Avocados can be added to many recipes to add more nutrients to your food. Just 28 g avocado contains pretty good amounts of healthy fats, fiber and protein.
Avocados have also been shown to benefit the cardiovascular system, weight control and healthy aging.
Here are some of the most interesting ways to add the healthy fruit to your diet to eat avocados more often:
1. Seasoned: the easiest way to enjoy an avocado is to sprinkle it with salt and black pepper. You can also add other spices to your taste such as paprika, balsamic vinegar or lemon juice;
2. Stuffed: if you're looking for more nutritious morning meals, it's best to include avocados in your breakfast. You can fill it with eggs and bake it. It's also not a bad idea to cook a stuffed avocado in the oven with bacon, fresh herbs and spices like parsley, chilli and salt;
3. Avocado and scrambled eggs: Add some avocado to your scrambled eggs. Make sure the eggs are half done before adding the avocado, so that they don't burn. You can also add grated cheese and as much salt and black pepper as you like;
4. Spread the avocado on toast: you can replace butter and margarine with avocado. Toast a slice of bread and spread it with avocado. This will add extra vitamins and minerals to your food;
5. In guacamole: one of the most famous Mexican dishes. You can make the guacamole with just avocado, herbs, and spices, but if you combine it with corn, pineapple, broccoli, or quinoa, the flavor will be richer;
6. Replace mayo with avocado: use avocado instead of mayo if you want to make a salad with tuna, chicken or eggs.
7. In salads: The extra calories of healthy fat and fiber that avocados add to a meal can fill you up and reduce your intake of harmful calories this way. Since salads are low in calories, you can enrich them, by adding avocado;
8. In soups: you can prepare a soup only from avocado or add it to other soups such as chicken soup for example;
9. As a substitute for sour cream: you can make baked potatoes, for example, by covering them with mashed avocado and grated cheese instead of sour cream;
10. In sushi: sushi is a staple dish in Japanese cuisine, usually made from fish or mussels. Avocado is one of the most important ingredients in the preparation of the dish, because it leaves a pleasant creamy sensation in the mouth. You can use it as part of the ingredients or simply cover the finished sushi with it;
11. On the grill: cut the avocado in half and remove the stone. Clean the halves with lemon juice and brush them with olive oil. Place the cut side down on grill and grill them for 2-3 minutes;
12. Pickled: you can make avocado pickles, which are extremely tasty. Simply pour a small amount of white vinegar, a cup of water and a tablespoon of salt into a container. Then put the mixture in a pot and leave it to boil. Pour the finished mixture into a jar and add three cubes of avocado. Put the pickles in, close the jar and leave them that way for a few days before trying them;
13. Avocado with fries: You can make a whole new meal by adding avocado to fries;
14. As a topping: the healthy fruit can be a great addition to avocado sandwiches, burgers and even pizzas. Mexican dishes like tacos and nachos also taste better with avocado;
15. In Smoothies: Smoothies can be a nutritious substitute for a meal. To diversify it, add avocado, cabbage, banana, pineapple or berries. If you need more protein, you can also add yogurt;
16. As ice cream: the avocado ice cream can be much more healthy and nutritious than regular ice cream. You can make it with avocado, lemon juice, milk, cream and sugar;
17. As a salad dressing: the dressing made from avocado is not only smooth in consistency, but also delicious and full of nutrients;
18. In desserts: an avocado can be used as a substitute for fat, butter and eggs during baking. It can also be the vegetarian alternative to these ingredients;
19. In bread: same as banana bread, except here instead of bananas, use avocados;
20. In hummus: it is usually made from chickpeas and is rich in nutrients. Adding avocado to this recipe can increase the fiber and healthy fat content of the spread;
21. In pasta sauces: the vegetables you can use to make these sauces pair very well with avocado. Tomatoes, cheese and corn add a pleasant and complete taste to pasta;
22. In pancakes: they are known to be high in carbohydrates, but adding avocado to them can provide good nutrients, vitamins and minerals;
23. In drinks: in addition to avocado smoothies, the fruit can also be used to make amazing cocktails like margaritas, daiquiris or martinis.
See also if you eat avocados correctly and what the avocado stone is good for.
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