Share your avocado recipes please!

I like mine on triscuits/crackers. Or with a chicken taco... yum!

when you use avocado, they oxidize so quickly and turn brown. If you mush them up use a little lemon juice and this will stop this process. If you slice them and want to use them slice sprinkle lemon juice to keep them nice and green.

I like to smash them with a little lemon juice, with chili powder, cumin, paprika and salt (all to taste) you can add a little sour cream or nonfat yoguart to add to the creamyness and a little diced tomato onion and cilantro to taste.

This is how our latin nanny used to use them when I was a child.

I make my own guacamole and put it on my hamburger. I had it that way at a restaurant once and loved it!!!

Mush up an avacado
Add: diced onion
clove of garlic - maybe less depending on your taste
1/2 to 3/4 of a diced roma tomato
a little bit of lime juice (about 1 T or so.)
salt & pepper

Love, love, love it!!!

I just slice it up, add a dash of salt and a few squirts of lemon juice and eat it just like that along with whatever else I'm having for that particular meal.

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if you want it for the flavor it goes really well on sandwiches, turkey burgers, any mexican food, etc. but I highly recommend using it in desserts, especially chocolate ones it adds so much richness to healthy recipes that makes it seem like you're "cheating"

I love avocado sliced on top of a black bean veggie burger and a low cal flax pita or bagel flat.
I also really love guacamole and if you toast pine nuts and sprinkle them on top of homemade guac it is a delicious little treat that adds an awesome crunch. Just be careful because pine nuts can burn really easily in the oven! Happened to me more than once!!

I just posted this one earlier, was a big hit with my husband who is WAY picky. (credit to www.skinnytaste.com)

Zesty Lime Shrimp and Avocado Salad

Servings: 4 • Serving Size: 7/8 cup • Old Points: 4 pt • Points+: 5 pt
Calories: 210.4 • Fat: 9.2 g • Protein: 25.1 g • Carb: 7.8 g • Fiber: 3.6 g • Sugar: 0.6
Sodium without salt: 260.8 mg

1 lb jumbo cooked shrimp, peeled and deveined, chopped*
1 medium tomato, diced
1 hass avocado, diced
1 jalapeno, seeds removed, diced fine
1/4 cup chopped red onion
2 limes, juice of
1 tsp olive oil
1 tbsp chopped cilantro
salt and fresh pepper to taste

In a small bowl combine red onion, lime juice, olive oil, pinch of salt and pepper. Let them marinate at least 5 minutes to mellow the flavor of the onion.

In a large bowl combine chopped shrimp, avocado, tomato, jalapeño. Combine all the ingredients together, add cilantro and gently toss. Adjust salt and pepper to taste.

I use avocado anywhere I would use cheese/mayo. I love to mix cubed avocado with cubed cucumber and diced shrimp. Then I cut up Nori into 4ths and make handrolls with the filling. Add a little wasabi and soy sauce...yummm!

I cut up half an avocado into cubes and mix it with a 1/4 cup of lowfat cottage cheese. It's a great snack or lunch.