Avocado!?

shaumom

Something else you can use avocado for is desserts, too. Anything with chocolate hides the flavor of the avocado, so people have used it to make healthier versions of chocolate pudding or fudgesicles, too (just google avocado and the name of the food and tons of recipes will pop up). I think there's a south american dessert with it that uses lime juice, avocado, and sugar all mixed together, too.

Upstate_Dunadan

suruda wrote: »

you can make guacamole a million different ways...I usually just smash the avocado with a fork, add lime, salt, pepper, and a little bit of salsa or hot sauce.

This. Put it on chicken or burgers, throw it on top of some lettuce or spinach as part of a salad (in place of dressing), or just eat it plain. It's one of the super foods.

WinoGelato

shaumom wrote: »

Something else you can use avocado for is desserts, too. Anything with chocolate hides the flavor of the avocado, so people have used it to make healthier versions of chocolate pudding or fudgesicles, too (just google avocado and the name of the food and tons of recipes will pop up). I think there's a south american dessert with it that uses lime juice, avocado, and sugar all mixed together, too.

I have heard of this, but I don't really understand, how is that healthier? Avocado is delicious, but it is very calorie dense. So how is adding it to a chocolate dessert, making it "healthier"?

shaumom

Kruggeri wrote: »

I have heard of this, but I don't really understand, how is that healthier? Avocado is delicious, but it is very calorie dense. So how is adding it to a chocolate dessert, making it "healthier"?

Do you know, I don't know that I've ever thought about it too much? I have to eat dairy free and I've seen it mentioned as being healthier, but never sat down to work out the details.

Taking a guess, it might be for the nutrients involved (definitely not a calorie issue) - avocados are high in vitamin C, for example, and the fats in avocado are often thought to be a healthier type of fat, and it's a good source of fiber, too.

KrissyRawrz

I'm so bookmarking this thread for future use lol

ejbronte

I make a kind of avocado mayonnaise by blending avocado, lemon juice and onion and/or garlic. I like it much more than regular mayonnaise, which I never really developed a taste for.