Avocados rock! They are a great source of the “good fats” (monounsaturated fats), which helps raise your good LDL cholesterol levels. But many people don’t know the simple trick to making an avocado easy to cut. Check out the 40 second video below.
And if you’ve been afraid to add an avocado to a green smoothie, start with 1/8 to 1/4th of an avocado. It adds such a rich and creamy taste.
Peace, love and leafy greens,
Jadah + Jen
Watch the video: How to Cut an Avocado.
Avocado cutting tips
- Make sure you hit the avocado seed hard enough to get the knife stuck in it.
- Don’t cut your avocado until ripe. It should not be firm or mushy when you press it. It should be somewhere right in the middle.
- Peeling the avocado gets more of the fruit flesh than if you were to scoop it out with a spoon.
Green Smoothie Recipes with avocado
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What’s your favorite green smoothie recipe with avocado? Post it in the comments below.
Hi,
I thought I saw a post about flash freezing avocados. Can you do this? If so, how? If not, is there a way for me to freeze extra avocado for my smoothies? Thanks! You gals are the best!
Sincerely,
Jamey
Hi Jamey!
One of the best ways to freeze your avocado is to purée or smash it up, put it in an air tight container, and freeze it. By doing this the avocado will freeze more evenly
This is the funnest little short on cutting an avocado. We are lucky enough to have an avocado tree in our yard, and adding avo’s to smoothies makes them super creamy and rich. I love the little doggy bark at the end of the video too