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What do I do with an avacado?

qualitygal — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 12:23:44 GMT

I'd like to eat with wasa bread and laughing cow cheese. How much should I have of the avacado with it? Do you mix avacado with some spice or ???

Thanks.

Re: What do I do with an avacado?

DecorDiva — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 12:27:05 GMT

@qualitygal- becaue they are calorie dense, I just eat half. I slice them on my salad, or put them on a sandwich. I have made a salad dressing with them, but not in a while.

Re: What do I do with an avacado?

house_cat — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 12:50:30 GMT

Spread some hummus on a tortilla, add fresh spinach, sliced hard boiled egg and sliced avocado. Roll it into a wrap.

Yum.

Re: What do I do with an avacado?

candys mine — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 12:30:47 GMT

I'm sure you can. I love it so much I just slice it up and eat it. Then again, I do that with most foods. The farthest I've gone is to spread it on bread in a sandwich in place of mayo. Yummy! Hope you get lots of Ideas!

Re: What do I do with an avacado?

Deree — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 12:39:15 GMT

For guacamole I mash the avocado then add small amount of olive oil, lemon juice, salt and chopped onion. I also like to make egg salad with mashed avocado instead of using mayonnaise but remember avocado has a lot of calories and the health benefits won't mean diddly squat if you eat too much of it

Re: What do I do with an avacado?

I am still oxox — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 12:51:38 GMT

I eat avocado it is a high fat food I eat it but sparingly it is considered a high point food on WW

Re: What do I do with an avacado?

bonnielu — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 13:00:08 GMT

I slice my avocados and put them in a salad. I buy a bag of them from Costco. They seem to get ripe slowly or the two of us would not be able to handle such a "big bag."

Re: What do I do with an avacado?

beckyb1012 — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 13:10:21 GMT

In my world avocados are mean't for one thing only Guacamole. Love it even if not eating Mexican or TexMex food.

Re: What do I do with an avacado?

yellowrose — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 14:33:29 GMT

I make a avacado/jalapeno salad dressing, not just for salad but I've put it on

grilled chicken and beef. I put avacado in any type of salad

I make. I sometimes slice them up and sprinkle with turmeric & pepper and eat

as a side dish. A couple days ago I made some chicken enchiladas, topped with

diced avacado before serving. I put them on tacos, fajitas, nachos. I've added mash

avadado to devil egg mixture.

A couple of Tex-Mex restaurants we visit serve a avacado salsa that is to die for.

I've been searching for a copycat recipe of it.

Oh, and smoothies. When I have an avacado that is very ripe, I'll add it to a

smoothie.

I guess you could even batter and deep fry - Texans will deep fry anything,

but not something I'm interested in trying.

But talking about this makes me think about zucchini pancakes that I love -

wonder how mashed avacado added to the batter would work?? Will have to

try that out.

edit for SOUPS...cut in small chunks and add to soups. I especially like them with tortilla soup and tomato soup. I'll be quiet now.

Re: What do I do with an avacado?

wagirl — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 16:26:11 GMT

delicious mashed on toast with an egg over top. I put them in my smoothies and if I can't use them before they get too ripe or even if they are too ripe, I freeze them for my smoothies. they can go into brownies altho i haven't tried that and also to make a choc moussse--haven't tried that either.I eat prob 1/8 of one at a time. I even chunked them up and mixed them into a chicken burger that was so yummy. In any sandwich or on top of chili or tortilla soup too. In any salads or meal bowls--I use them all the time and very often.

Re: What do I do with an avacado?

Coquille — Thu, 06 Sep 2018 00:20:42 GMT

@qualitygal. I use avocado instead of mayo. I love mixing an avocado with red onion, tomatoes, small white beans, basil and a touch of balsamic vinegar. I have also used it on my hair as an overnight conditioner when I ran out of coconut oil. Enjoy!

I just remembered, when I had guests over, I would serve each guest, 1/2 of an avocado stuffed with a seafood salad and squeeze a little lemon juice over it. Yummy!

Re: What do I do with an avacado?

Alison Wonderland — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 17:17:43 GMT

I love avocados. I eat them plain or add a light sprinkle of salt. They're great alone or in sandwiches. I love an omelette with avocado and some cheese, like a white cheddar, Swiss, or cream cheese. They're also fantastic in salads, especially with spinach, strawberries, and some feta cheese. If you have a few, guacamole is a fantastic option.

Re: What do I do with an avacado?

Nightowlz — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 17:40:19 GMT

I have never ate an avocado. I have no idea what it tastes like.

When I was a teenager working at Hacienda Hernandez I would buy guacamole for my mom. She loved it.

Re: What do I do with an avacado?

Desertdi — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 17:55:54 GMT

Avocados are high in FAT (mono, tho) and CALORIES........so don't get carried away..........

Re: What do I do with an avacado?

DiAnne — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 23:47:02 GMT

I grew up eating avocados off the trees in my neighborhood.

Put slices on toast add s/p. That is often my breakfast.

Add to salads, especially good with fresh oranges.

Cut in half and put tuna salad where the seed was.

Mash a couple roughly - add some chopped tomato, jalapeno and minced garlic, Squeeze fresh lime juice over the top and stir. Guacamole!

Add to a BLT which makes it a BLAT.

Make a composed salad of sliced tomatoes and sliced avocado drizzled with good balsamic vinegar.

Re: What do I do with an avacado?

qualitygal — Thu, 06 Sep 2018 12:27:46 GMT

Thanks to all. I did Wasa bread (2 slices). There's a chicken bacon that is in 2 packages and I had 2 slices of those. (Recommended by a WW member). I put some of the avacado on them and a wedge of cow cheese on top of that. Really tasted good for lunch. Lasted me about as long as my usual salad. So it is good. I figured 6 pts.

Re: What do I do with an avacado?

SeaMaiden — Tue, 11 Sep 2018 21:21:57 GMT

@qualitygal I eat a small avocado or 1/2 of a large one every day and I enjoy it with a high fiber cracker like you. I mix hot salsa in the mashed avocado...add extra onion and garlic powder. I also add powdered morangia leaf to it which is just a very nutritional dense green herb. It blends in good with the avocado. Here is a summery on the benefit of the plant

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/319916.php

Re: What do I do with an avacado?

Tigriss — Tue, 11 Sep 2018 23:20:26 GMT

Just about anything you want. I like mine with some salt and a fork. I too add it for the awesome benefits and put the pit in my smoothies for a full days worth of soluble fiber. You can't tell it is in there with a Vitamix. I got the idea from a Vitamix demo at Costco on YouTube. Avocados are awesome! Wish I had a tree in my yard.

Re: What do I do with an avacado?

software — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 23:58:28 GMT

@wagirl wrote:
delicious mashed on toast with an egg over top. I put them in my smoothies and if I can't use them before they get too ripe or even if they are too ripe, I freeze them for my smoothies. they can go into brownies altho i haven't tried that and also to make a choc moussse--haven't tried that either.I eat prob 1/8 of one at a time. I even chunked them up and mixed them into a chicken burger that was so yummy. In any sandwich or on top of chili or tortilla soup too. In any salads or meal bowls--I use them all the time and very often.

I'd like to try avocado in bread, like a sub for bananas in banana bread but avocado is not sweet like a banana. or maybe use a recipe for zucchini bread but use avocado instead, what do you think?

Re: What do I do with an avacado?

ALRATIBA — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 00:11:00 GMT

One of my favorites is a "vegetable sandwich."

Spread hummus on some crusty bread. Add some slices of avocado, cucumber, tomato and spinach leaves. Salt and pepper optional.