Keeping avocado fresh

Lorleee
Lorleee Posts: 369 Member
in Food and Nutrition
For those who want to sometimes just eat half, how do you wrap/store the other half for the next day? Seems no matter what I do, the remainder turns brown and gross.

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  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    Do you leave the pit in the half you store?
  • Lorleee
    Lorleee Posts: 369 Member
    Hmm, no, now that you mention it. Is that the problem?
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    I eat avocados all the time. When I have a new, fresh avocado I halve it and eat the half without the pit. I leave the pit in the other half and wrap it tightly in plastic wrap and eat it the next day. It won't keep more than a day or two so if you plan to eat half, you should plan to eat the other half the next day...or maybe the day after that. Open avocados don't keep long no matter what you do.
  • gallicinvasion
    gallicinvasion Posts: 1,015 Member
    Not much you can do besides leave the pit in the half, spray or rub exposed flesh with lemon juice, and wrap airtight. The top will get brown but you can literally scrap a millimeter off the top and get the green flesh directly underneath. Eat it within a few days.
  • taco_inspector
    taco_inspector Posts: 7,223 Member
    These work pretty well for pit-out storage (2-3 days max), especially if you moisten the flat side with lime juice (lemon would also work, but to me lime juice is more 'related" to the avocado).

    This is the one I have now, but there are quite a few others; all of which emulate the "tightly wrapping the unused portion in plastic" mentioned in other posts
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  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    Pit in, lemon juice on, and air out. That, or freeze.
  • lin_be
    lin_be Posts: 393 Member
    Eat the entire thing. Problem solved. #sarcasm
  • Lorleee
    Lorleee Posts: 369 Member
    Thanks everyone! Going forward, the pit shall remain in! :)
  • dmkoenig
    dmkoenig Posts: 299 Member
    I've gone to buying frozen bags of avocado chunks at Costco. There always seems to be a lot of waste with buying avocados - not only in the storage of uneaten pieces but dealing with overripe or bruised avocados that you have to throw away when you open them up. The frozen bags work quite well.
  • Jeeplet18
    Jeeplet18 Posts: 57 Member
    VioletRojo wrote: »
    I leave the pit in the portion I'm not going to eat, then I squirt a little lime juice on the flesh, wrap it tightly in plastic and store in the refrigerator. But lets be honest, I almost never have any avocado left over. I just eat the whole thing.

    This is what I so as well. The acid from the lime juice helps slow down the oxidation process which is what causes the change in color.
  • BethE238
    BethE238 Posts: 222 Member
    I use an “avocado saver.” I keep the pit in too. Works great to keep for 1-2 days.

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  • cogirljb55
    cogirljb55 Posts: 155 Member
    edited February 2019
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    I eat avocados all the time. When I have a new, fresh avocado I halve it and eat the half without the pit. I leave the pit in the other half and wrap it tightly in plastic wrap and eat it the next day. It won't keep more than a day or two so if you plan to eat half, you should plan to eat the other half the next day...or maybe the day after that. Open avocados don't keep long no matter what you do.

    This, but usually I eat the whole thing :)
  • ccrdragon
    ccrdragon Posts: 3,374 Member
    I eat half, my wife eats half... POOF, no more problem :smile:
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,093 Member
    ccrdragon wrote: »
    I eat half, my wife eats half... POOF, no more problem :smile:

    Jack Sprat, is that you? You know you can eat no fat!
  • suziecue25
    suziecue25 Posts: 289 Member
    ccrdragon wrote: »
    I eat half, my wife eats half... POOF, no more problem :smile:

    Unfortunately my husband thinks avocados are a waste of space so I'm left with the cling film wrapped, stone in, lemon squirted other half in the fridge :'(
  • suziecue25
    suziecue25 Posts: 289 Member
    BethE238 wrote: »
    I use an “avocado saver.” I keep the pit in too. Works great to keep for 1-2 days.

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    Quick....don't let it escape!!!!
  • Lorleee
    Lorleee Posts: 369 Member
    Oooh, I need an avocado saver!
  • claireychn074
    claireychn074 Posts: 1,608 Member
    Is it grim to admit I just eat the brown bits the next day? 😳
  • kam26001
    kam26001 Posts: 2,794 Member
    If you mash it up with a fork the oxidized brown bits will blend in with the fresh stuff and you will no longer see it. I know brown looks gross but it shouldn't taste bad.

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