Avocado is an amazing fruit that is famous beneficial properties and rich in vitamins. Thanks to its neutral, but at the same time special taste, avocado is in perfect harmony with any food. Let's talk about what to cook with avocados.


Exotic salad

How to make avocado salad? Nothing could be simpler. During the ripening season of vegetables and fruits, you can make a light salad with vitamins. Shall we try?

Compound:

  • avocado;
  • 2 cucumbers;
  • lime;
  • peanuts;
  • green onion;
  • olive oil;
  • 100 g Feta cheese;
  • salt;
  • ground pepper.

Preparation:


On a note! The composition of avocados is amazing. So, this fruit contains 30% healthy fats, and it is also rich in vitamin complexes.

Wondering what to make with avocados? Simple recipes delicious salads pleasantly surprise with their diversity. Here's another one for you.

Compound:

  • a bunch of arugula;
  • 250 g of Cherry tomatoes;
  • avocado;
  • half a lemon;
  • 3-4 tsp. olive oils;
  • salt;
  • ground pepper.

Advice! Peeled avocado pulp tends to darken quickly. To avoid this, sprinkle it with lemon juice.

Preparation:

  1. Peel the avocado and cut the flesh into small pieces.
  2. Wash and dry the tomatoes. You can also use regular tomatoes, only then you need to chop them.
  3. Squeeze the juice from half a lemon.
  4. Wash the arugula and place it in a salad bowl.
  5. Spread avocado pulp on top of the greens.
  6. Pour lemon juice over the fruit.
  7. Lay out the tomatoes, add olive oil, salt and ground pepper. Ready!

Appetizing appetizer for the holiday table

How to cook avocado with egg? Try frying breaded fruit. This exquisite and unusual appetizer will be a real highlight of the holiday menu.

Compound:

  • 2 avocados;
  • ½ tbsp. breadcrumbs;
  • 2 eggs;
  • 100 ml sour cream (mayonnaise is possible);
  • greenery;
  • lime;
  • blend of spices;
  • salt;
  • olive oil.

Preparation:


On a note! Ripe avocado fruits can be stored in room conditions for no longer than two days, in the refrigerator - no more than a week. But don’t put fruits that are not too ripe in the refrigerator to allow them to ripen.

Unusual oil

Everyone knows that breakfast should not only be tasty, but also filling. Let's look at how to prepare avocado for sandwiches. Let's make butter from the fruit, which perfectly harmonizes the taste with croutons and a simple loaf.

Compound:

  • 1-2 avocados;
  • 130 g softened butter;
  • 1 tsp. lemon juice;
  • ½ tsp. caraway;
  • ¼ tsp. salt;
  • ground pepper.

Preparation:

  1. We need softened butter, so we remove it from the refrigerator in advance.
  2. Wash the avocado and cut it into two parts.
  3. We take out the seed, scrape out the fruit pulp with a tablespoon and place it in a bowl.
  4. Add butter to avocado. Work with a fork and turn the resulting mass into a paste of a homogeneous structure. You can use a blender for this.
  5. While whipping the butter, add lemon juice, salt and ground pepper. Ready!

Baked avocado covered with cheese

Don't know how to cook avocado deliciously? Bake it in the oven with cheese. The whole process will take you no more than twenty minutes, and in the end you will get an incredibly tasty snack.

Compound:

  • avocado;
  • 60-70 g cheese;
  • hot sauce.

Preparation:


Advice! You can use cottage cheese instead of cheese for the filling. Add paprika, salt and ground pepper to it. It will be very tasty!

Preparing Guacamole Sauce

This exotic sauce is usually served with corn chips. In culinary circles they are known as nachos. However, the combination of the sauce with bread, croutons and even baguette is also delicious. And “Guacamole” will harmoniously complement the taste of fish dishes.

Compound:

  • 3 avocados;
  • lime;
  • hot pepper;
  • Bulgarian pepper;
  • cilantro;
  • olive oil;
  • 3-4 cloves of garlic;
  • salt;
  • ground pepper;
  • blend of spices.

On a note! To prepare this sauce, it is important to choose the right fruit. Lightly press the avocado with your finger. If it is not too hard, then you can buy it.

Preparation:

  1. Wash avocado, greens, hot and sweet peppers, and lime.
  2. Cut the avocado and remove the pit.
  3. Using a spoon, scoop out the pulp.
  4. Sprinkle it with lime juice.
  5. Using a blender, grind the avocado pulp to a puree consistency. And if you want some avocado pieces in the sauce, mash it with a fork.
  6. Finely chop the cilantro and garlic cloves with a knife.
  7. Remove the seeds from the peppers and chop them finely.
  8. Grind the cilantro, garlic and peppers with a blender, but only at low speed. No need for puree.
  9. Add salt, ground pepper, spices and olive oil to the avocado puree, add the pepper mass and stir. Ready!

The fruit has a refined, delicate and soft taste that can complement many dishes. Avocado goes great with any food. With it you can prepare not only canapés and sandwiches, but also delicious salads. We offer you to prepare the best avocado dishes.

There are various diet recipes salads We suggest preparing a dish with classic combination– seafood and avocado. Until recently, these products were exotic for us, but today they can be found in any large store.

Ingredients:

  • garlic – 2 cloves;
  • cilantro;
  • frozen seafood – 300 g;
  • salt;
  • avocado – 1 pc.;
  • tomato – 1 pc.;
  • pepper;
  • hard cheese – 55 g;
  • lettuce – 45 g;
  • lemon juice – 1 tbsp. spoon;
  • olive oil– 4 tbsp. spoons.

Preparation:

  1. Finely chop the cilantro. Grind the garlic cloves. Mix. Pour in oil and lemon juice. Mix.
  2. Tear lettuce leaves. Cut the avocado into cubes. Chop the tomato. Grate the cheese. Thaw seafood. Mix the products.
  3. Pour in the prepared dressing and stir.

Avocado Chicken Recipe

This dish can be called royal. It deserves to take center stage on the table. It turns out tender and melts in your mouth. All guests will appreciate it.

Ingredients:

  • smoked chicken breast – 420 g;
  • salt;
  • prunes – 120 g;
  • greens – 20 g;
  • avocado – 1 pc.;
  • mayonnaise;
  • roasted pistachios – 90 g;
  • cucumber – 2 pcs.;
  • chicken egg – 3 pcs.

Preparation:

  1. Pour boiling water over the washed prunes and leave for a quarter of an hour. Drain the liquid, dry and chop into cubes.
  2. Chop eggs, pistachios, cucumbers and chicken. Chop the greens.
  3. Mix the products. Add mayonnaise and add salt. Mix.

Classic Guacamole sauce

You can quickly and deliciously prepare the famous Mexican sauce in your kitchen.

Ingredients:

  • cilantro – 20 g fresh;
  • lemon juice – 3 tbsp. spoons;
  • garlic – 2 cloves;
  • avocado – 5 pcs.;
  • salt – 0.5 teaspoon;
  • onion – 0.5 heads;
  • tomatoes - 1 fruit.

Preparation:

  1. Mix the garlic cloves squeezed out from the garlic cloves with salt. Slice the tomato. Chop the cilantro and chop the onion.
  2. Cut the avocado into two parts. Take out the bone. Remove the pulp and mash. You must add lemon juice immediately, otherwise the pulp will turn brown.
  3. Mix all products. Serve immediately.

Avocado sandwiches

Avocado can be used to prepare various simple recipes. We offer to feed your family a healthy and tasty sandwich.

Ingredients:

  • avocado – 1 pc. ripe fruit;
  • black pepper – 0.4 teaspoon;
  • rye bread – 7 slices;
  • salt – 0.5 teaspoon;
  • lemon juice – 1 teaspoon.

Preparation:

  1. Cut the fruit into two parts. Scoop out the pulp with a spoon and mash with a fork. Sprinkle with lemon juice. Salt and sprinkle with salt.
  2. Spread the mixture onto each slice.

Meat baked with fruit

Pork in the oven always turns out very tasty. Cheese and avocado will help improve it taste qualities and protect the meat from drying out.

Ingredients:

  • pork – 550 g;
  • spices;
  • avocado – 120 g;
  • salt;
  • hard cheese – 35 g.

Preparation:

  1. Cut the meat piece into portions. Cut the peel off the fruit. Remove the pit. Grind the pulp.
  2. Sprinkle the meat with salt and spices. Place on a baking sheet.
  3. Place avocado pulp on the meat pieces and sprinkle with spices. Sprinkle cheese shavings over the fruit and bake in the oven. 180 degree mode. Time is half an hour.

Salad for those who are fasting

Lenten dishes made from avocado are especially tasty and nutritious. Salad will help diversify your diet.

Ingredients:

  • dill – 20 g;
  • avocado – 1 pc.;
  • young garlic - 3 shoots;
  • parsley – 20 g;
  • tomatoes - 3 fruits;
  • olive oil – 1 tbsp. spoon;
  • bell pepper – 1 pc.;
  • soy sauce – 2 tbsp. spoons;
  • olives - jar.

Preparation:

  1. Chop the dill and parsley. Cut the pepper into strips. You will need diced tomatoes.
  2. Cut the avocado into two parts. Remove the pit and cut off the peel. Chop the pulp. Chop the garlic shoots.
  3. Combine prepared products. Add olives. Pour in soy sauce and olive oil. Stir.

Light avocado soup

Avocado is always present in the Mexican diet. Let's follow their example and prepare a delicious, easy soup. If you purchased the fruit in advance, then calculate the time.

Ripe fruits are stored in the refrigerator for no more than a week, and in the room - no more than two days. Unripe fruit cannot be stored in the refrigerator; it will never ripen in the cold.

Ingredients:

  • crackers – 120 g;
  • avocado – 3 pcs.;
  • vegetable oil – 3 tbsp. spoons;
  • heavy cream – 220 ml;
  • spices;
  • chicken broth - 1.5 cups;
  • cucumber - 1 pc.;
  • lemon juice – 5 tbsp. spoons

Preparation:

  1. Peel the avocado and remove the pit. Place the pulp in a blender, pour in the cream and grind. Pour in the broth and whisk.
  2. Coat the pan with oil and pour in the whipped mixture. Stirring constantly, add spices and lemon juice. When the consistency becomes gently creamy, the soup is ready.
  3. Pour into bowls. Garnish with sliced ​​cucumber and croutons.

Snack with cottage cheese

Try making a savory appetizer that will be a good snack between meals. The main disadvantage of the fruit is the rapid darkening of the pulp without skin. To prevent the avocado from changing color, sprinkle it with lemon juice.

Ingredients:

  • red ground hot peppers– 0.3 teaspoon;
  • dried basil – 1 pinch;
  • avocado – 1 pc.;
  • pickled cucumber – 0.5 pcs.;
  • whole grain bread - 4 slices;
  • cottage cheese – 110 g;
  • salt;
  • garlic – 1 clove.

Preparation:

  1. For cooking, you need a soft and overripe avocado. Clear. Remove the seed. Mash the pulp with a fork.
  2. Grind the garlic cloves. Mix with avocado and cottage cheese. Chop with a fork. Add basil and pepper. Mix. Chop the cucumber and mix with the prepared mixture.
  3. Dry the slices in the toaster. Lubricate with the prepared mixture.

Cooking with crab sticks

The salad turns out to be nourishing, tasty and will rightfully take a royal place on the holiday table.

Ingredients:

  • avocado – 1 pc.;
  • pepper;
  • pear – 1 pc.;
  • salt;
  • cucumber – 1 pc.;
  • olive oil – 3 tbsp. spoons;
  • crab sticks – 7 pcs.;
  • garlic – 2 cloves;
  • dill – 35 g;
  • lemon juice – 25 ml;
  • hard cheese – 120 g.

Preparation:

  1. Cut the peeled pear into cubes. You will need the cucumber in half circles. Crab sticks and the cheese must be chopped into cubes. Mix all prepared ingredients.
  2. Now it's time to refuel. Pour lemon juice into the oil. Add pepper and chopped garlic. Add chopped dill. Add salt and mix.
  3. Pour the dressing over the salad and stir.

Avocado, shrimp and cucumber salad

To make the salad tasty, be sure to use a ripe avocado.

Ingredients:

  • raw large shrimp – 220 g;
  • ground black pepper;
  • avocado – 1 large ripe fruit;
  • salt;
  • cucumber – 2 pcs. average;
  • vegetable oil;
  • garlic – 2 cloves;
  • basil – 2 sprigs;
  • lime – 1 pc.

Preparation:

  1. Finely chop the garlic cloves. Remove the leaves from the basil and thinly slice the stem.
  2. Remove the shell from the shrimp. Heat oil in a frying pan, add shrimp, basil and garlic. Add salt and fry for a couple of minutes on high heat. Transfer to a plate and sprinkle with classic pepper.
  3. Peel the cucumbers. Cut into pieces, the thickness of which should be about a centimeter. Grate the lime zest and squeeze out the juice.
  4. Peel the avocado and chop the flesh. Pour over lime juice. Mix avocado with zest, cucumbers and shrimp. Pour in the oil. Salt and sprinkle with pepper. Mix. Garnish with basil leaves.

This is a very tasty product. Having a not particularly bright, more oily taste, avocado as an independent dish is not particularly successful. But if you add it to different dishes, you can get real culinary masterpieces.

What kind of fruit is this?

Not everyone, even lovers and admirers, knows that avocado is actually a fruit! Oddly enough, but this is true. Here, probably, our subconscious and habits programmed from childhood are playing a cruel joke on us - since it’s a fruit, it must be sweet! However, remembering the basics of biology, we understand that the definitions of belonging in science are completely different. A similar surprise is caused by the statement that watermelon is a berry. Well, how can a berry be so big? Maybe. But we are used to watermelon, but not yet to avocado.

Fruit growing on evergreen high tree, has the shape of a pear. Avocado skin is dark green, sometimes closer to black. The ripe pulp is soft, yellow-green in color, the seed is one and large. The taste of avocado is not pronounced, the structure is oily, as it contains a lot of vegetable fats.

So helpful

In addition to being delicious, avocado is also very healthy. The fruit contains a large amount necessary for a person amino acids and healthy fats, thereby lowering cholesterol levels. A large number of Vitamin D in it helps the body absorb required quantity calcium, vitamin E is necessary for the heart, folic acid indicated during pregnancy... This list can be continued for a long time. Avocado is a fruit that is simply a storehouse of vitamins and minerals that help prevent many diseases.

There are practically no contraindications, except that it is undesirable to give it to the youngest children and people with individual intolerance. Abdominal pain is possible only with severe abuse of the product.

Among other things, avocado oil is very useful, which is also used in cosmetology. You can make your own face and even hair mask from avocado at home. The properties of its oils are such that your skin will simply glow, having received all the necessary nutrients.

How to check whether it is ripe or not?

Avocado is a fruit that is undoubtedly tasty, but only when ripe. When unripe, it is tough, hard and completely tasteless, sometimes even with a bitter aftertaste. It should not be eaten alone or added as a minor ingredient in cooking. Moreover, adding unripe avocado even in small quantities can completely ruin the entire dish.

How to determine ripeness? It's actually quite simple: just press down on the peel with your finger. And if a dent has formed, then you have a ripe avocado in your hands. The fruit also makes a knocking sound when shaken - this is the knocking sound of the stone. An unripe fruit does not make such sounds, and its skin is quite hard; pressing with a finger will not lead to any changes in its structure.

But even if you bought an unripe avocado, don't worry. It matures very quickly natural conditions at room temperature, most importantly, do not put the fruit in the refrigerator, otherwise you will wait a very long time for the moment of ripening.

How is it eaten?

They say that anyone who doesn't like avocado simply doesn't know how to cook it. Or choose. Ripe fruit is good on its own. However, not everyone likes it due to its increased oiliness. But add at least one more ingredient, and the taste will be revealed so deeply that it will change your understanding of this product. Prepare avocado with cheese or salmon - this is the simplest, but so good recipe, which has millions of fans around the world. And all you need is to combine two simple products.

What about more complex ideas? What can we say about the rest of the recipes? With avocado simple dishes acquire a truly luxurious taste that sets them apart from the rest. The house turns into a small French restaurant, and an ordinary evening into a romantic dinner. And all this is the merit of a small, modest fruit.

Secrets

Some people do not like to cook with avocados due to the difficult procedure of peeling the fruit. But you just need to know a couple of secrets, and everything will be easy. The avocado must be cut lengthwise, separate the halves (twisting them slightly before doing this) and remove the pit. If the fruit is unripe, this will be almost impossible to do. In this case, it is better to postpone it until it finishes cooking, otherwise there is a high probability of ruining the entire dish. After this, you can carefully pry the skin with a knife and remove it, which is done very easily with normal ripeness, or remove the pulp with a spoon. It all depends on what you are cooking.

It must be remembered that avocados quickly darken when exposed to air. To avoid the unaesthetic appearance of the fruit, you need to sprinkle it with lemon or lime juice.

Avocado dishes

This is a topic for another discussion. There is a huge variety of avocado dishes. The fruit is used to make soups, appetizers, salads and much more. The recipes are varied and interesting; avocado can be combined with quite a large number of foods due to its own not very pronounced taste. Let's look at a few simple but popular recipes avocado dishes.

Cocktail salad with avocado, cucumber and shrimp

Salad with avocado and cucumber, as well as shrimp and red fish, is quite popular, because this fruit perfectly reveals the taste of seafood.

Ingredients:

  • avocado - 1 pc.,
  • lightly salted salmon - 200 g,
  • shrimp - 0.5 kg,
  • quail eggs - 8 pcs.,
  • fresh cucumber - 2 pcs.,
  • bell pepper - 2 pcs.,
  • mayonnaise - 100 g.

Boil shrimp and quail eggs in salted water. Peel the avocado and cut into small pieces, sprinkle with a little lemon. Cut the pepper and cucumber into strips, red fish into small squares or longitudinal strips.

Peel the eggs, cut them in half, and remove the shells from the shrimp. Mix all ingredients, season with mayonnaise, place in serving bowls and garnish with egg halves. If desired, mayonnaise can be replaced with a mixture of olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Salad with avocado and cucumber is ready. Bon appetit!

Guacamole

Guacamole is the most common avocado spread. This Mexican dish has gained very wide popularity around the world. Avocado and tomato guacamole snack has a delicate, creamy, spicy-hot taste.

There are two ways to prepare such a dish - grind everything in a blender until smooth or chop it finely. Which one to choose is your decision, both options are worthy, it all depends on the preferences of the cook.

To prepare this snack you will need:

  • avocado,
  • ripe tomatoes,
  • cilantro,
  • chili pepper or cayenne,
  • salt to taste.

Grind the avocado and add a little lemon juice to it. Chop all other ingredients quite finely, add salt, and mix with avocado. You can grind everything with a blender or mortar. You can adjust the spiciness of the dish yourself, just add a little more or less cayenne hot pepper (or chili pepper).

Cream soup

Oddly enough, avocados make great creamy soups. Moreover, there are simply a huge number of them, and most importantly, they are tasty and healthy, and recipes with avocado are simple.

You can add a variety of ingredients to soups with this fruit, because avocado goes well with many foods. But we suggest considering a basic recipe for avocado soup, based on which you can experiment as you wish, adding your favorite foods.

Necessary:

  • avocado - 2-3 pcs.,
  • broth (can be chicken or lean meat) - 300 ml,
  • cream (in classic French soups there is always only heavy cream, no less than 33%, but to lighten this dish you can use 15%) - 200-250 ml,
  • greens to taste (parsley, cilantro) - 1 small bunch,
  • garlic - 2-3 cloves,
  • salt.

Peel and cut the fruit, sprinkle with lemon, put in a blender. Add garlic, herbs, 1-2 ladles of broth and beat everything very well.

Pour the remaining broth, cream and the resulting mixture into the pan. Bring to a boil and simmer for a maximum of 5 minutes. Salt to taste, you can add black or hot pepper if desired.

This is the basic recipe. And, as you can see, it's ridiculously simple. If desired, you can add shrimp, red fish, green beans, tomatoes, onions, zucchini, carrots, spinach. In general, everything that your imagination can do. And believe me, it will be delicious in any case.

Sushi

Sushi and rolls have long gained popularity and love among us, and avocado is included in almost every 10th recipe. We don’t know about the Japanese (after all, they don’t have “Philadelphia” or “California” rolls), but here this product has become unchanged and one of the most favorite ingredients in rolls.

Haven't you cooked Japanese delicacies yet? Does this seem very difficult? Try it and you will understand that this is not true at all.

First you need to cook the rice. For this you will need:

  • sushi rice (any kind will not work) - 500 g,
  • Mitsukan vinegar - 5 tbsp. l.,
  • combi seaweed strip - 5 cm,
  • sugar - 1.5 tbsp. l.,
  • dry fish broth - 0.5 tsp,
  • salt - 0.5. tsp

Rinse the rice thoroughly several times cold water until it becomes transparent. Fill with water 1.5 fingers above the rice and leave to swell for half an hour.

Add the combi strip to the pan and place over high heat. Just before boiling, remove and discard the combi, reduce the stove temperature to minimum and simmer for 10 minutes. After this, remove from heat and let the rice sit for another 15 minutes.

Important: do not open the lid while cooking rice, otherwise steam will escape, and with it the desired liquid, as a result the rice may burn or become dry.

While the rice is settling, you need to prepare the dressing. Mix vinegar, sugar, salt and fish broth in a small saucepan and heat until all ingredients are dissolved. Bringing to a boil is not recommended.

Pour the dressing over the rice and stir gently, being careful not to mash the grains. Cover with a damp cloth until cool.

Classic avocado rolls

We will need: nori leaves, ready-seasoned rice, avocado. Place half a sheet of nori on a special bamboo mat, wet your hands in cold water, take a small ball of rice and carefully spread it over the surface of the nori, leaving a small indentation on one edge. Place the fruit cut into strips in a row and carefully roll the leaf into a roll using a bamboo napkin. Cut into 6 equal pieces and serve with soy sauce and ginger. For spiciness, you can put a little wasabi in the roll or serve it along with the dish.

In fact, when home cooking sushi doesn’t have to stick to the classic filling ingredients. In addition to fish, caviar, crab, eel, cucumber and omelette, there are many other suitable and delicious products. Give free rein to your imagination and enjoy adding all your favorite things.

Conclusion

A very unusual avocado fruit. Its properties are so beneficial for the body that they are used not only in food. Avocado seed oil is widely used in cosmetology, and you can make a face and hair mask at home yourself. But! Among other things, avocado is also very tasty. Try to prepare the dishes we suggest from it, you will definitely like it.

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I don’t know how some people manage to eat one half of an avocado and stop. I can’t do that because a ripe avocado (yes, it’s a fruit) is so rare and so delicious that how can you not eat the whole thing?! But I think many people simply don’t know what to do with it and how to eat avocados. I had problems with this too. The only thing I could think of was guacamole or pouring lime juice over the avocado. Then I came up with avocado with bacon and egg. There are a lot more ideas in the book and some of them stuck with me, so I’m sharing information from the book with you.

So, pick up a ripe avocado, get inspired and eat it with….

20 ideas on how to eat avocado and what to use with it

  1. WITH lime and garlic Avocado fades into the background, but provides its unique buttery-vegetable texture and fat content, refreshing any dish.
  2. Avocado and pineapple go well together in a sandwich with fatty fish
  3. Avocado and bacon They are also friends, but it is better to supplement them with fresh herbs and spinach. It seems to me that avocado is like bacon among plant foods in terms of fat content.
  4. If you are a vegetarian, then the combination avocado with blue cheese will replace you with a cool couple, avocado and bacon. Add only lemon juice to them.
  5. In Mexico, avocados are sprinkled with sugar or rum to create a simple dessert.
  6. Avocado and grapefruit a wonderful refreshing combination, ideal for salad with shrimp and/or crab
  7. Fatty fish and avocado go well in sushi because the oily texture of avocado actually resembles fatty fish.
  8. Avocado and strawberries? Why not? You can make avocado sauce from mashed strawberries with olive oil, salt and pepper. Add almond flakes and enjoy life.
  9. In general, let me remind you that avocado is a fruit, that is, it can be mashed into puree, mixed with milk and even with cocoa. And wash it down with coffee.
  10. Avocado and lime inseparable. Make guacamole with lime
  11. Avocado and mango are also compatible. You can use them to make a salad-salsa sauce for seafood.
  12. They say that avocado with nutmeg– a good aphrodisiac for men. Reason: Avocado contains vitamin B6, which supposedly stimulates testosterone production, and nutmeg kickstarts this process
  13. In the cold avocado and cucumber soup don't forget to add lemon juice.
  14. To make salad dressing, mash avocado, 4 tbsp. l. yogurt, 1 tbsp. l. olive oil, a handful of mint leaves and a pinch of salt. Yes Yes, with mint Avocados also have no conflicts.
  15. Among the cheeses, the classic partner for avocado is mozzarella.
  16. Avocado goes well with any shellfish, and shellfish goes with avocado, because the pit leaves such a convenient indentation. For 200 g of peeled shrimp you need to mix 4-5 tbsp. l. homemade mayonnaise, add a few drops of Tabasco, 1 tbsp. l. tomato ketchup, a little lemon juice and 1 tsp. cognac
  17. Mix with dill oily Haas avocado pulp, add a little wine sauce vinaigrette and spread this mixture on crayfish and tuna, or use it in chicken sandwiches.
  18. Add some smoky flavor to the chicken. Toss in some toasted pine nuts, some aromatic leaves, sprinkle something spicy...and serve with avocado.
  19. Avocados also contain anise, so experiments with these products are also possible. For example, with hazelnuts.
  20. You can combine avocado with almond milk in various smoothies. Raspberries will also work.

My guacamole recipe

A relative who lives in sunny California taught me how to make guacamole, and I often remember his kind words for this recipe. It's simple, but gives amazingly tasty results.

  • Place the peeled avocado into the blender bowl. You can have two if they are small.
  • 1 medium tomato or handful of cherry tomatoes
  • Garlic, salt, lemon juice, or better yet lime juice
  • Add olive oil generously
  • We press start. The gruel turns out incredibly tasty and aromatic. And satisfying. And keto-friendly. In general, I recommend it.
  • And you can easily spread it on which I also have. Click on the blue link!

Where to buy good avocados in Moscow

Often good Haas avocados are available at Taste Villas. But I like to buy avocados from Food City. You can even find giant avocados from the Dominican Republic there. There are good fruits from Israel and Peru. Although the ones that arrive from Peru are often not very ripe. I put them in a paper bag for a couple of days and a dark closet. They ripen in a couple of days and become ripe. Checking ripeness is very simple: press on the nose of the avocado. If it's soft, it's ripe.

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Do you like avocados? What do you like to combine it with?

Avocado is very useful product. It burns fat and rejuvenates the body, protecting our cells from aging, and has a positive effect on work digestive system, heart, liver, and also prevents the formation of cholesterol. In a word, avocado has no equal. We offer you recipes with which you can prepare healthy and original dietary dishes from avocado for every taste.

Avocado salad

Ingredients:

  • avocado – 1 pc.
  • cucumber – 1 pc.
  • canned tuna (red fish or seafood)
  • lime (or lemon) juice
  • olive oil – 1.5 tsp.
  • allspice
  • green onions

How to cook?

  1. Wash the avocado, cut in half, remove the pit. Scoop out the pulp with a spoon and finely chop it along with the cucumber.
  2. Mix all ingredients in a bowl, adding tuna, lime juice, olive oil and spices.
  3. Fill the avocado halves with the filling and garnish with finely chopped greens. Lightweight and healthy salad, like all dietary avocado dishes, is ready to eat.

Avocado diet dishes: guacamole

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Ingredients:

  • avocado (ripe) – 3 pcs.
  • tomatoes – 2 pcs.
  • lime – 1 pc.
  • onion – 1 pc.
  • garlic – 1 tooth.
  • salt – 1 tsp.
  • cayenne pepper - a pinch
  • cilantro

How to cook?

  1. Wash the avocado, cut in half, peel, remove the pit and place in a deep bowl.
  2. Squeeze the juice from the lime and pour it over the avocado. Then add salt here and mix everything well.
  3. Chop the onion, cilantro, tomatoes, garlic clove and add all these ingredients to the avocado pulp along with the cayenne pepper. Mix everything carefully again and serve the dish with diet homemade chips.

Avocado smoothie

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Ingredients:

  • avocado – ½ pc.
  • banana – ½ pc.
  • honey – 1 tsp.
  • chia seeds– 1 tbsp. l.
  • water (coconut water) – 1 tbsp.

How to cook?

  1. Peel the avocado and chop a little.
  2. Combine banana, avocado, honey, chia seeds and water in a blender. Beat all ingredients well until smooth.
  3. Pour the avocado and banana smoothie into a glass and feel free to taste the vitamin drink.

Avocado cream

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Ingredients:

  • avocado – 4 pcs.
  • lemon (large) – 1 pc.
  • natural yogurt – 300 ml
  • basil – 4 branches
  • pine nuts (raw and shelled) – 4 tbsp. l.
  • cedar oil – 2 tbsp. l.
  • spices

How to cook?

  1. Wash the lemon, cut in half, remove the zest from one half using a grater or a special knife. Then chop it, and squeeze the juice from the lemon along with the pulp.
  2. Cut the avocado into 4 parts, peel each of them, removing the pit, and place in a bowl with lemon juice. Shake it lightly to coat the avocado with the citrus juice and set aside.
  3. Chop the basil, leaving 4 large sheets for decorating the cream.
  4. Beat avocado with lemon juice and pulp, chopped basil, half the zest, oil and natural yogurt in a blender. Then pour the cream into a glass container, add salt and pepper, adding the remaining zest, and refrigerate for 2 hours.
  5. Toast the pine nuts in a dry frying pan for 2-3 minutes. Remove any remaining moisture from the reserved basil with a dry paper towel and cut it into thin strips.
  6. Divide the cream into glasses, garnishing with toasted nuts and basil.

By the way, dietary avocado dishes go well with chopped walnuts and fresh herbs.

Avocado sauce

Ingredients:

  • avocado (ripe) – 1 pc.
  • parsley – 40 g
  • lemon juice – 1 tbsp. l.
  • olive oil – 1 tsp.
  • garlic – 1 tooth.
  • basil (dried) – 1/3 tsp.
  • pepper

How to cook?

  1. Wash the avocado, peel and chop a little.
  2. Combine avocado, chopped fresh parsley, garlic, lemon juice, olive oil, basil and spices in a blender. Beat all ingredients until smooth.

Serve the finished green avocado sauce immediately.

Avocado and cottage cheese snack

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Ingredients:

  • avocado – 1 pc.
  • cottage cheese (low-calorie) – 250-300 g
  • lemon zest – 1 tsp.
  • lettuce - 8 leaves
  • dill
  • spices

How to cook?

  1. Wash the avocado, peel, cut in half, remove the pit and finely chop the pulp.
  2. Wash the dill, chop it, remove excess moisture with a dry paper towel.
  3. Combine avocado with cottage cheese, dill and lemon zest, then stir gently.
  4. Wash and dry the lettuce leaves. Place a little avocado with cottage cheese on each leaf and form small “buds”. Serve the appetizer, like all dietary avocado dishes, immediately after preparation, adding a little greenery.

Avocado burger

Ingredients:

  • avocado – 1 pc.
  • egg – 1 pc.
  • chicken fillet – 150 g
  • onion – 1 pc.
  • spices
  • sesame

How to cook?

  1. Cut the chicken fillet into cubes along with the onion, then grind in a blender, adding spices.
  2. From the resulting minced meat, form the correct chicken cutlets and fry them in a dry frying pan on both sides, covering with a lid.
  3. Wash the avocado, cut in half, peel and remove the pulp.
  4. Cook a chicken egg in a frying pan without using oil.
  5. Place half of the avocado on a plate, place the cutlet, fried egg in it and cover with the other half of the avocado.
  6. Decorate at the end healthy dish sesame seeds and serve.

Dietary sweets “Avocado truffles”

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Ingredients:

  • avocado – 1 pc.
  • banana – ½ pc.
  • soft prunes (or dates) – 30-50 g
  • cocoa powder (or carob) – 4 tbsp. l.
  • vegetable lecithin powder – ½ tsp.
  • stevia (honey, agave syrup)
  • coconut flakes (pumpkin seed flour, cocoa nibs, ground nuts)

How to cook?

  1. Wash the avocado, remove the pit and grind in a blender to puree along with dried fruits, banana, lecithin, stevia and set aside.
  2. Then gradually stir cocoa powder into this mixture. You should get a thick consistency. Make small balls from it, rolling them in sprinkles.
  3. Place the prepared diet candies in the refrigerator or freezer to cool down and you can taste them.

Avocado toast

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Ingredients:

  • avocado – 1 pc.
  • whole wheat bread
  • lemon juice
  • olive oil
  • cheese (any diet)
  • cilantro
  • pesto sauce (proper sauce)

How to cook?

  1. Wash the avocado, peel, remove the pit and mash with a fork (or in a blender) until smooth. Add lemon juice, olive oil to it and mix well.
  2. Spread creamy avocado dressing on whole grain bread.
  3. Top the toast with tomato slices, chopped cilantro and cheese.
  4. Drizzle pesto over avocado toast before serving.

Prepare healthy avocado dishes every day to stay healthy and young!

Love yourself and what you eat!

Prepared by Tatiana Krysyuk