Avocado seems to be everywhere these days, from the corner markets to the menus of five star restaurants. Since I started eating the fruit two years ago, I have started ordering salads with avocado all the time. Some NYC hotspots even serve them plain; you just use a spoon to eat them out straight out of their skins!
At home, one of my favorite dishes to make is a caprese salad with avocado – tomato, basil, and fresh buffalo mozzarella all go together perfectly. Besides my preferred ways of eating avocados, they can also be used in a variety of dishes, such as:
Grilled Steak with Avocado Sauce
Eggs in Avocado Slices for Breakfast
Chickpea Salad Stuffed Avocados
Chilled Avocado and Yogurt Soup with Melon
Stacked Crab and Avocado Salad
Portobello Mushrooms with Kale Pesto Guacamole
The only real downside? They are 234-240 calories per cup and 77% of that is fat. Yes, good fat, but still fat… Definitely not a diet food. That said, I would like to try each and every one of these dishes. Please and thank you.
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Cranberry-Pomegranate Sauce
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Kelsie Galis says
That last one looks amazing!! I’m going to try and make it this weekend! YUM!
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Ash - The Nashvillian says
OMG! I WISH I had spread avocado over my steak this weekend! That looks delicious. And that avocado pesto…yes, please!
-Ash
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Amy Breckenridge says
i love avocado – currently eating some in my caprese wrap right now! but avocado pops, i’ve never thought of those!
Sharon says
Avocado is so yummy! I have to try it in caprese salad…that sounds really good!
-Sharon
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Krysten @ Why Girls Are Weird says
Mmm those popsicles look yummy!
Benedetta says
Mmm yummy!!!!
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Brittany Ruth says
I love avocado. I’ll eat them plain sometimes with a bit of salt.