How to Use Avocado
Oil-rich avocados contain high doses of vitamins and minerals, including vitamins A, D and E. This makes them good for your skin and your body. Whether you're looking to use avocado in skin care recipes or incorporate more produce into your diet, you'll find a wide range of uses for this fruit. Avocados grow in tropical climates and are available year-round in most supermarkets. Try out several new culinary or beauty recipes to incorporate more avocado into your life. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Avocado
- Cutting board
- Knife
- Spoon
- Olive oil
- Salt
- Pepper
- Red onion
- Chile pepper
- Lime juice
- Cilantro
- Carrot
- Pot
- Blender
- Heavy cream
- Egg
- Honey
- Bowl
- Almond oil
- Vegetable oil
Instructions
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Culinary Uses
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Slice an avocado in half and remove the pit with your fingers. Scoop out the flesh with a spoon. Cut the halves into small squares with a knife. Add the cut avocado to your favorite salad or dress the avocado alone with a splash of olive oil, salt and pepper for a simple side salad.
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Cut up several avocados in the above fashion, then mash the avocado flesh into a creamy puree using a wooden spoon. Add garlic, red onion, chili pepper, lime juice and cilantro to make guacamole. Guacamole recipes are available online.
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Cut an avocado in half and remove the pit. Scoop the flesh out with a spoon. Slice the flesh thinly crosswise. Add the sliced avocado to your favorite sandwich, whether it's a grilled cheese, turkey sandwich or hummus wrap.
Beauty Uses
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Boil one carrot in water until it's soft. Then remove the carrot from water. Cut and de-seed an avocado as above and scoop the flesh into a blender, using a spoon. Add the cooked carrot, 1/2 cup heavy cream, 1 egg and 3tablespoons of honey to the blender. Blend into a puree. Then apply this mixture to your face for a mask that helps improve skin tone and texture. Rinse off the avocado mask after 10 to 15 minutes.
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Scoop the flesh from one half of an avocado into a bowl. Add five to seven drops of almond oil, then mash together with a spoon. Dab the avocado-almond mix underneath your eyes for a soothing eye cream. Rinse away after five minutes.
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Scoop out the flesh from 1/2 an avocado. Add 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil. Mash the two together with a spoon. Spread this mask on your face to soothe dry skin. Leave the mask on for 10 to 15 minutes then rinse it off.
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- Photo Credit Avocado image by Silvia Bogdanski from Fotolia.com
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very important tips... love it!!!
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Mannith Castaneda
Feb 25, 2011
how bout i just eat the darn thing -
rameshravi
Oct 07, 2010
thank you i will let my sweetheart know it.. :)
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divajinx
Sep 17, 2010
I also heard that keeping a (whole) pit in the bottom of the guac. serving bowl will keep it looking bright green. There's nothing uglier than gray guac! LOL I'm anxious to try the beauty tips. They sound promising! Thanx for all this info.
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buffalo49
Sep 16, 2010
I have been eating avocados all my life and have never cut the pit in half as shown in your photo. I also cut my avocado in half, around the seed, remove the seed with knife, but then scoop out the entire half of avocado from each side with a large spoon, put it on a cutting board and then slice it. This saves time and effort in separating the skin from each sliver of avocado. Sometimes I will just take my fresh cut avocado and eat it right out of the skin, with a little lemon and salt. That's very tasty as well.
