13 Tips For Anyone Who Loves LAWYERS.
Do you like avocados? I love it too!
The concern is that it is not always easy to have good ones and especially very ripe ones.
Fortunately, there are plenty of tips for avocado lovers.
Whether it is to choose them, to ripen them, to know how to cook them or to preserve them, avocados will have no secrets for you.
And as these fruits are good for your health, it would be a shame to go without!
Here are 13 tips for anyone who adores avocados. Look :
1. To have avocados ripe all year round, cut the avocados in half, sprinkle them with lemon and put them in the freezer.
When it is avocado season, cut them in half, remove the pit and sprinkle them with lemon juice. Place the cut part on baking paper and put them in the freezer. Once frozen, you can store them in a plastic bag or box and thaw anytime you want.
2. Or freeze mashed avocado to use in the morning to make smoothies
Mix the avocados with lemon juice in a food processor. Then freeze the mixture in ice cube trays. So you will always have a small amount of avocado on hand for your morning smoothie.
3. Instantly ripen an avocado by putting it in the oven.
Fancy making guacamole, but your avocado is rock hard? Fortunately, there is a solution: wrap the whole avocado in foil and put it in the oven at 90 ° C for 10 min. The avocado won't be perfectly ripe, but at least it will be a lot softer and more edible than before.
4. Or otherwise keep the avocados in a plastic bag with apples or bananas so that they ripen faster.
Bananas and apples are full of ethylene gas, which naturally speeds up the ripening process of other fruits and vegetables like avocado. Awesome, isn't it?
5. Once you have cut an avocado, store it in an airtight container with red onion to prevent it from turning brown.
Onions give off sulfur gas which prevents the avocado from turning brown when cut. Don't worry: the avocado won't taste like the onion at all. Check out the trick here.
6. Or prevent your avocado halves from browning by brushing them with a thin layer of olive oil.
Spread a thin layer of olive oil over the flesh of the halved avocados. This creates a protective layer that reduces oxidation and therefore browning of the avocado.
7. Remove the stalk from the avocado to see if it is ripe or not.
When choosing your avocado, remove the stalk and look underneath. If it's bright green, the fruit is perfectly ripe and ready to eat. If it's brown, your avocado is probably overripe and already black on the inside. Check out the trick here.
8. Use avocado to replace butter
Do you like baking, but would like to avoid eating butter every time? Substitute avocado for the butter or oil. Yep, unbelievable as it sounds, you can make a great chocolate cake without any fatty dairy product.
Here is the recipe:
- 300 g of dark chocolate (chopped or in chips)
- 2 tablespoons of coconut oil
- 2 or 4 half-avocados, pitted and peeled
- 100 ml of honey
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
- 3 eggs at room temperature
- 60 g of unsweetened cocoa powder
- 50 g of coconut or cornstarch flour
Preheat your oven to 200 ° C. Melt the chocolate and coconut oil in a double boiler and add the avocado puree. Stir gently. Add the honey and the vanilla extract, then the eggs one by one, mixing well before putting the next one. Finally, add the flour and cocoa powder, stirring gently. Pour the dough into a mold, spreading it well to the corners so that it is evenly heightened everywhere. Cook for about 12 to 15 minutes until the top is firm. Let cool well before unmolding. For your 1st try, if you're not sure you like the taste, make half and half butter-avocado.
9. Use avocado and lemon to make a delicious pasta sauce.
If you are tired of always eating your pasta Bolognese, here is a recipe that will delight you:
- 340 g of spaghetti
- 2 avocados, halved, pitted and peeled
- 1 crushed garlic clove
- 1 coarsely chopped shallot
- the juice of 1 lemon
- 60 ml of extra virgin olive oil
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- chopped parsley, garnish
Bring salted water to the boil and add the spaghetti to cook al dente, 6 to 8 min. While the pasta is cooking, put the 2 avocados in a blender to blend them, then the garlic, shallots, lemon juice and olive oil. Blend until everything is smooth. When the pasta is ready, set aside ½ cup of the cooking water before draining the pasta. Add the cooking water to the avocado mixture and stir well. Add the sauce to the pasta and mix. Season with salt and pepper. Yum !
10. Save the pit for growing an avocado tree at home
How about growing an avocado tree at home? Don't worry, it's not that hard. Find out how to do it here.
11. Put mayonnaise in the guacamole to make it creamier.
It might sound weird, but the mayonnaise makes the guacamole even more creamy and flavorful. Perfect for dipping tortillas in it as an appetizer.
12. Use leftover avocado to make a nourishing hair mask
Not only are avocados good to eat, they make you look even better! This mask is ideal for nourishing and shining hair. You will need 1 very ripe, peeled avocado, 1 tablespoon of lukewarm coconut oil and 1 egg. Put the 3 ingredients in a blender to obtain a smooth mixture. Wash your hair and apply this mask all the way to the ends. Leave the mask on for at least 1 hour, wrapping your head in a towel to keep in the heat. Finally, rinse your hair, removing any pieces of avocado that may remain.
13. Save dishes and cook eggs directly in the avocado
How about presenting your entrees in an edible container? For that, all you have to do is cut an avocado in half, extract some of the fruit and crack an egg inside each half. Bake at 180 ° C for about 20 minutes. And there you have it, a beautiful starter without any mess!
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Also to discover:
The Tip for Ripening an Avocado in 1 Night.
2 Tips for Getting an Avocado to Mature Quickly.
