Is avocado worth the calories ?

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  • melodyg
    melodyg Posts: 1,423 Member
    I love avocado! I can't believe I spent years refusing to touch it. I mostly eat it made into guacamole (mashed with some garlic, lemon juice and salt.... my husband adds in some sour cream as well which makes it really yummy) or diced into a black bean/corn/Rotel salad that I make. I think it is definitely worth the calories and fat because it is the good kind of fat.

    As for saving... I have heard that if you put plastic wrap directly on the surface of the avocado that it will not turn brown. I haven't tried that though. I've also heard what others have mentioned about leaving the pit in or sprinkling on lemon juice.
  • HealthyChanges2010
    HealthyChanges2010 Posts: 5,831 Member
    bump
  • XFitMojoMom
    XFitMojoMom Posts: 3,255 Member
    Re saving avocado - after googling, a ton of articles came up - most suggesting leaving the pit in, spray lemon or lime juice on the fruit (or granulated ascorbic acid) covering the whole fruit with cling wrap.

    So I left the pit in, just covered with saranwrap and this morning, it's still looking good.
  • pettmybunny
    pettmybunny Posts: 1,986 Member
    I leave the skin on my avocado, slice it in half. Twist, and one half will come free, leaving the other half with the pit still intact. I then peel and use the half that doesn't have skin (if you're only using a quarter, I would tuck the other quarter in to the pit maybe?). I just throw the half with the pit in a ziploc baggie and put it in the fridge. It keeps for a couple of days that way. If the open edge turns brown, just cut away a tiny bit, and it's perfectly fine and green underneath.

    I was having a hard time with the database, because my 1/4 of a medium fruit and your 1/4 of a medium fruit might be different. So I researched way back when, and found a calorie count for avocados by the ounce. 50 calories by ounce, 5 g fat, 1 g protein. I put it in the database under fresh vegetable (yeah yeah yeah, I know it's a fruit, I'm a dummy)-- Avocado, raw by the ounce (1/5 of a medium fruit). What I find usually is that a half an avocado is usually under 2 ounces. We must get small avocados here:laugh: But I feel better knowing the exact amount I'm getting.
  • SquidInTraining
    SquidInTraining Posts: 196
    Yes on avocados! They're good for you - they're loaded with vitamins.

    I put them on just about anything, but my most recent application was this sandwich -

    2 pieces of grilled, thin sliced sourdough, 1 oz. of herbed soft goat cheese, about an oz of diced, roasted red peppers, portabella mushroom, some fresh spinach, and finished with a sliced 1/2 of an avocado. I put the portabella on the grill with a tiny bit of olive oil, and then finish it on the flat top. If you don't work in a commercial kitchen, a saute' pan on the stove top would suffice. :)
  • StaySee0828
    StaySee0828 Posts: 10 Member
    YES, so worth it! To me anyway!!! I love, love, LOVE avocados!!!! I did weight watchers a long time ago--before I just started plain ol' countin calories--and whenever I ate a fruit or vegetable (even if it was an avocado!) I would not even count it! I mean, I didn't get fat on fruits and vegetables!! And even without counting fruits or vegetables I still lost 24 lbs...now...mind you...I was a lot younger then...probably 21 or 22, but still--to this day, if I go over my calorie content for the day b/c I ate a whole avocado (which I USUALLY do in one sitting--and not because I can't keep it from going bad--more because I can't keep myself from finishing it!), I don't stress about it too much...it is sooooo good for you and has so many health benefits, I figure I could pick a lot worse food for 250+ calories! Now, when I AM good and only eat a portion of it, I have found that if you cut it in half and leave the skin on it and the pit in the half you save, then sprinkle it with lemon or lime juice (or that fresh fruit powder stuff) and put seran wrap (or even press n seal--that works best) real tight, closely on it (to keep the most air out as possible!) and then put it in a ziplock bag--it holds up a couple days--but I've never let it sit in my fridge for more than two days without eating the other half so I honestly can't say if it lasts longer than 2 days that way! And when it does form some greyish/dark spots, I just slice them off and its bright green still underneath! I've even actually eaten the dark-ish spots before and they taste no different--I hope its not bad for you that way, but I guess I always kinda figured its just like if you leave an apple out and it turns brownish--its not bad, it just changes color....(right?!)

    ok...off to go dream up some avocado recipes! LOL!
  • KimmyBee
    KimmyBee Posts: 158 Member
    recently discovered this avocado recipe and I LOVE it, so i thought Id share. plus its so simple, not the healthiest of dishes with the bacon and all, but its my treat when I have it.

    (serves 2, or 1 if youre hungry and have spare calories hehe)
    Ingredients
    1 avocado
    2 slices bread
    juice of 1/2 lime
    pinch dried chilli flakes
    4 slices of bacon, all visible fat removed.
    1 tomato (optional) I usually have it without, because i think its nicer


    Set to grilling your bacon, while thats doing you should halve, skin and mash up the avocado flesh, add the lime juice and chilli flakes and stir in well.

    when the bacon is nearly done, toast your bread and thinly slice your tomato, if using.

    Spread the avocado quite thickly onto the toast, top with a few slices of tomato and finally with the bacon. Eat as an open sandwich.


    Scrummy yummy :heart:
  • SuzMcH
    SuzMcH Posts: 343 Member
    How appropriate that this thread has been bumped up. I bought an avocado yesterday and trying to decide what to do with it. some good suggestions on here. And will be leaving the pit in so it lasts for more than one day.
  • susiewusie
    susiewusie Posts: 432 Member
    My fave ,grill or griddle thin chicken breast ,slice bacon all fat removed ,griddle 2 slices of a bread of your choice then mash some avocado onto the bread then add the chicken and bacon its to die for :)
  • happy_jax
    happy_jax Posts: 289 Member
    Oh yes yes yes!!! Avocado is food of the Gods! :happy:

    When I was 21, I was at my skinniest - and for dinner probably 4/5 times a week, I used to eat:

    1 Avocado with chilli and garlic flakes scrunched on top, with a tin of tuna fish, a little drizzle of balsamic vinegar and a slice or two of sour dough bread....mmmm! *drools* So yummy!

    I do agree with the other posts though, they need to be right. And Avo's in the UK are a bit hit and miss, I've thrown away most of the last few I've bought :cry: When we visit my family in South Africa, they have a tree in the garden that grows the most perfect ones!! Jealous!!
  • flamber
    flamber Posts: 3
    Hi! I think most people will give 'avocado' a thumbs up. I use it with McCormick "Great Guacamole' seasoning mix. I use the whole avocado. The mix is only 10 calories per teaspoon. I then have a huge plate of viggies and still have a very lite, low calorie meal, or snack.
    It is usually right by the avocados. You could have a piece of protein with it....but for me is very filling. Enjoy! :D
  • mjchartrand
    mjchartrand Posts: 4 Member
    why oh why don't i feel the same way about celery as i do about avocado!!!
  • kayduro
    kayduro Posts: 249 Member
    Absolutely. And I eat the whole one, which is why I pick them small, even if they are sold as a unit price. Unless I am sharing with hubby, then I get a bigger one. I have yet to find a fool-proof way of saving part of an avocado

    Foodsaver.
  • thisisiamj
    thisisiamj Posts: 145 Member
    absolutely. When I have calories left-over, I eat an entire avocado with a bit of pink salt on top or sometimes, low-sodium soy sauce. One week, I ate one entire avocado for 4 days straight and it never hindered my weight loss.
  • zombiesama
    zombiesama Posts: 755 Member
    It most certainly is worth the calories!
  • hesn92
    hesn92 Posts: 5,966 Member
    I think it would depend on how many calories you have to spare.... if I was on a tight "budget" I would probably not eat an avocado. But.. I'm not.
  • SouthernSkylark
    SouthernSkylark Posts: 128 Member
    absolutely without a doubt!
  • HeidiHirtle
    HeidiHirtle Posts: 126 Member
    Love love love avocados! I probably eat some every day, but not more than 1/4 of a whole. Definitely worth the added nutrition and of course the added flavour, yum!
  • LeggyAmericanGirl
    LeggyAmericanGirl Posts: 285 Member
    I eat 1/2 avocado daily so its not really that high in calories. 125 calories of pure awesomeness.

    I mix mine with 7 grape tomatoes (food processed) and use it for a spread for sandwiches or tacos.
  • trobbin88
    trobbin88 Posts: 38 Member
    It's definately tres healthy but i hear ya on the calories thing. I love trail mix, and i know it's healthy but i have decided to omit it for a bit until i reach my goal or for a weekend treat. It bumps up my calories too much and leaves me feeling hungry to take those calories from somewhere else. I guess i could treadmill those calories....lol. Anyway, maybe do a half serving two days in row?
  • msbeeblebrox
    msbeeblebrox Posts: 133 Member
    In the summer, when they're ripe and cheap, I always think avocados are worth it. I tend to eat just 1/2 in a meal though, and save the other 1/2 for later.
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