5 Ways To Add Avocado To Every Meal

Excessive avocado consumption is a truly excellent vice. High fives to you, fellow addicts.

I know one of my issues when it comes to avocado over-eating is that it's so hard to store a half-eaten one and have it not look gnarly the next day. So I usually end up devouring the whole darn thing. One of the best methods I've found is to lay the avocado cut-side down in a shallow bowl filled with ½ an inch of water. This keeps the avocado looking as green and delicious and edible as can be.

But if devouring the whole avocado is exactly what you had in mind, I have some ideas for you and recipes to go with them. Labor Day is as good a time as any to get your avocado on. Try one of the ideas below as part of your BBQ spread, or keep them in your back pocket for back to school season.

--Phoebe Lapine of Feed Me Phoebe

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Comments

[HoustonGal]

05:29 PM on 09/05/2012

Recipes look delicious but, alas, I must admire them from afar I love avocados but they do not love me. I used to think this was imagined on my part but at one family dinner several of us declined the avocado. It makes all of us double over in stomach cramps that last for hours. I can't even have it on the same plate and scrape it off. Ever tried to convince a waiter in a Mexican restaurant not to bring you any guacamole? They all think we are nuts so I try to look for the one or two dishes without guacamole.

I know everyone here is probably a huge avocado fan, but is there a nutrional equivalent I can put in everything? Hummus anyone?

[arc91681]

01:53 PM on 09/04/2012

My 2 year old loves avocado. Cut up into chunks, it makes a great finger food for toddlers.

[elmacar]

03:14 PM on 09/02/2012

I live in Pennsylvania. I have purchased quite a few avacados that have ended up uneaten in the compost heap. This is a waste of money and if I take them back for a refund is is a waste of gas. Why are so many of them covered in bruises under the skin or down right rotten? I have gotten the hang of picking ones that are in good condition but I continue to occasionally get cheated by bad ones. This is just part of a larger problem in supermarkets where people who live in the temperate zone frequently find themselves paying large sums of money for very poor quality fruits and veggies at certain times of year. It is much easier for food reporters to write cheery articles about eating fruits and veggies than it is for people like me who live in northern cities to find fruits and veggies that are palatable.

[Phoebe Lapine]

12:14 PM on 09/04/2012

try going for the ones that are dark in color but not mushy to the touch. I actually find buying them un-ripe and letting them ripen at home is the best method for making sure your av is bruise-free. People at the markets can get a little "handsy" when trying to choose an avocado, and that adds to bruising.

[jgamble28]

02:40 PM on 09/02/2012

I absolutly love avocados but there usally pretty pricey. So I don't buy them very often.

[fpwillson]

02:36 PM on 09/02/2012

Phoebe, Phoebe, Phoebe.

Never eat anything green except pistachio ice cream, (some versions) of key lime pie and green Jello.

All the 'good' veggies are made by companies like the Mars Candy Company, Hershey's and Reese's.

[w69b]

03:42 PM on 09/02/2012

Thank you for the good laugh!!!!

[Phoebe Lapine]

12:15 PM on 09/04/2012

my 5-year-old self applauds!

[lthrnck68]

01:06 PM on 09/02/2012

My mom used to have avacadoes all the time. She preferred the large green ones, but would also eat the smaller wrinkly ones. Another use is as a sandwich spread. Add spicy brown mustard or something else and smear it on whatever kind of sandwich you are making.

[bdgrizcp]

12:56 PM on 09/02/2012

So there still are people who think avocados are food? Only kidding. It is an acquired taste for a lot of us.

[natal plum]

10:06 AM on 09/02/2012

Every year and a half I buy a bag of avocados at the grocery store, forgetting why it had been so long since I had eaten them. Reminded of that yesterday when I stopped in at Giant Foods and saw large avocados about the size of a football on sale (slight exaggeration perhaps). Reminded myself why I don't eat them.

Highly caloric. Tasteless, mudlike goo that simply adds unnecessary calories to just about anything. Guacamole dip is great, but the amount of effort and ingredients necessary to make the avocado taste palatable? Might as well use spackling compound instead of avocado and save on the calories. Put a little green food coloring in the spackling compound and if you are concerned about the missing vitamins? Take a vitamin.

[ICanoeCanEwe]

10:37 AM on 09/02/2012

Sounds like you are eating them when they are not ripe.
They should give a little when squeezed.
A squeeze of fresh lime juice & a dash of sea salt.
Yum, nothing better.

[fpwillson]

02:40 PM on 09/02/2012

Ahhh, Plum. You strike again. That was priceless. It reminded me why I fanned you all those months ago.

Please keep writing. You are the one in a 100 worth reading. (I'm in the 99) lol

[natal plum]

03:33 PM on 09/02/2012

Hey, thanks for the compliment. Not too many people understand my alternative thought process and, frankly, most people DON'T like me. You are one of the chosen.

[DollyDrake BYN]

09:23 AM on 09/02/2012

I love to fill 1/2 of an avocado with salad shrimp and drizzle it with a good italian dressing. YUMMY!

[Phoebe Lapine]

12:12 PM on 09/04/2012

sounds delicious - must make #6 "use it as a bowl"!

[ginadeoliveira2008]

08:33 PM on 08/31/2012

Avocados are delicious but too heavy( too much oil). The only way I can't resist them is smashed with sugar, not salt.

[jenkait]

04:38 PM on 08/30/2012

When my friend from Germany came to visit a few years ago, she surprised me by mashing half an avocado on two pieces of whole-wheat toast in the morning. Avocado just didn't seem like "breakfast food" to me! However, it's now one of my favorite things.

Anyway, nice to see this possibility mentioned in an article, too.

[Phoebe Lapine]

12:08 PM on 09/04/2012

That is one of my favorite breakfasts too!! You actually see it on menus occasionally, which makes me laugh. It's one of those at-home lazy morning meals in my opinion! Thanks for reading!