or cream, similar to a clumpy shake. Since I'm on atkins, I have to minus the milk and cream and add splenda instead. You should really try it if you like to change it up a little.

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