Avocado
 

I'm trying new fruits and veggies and just bought some avocados. How do you eat one? .......raw, cooked??

raw. just cut it open and scoop out the flesh, kinda like you could with a mango. good luck (I personally do NOT like avocado but everyone else in the universe seems to love them!)
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My sister loves them. They're not my fav but I have been enjoying veggies I didn't like before...onions, tomatoes (by themself~I have to share with my dog) and asparagus. Maybe I'll try an avacado again. Just make sure it has a little bit of give when you poke it gently! That way you know it's ripe (sorta like how a pear dents a little when it's ripe)

Avocado is done raw. You can eat it by itself, add it to items, like salads or make it into guacamole. Just watch it, because it does have a high fat content

Definitely raw. I love to slice it and stick it in a wrap or fajita... MMM! 1/4 of an avocado is four points, so it's sorta like nuts in that you have to watch your portions but it's full of healthy fats. Definitely a good addition to your diet.

You can also cut it into smaller chunks and toss it with some black beans, tomato, and barley with a squirt of lemon juice and chili powder for a nice cold salad.

I just double checked the WW website, I believe that 1/4 of an avocado is 2 points.

They're delicious raw. Diced up on salads. Sliced on top of burgers. All sorts of ways!

A whole avocado is about 8 points, so it's not often that people are able to eat a whole one in one sitting. So, here's what you do...

Cut the avocado in half. Pry apart. Leave the core attached to one side, and wrap that side up tight & put it back in the fridge. When you go to use that half it may have turned a little brown, but just gently scrape that brown part off and the rest of the avocado is good to go!

For the part that you're using right away: Take a spoon and slip it in between the peel and the meat of the avocado. Work your way around, separating and then scoop out the insides. Slice, dice, or eat as is! They're delicious :D

Thanks so much everyone!! WOW, I did not realize that they were so high in points. Glad I didn't just eat the whole thing. Since it is filled with healthy fats can you count it as your healthy oil for the day?? Probably not since it's not an oil.

It is definitely healthy fat, but it can't count as oil. The book says to make sure to get two tsp of olive, canola, safflower, sunflower or flaxseed oil each day. The oil has to be oil.

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2 points. 2 points. 2 points. Hammer that home. (Makes sense when I think about it, the wrap I like to make is 5 points, 2 for avocado, 2 for turkey, 1 for the wrap.....) :doh: :doh:

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Avocado is one of my all time fasvorite foods!!! I put it in salads, sandwhiches, on top of chili. I dice it up with tuna, cucumbers, green onion and soy "mayonaise" and eat it in a pita or a wrap. Another favorite is diced avocado, tomato, whole kernel corn, onion, black beans, cucumbers and salsa for a southwest salad...sometimes I put that on a bed of romaine for even more veggies.

Avocado is great and now I wish I had one in the house! :D

I like to eat them right out of the peel with fresh ground pepper, my dad's trick.

I have heard Faerie's trick before about leaving the seed in the half you're not going to use.

There's nothing like a really good avocado... yum
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Yeah, I definitely went out last night and bought an avocado. And a box of WW ice cream bars. :p (they were on sale!!)

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