Did You Know – Avocado’s
Did you know that the Avocado is a fruit, not a vegetable, and it is one of the few fruits that contain healthy unsaturated fat? These fats are what help to lower our bad LDL cholesterol when eaten in place of saturated fat.
Avocados are usually harvested before they are ripe. When you purchase them, if they are not ripe yet, place them in a paper bag with an apple or a banana for 2-3 days. It will be ready to eat when the stem comes off easily and when it can be pressed in slightly with your finger.
One avocado contains about 240 calories, 13 grams carbohydrates, 3 grams protein, 22 grams fat, 10 grams fiber, 11 milligrams sodium and contains no cholesterol. One serving of a medium avocado (half of the fruit) has more potassium than a medium banana, 487 mg in the avocado and 422 mg in the banana.
The monounsaturated fat in avocados is stable in high heat and can be used not only in cooking but also in baking. Pureed avocado can be substituted for butter or oil in baking recipes, using a 1:1 ratio (1 cup butter = 1 cup avocado). What a great way to sneak something healthy into your recipes.
Did you know you that you can mash a ripe avocado and use it as a facial mask as it has a high content of hydrating oils and vitamin E? That is the only way I would be able to use an avocado as I am not fond of avocados, shocking I know!
Source: Harvard T.H. Chan
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In Dianes Kitchen 
I love avos!!
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You and most everyone else! Lol
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💜 Yup EveryOne, same goes for tomatoes 🍅 🙃 🙄 😒 😋 😅 🍅 anything with a stone or a seed is fruit while vegetable reproduction is a bit of a mystery
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It is strange, maybe because it’s green we want it to be a vegetable.
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Useful info! I love avocado! Especially in the morning on a roast with a runny egg 😋
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Everyone seems to like it on toast. Me, I’ll take jam or butter. 🤣
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Avocados are the best. Love making avocado toast from time to time. In some cultures, it’s called “butter fruit.”
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Also called alligator pears Ab.
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I love avocadoes! A billboard in Florida with a picture of an avocado says, “Other fruits would be jealous, but they think it’s a vegetable.”
I once made a vegan chocolate pie with avocado as the main ingredient and fed it to my husband and his brother without telling them what it was. 😏They loved it!
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No way! I would actually try a piece of it that way.
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Thank you Ned!
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I’ll have to try the face mask. That’s a new one or me. I LOVE avocados, but to each her own.
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Let me know if it does anything to your skin.
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I love avocados, but I don’t think I will be smearing one on my face – LOL!
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That’s because you don’t need to! It would definitely help me! 🤣
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Thank you for highlighting one of my favorite fruits. I need a tree because they are so darn expensive! Never tried them as a mask
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I wonder if they can be preserved like other fruit. Having a tree they all seem to ripen at once. I bet they could be mashed and frozen.
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I think avocados are a learned “like”. They do “grow” on you over time! I love a half of one mashed with fresh lemon juice and some sea salt on toast.
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I’m hearing a lot of different ways to use them, in chocolate cake was my favorite. 🤣
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We love avocados at our house!
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I wish we did, even my husband doesn’t care for them.
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I’m not fond of them either, Diane. I have a sensitivity to bananas, so eating avocados would probably very good for me. I wonder if the avocado is an acquired taste. My home economics teacher brought one to class one day and encouraged each of us to eat a small slice. I’d never seen one before. I doubt anyone in the class had. I know the avocado is touted as a brain food, so I should eat it. Your post today has encouraged me to try harder!
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My readers put it in smoothies, cake and on toast. I may be able to try the smoothie or chocolate cake….maybe!
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Avocado on buttered toast with a soft boiled egg is a fave. Add a slice of bacon and you are in heaven.
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Everyone raves about avocado on toast, nope still doesn’t sound good to me. 🤣
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Thank you very much for all the information about the delicious avo! We really love this FRUIT 🙂 and like to enjoy it with our breakfast (you are missing out Diane)! We live in avocado world at the moment and often find them at cheap prices in the store … go avo’s!!
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Hahaha you can eat some for me! 😉
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Such fun to know, Diane! 👍👏
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Thank you Mitzy!
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I like them well enough. As a matter of fact, I had some mashed up this morning on my toast.
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I hear a lot of people love them on toast.
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IN Brazil, where I’m from, we eat avocados with sugar and sometimes make a smoothie with sugar, milk and Yogurt
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Maybe I would like them that way, sugar makes everything better! 🤣 I do like the smoothie idea!!!!
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You can try. Mix one avocado with a cup of milk than add sugar to your taste. A Brazilian dessert.
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Thank you Alessandra!
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Avocados are magical!
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They sure are Tierney!
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Great info, Diane! I may try it on my face soon to fight the wrinkles creeping in. They are delicious and I didn’t know about the butter substitution– much healthier than butter.
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I thought the butter substitute was interesting too, if only I liked them. Lol
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Not over keen on taste but yes did know they are healthy fruit not knowing how much they are so good .Did try and like Guacamola then made if these advocado fruits
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Unfortunately I can’t even handle guacamole but I wish I did. All the restaurants seem to have it here.
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For “ice cream” blend an avocado with frozen cherries and sprinkle in cocoa. A dash of oatmilk. Delish!
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Oh, WOW that must be delicious and a healthy way to eat ice cream! Thank you!!!!
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I’m not an avocado fan either, but I like the idea of using them as a facial mask. Thanks for the tip!
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You’re welcome! If we can’t get the benefit of eating them we can as a mask.
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It should not surprise you that I’ve only had avocado when going for Mexican food (and that’s been a long time since I had Mexican food). I know avocado toast is a big thing with young folks.
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It sure is and all I can say is yuck! Lol Stay safe with the ice headed your way Linda!
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We never had it here at the house, so avocado is not something I crave. Thanks Diane – this ice is going to mess people up for a while I’m afraid and after all the hassles with the generator after I got it last August, I will finally breathe a sigh of relief.
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What a nice piece of mind! Worth it’s weight in gold for sure Linda.
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That is one way to disguise them! Sort of like zucchini in brownies!
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Exactly! Lol
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Very interesting! I’m going to use it as a mask 🤔
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Let me know what you think of it as a mask, if your skin feels any better. I haven’t tried it yet.
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You can even add avocados to desserts!
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A great way to add healthy to desserts!
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