The Best Things to Make With Avocado
Avocado is a fruit that has been more popular and high-demanding over the past few years. This rather extraordinary fruit (no, it is not a vegetable) is not only a tasty, creamy delicacy, but it is very high in vitamins & nutrients, and even make healthier substitutes for other fatty ingredients. And, the overall taste of it is just enough to go well with almost anything. Whether you’re looking to shed a pound or two, live a healthier lifestyle, or just love avocados, these recipes will leave you wondering how you’ve gone without it. The possibilities for the use of this unique crop are endless, but here are just some of the best things to make with it.
1. Guacamole (duh)
Of course, this list wouldn’t feel right if it didn’t start with this avocado-based dip. This Mexican-based dish has several different ways of preparation, the key ingredients being chopped jalapeños, cilantro, and lime juice. The addition of other factors can go just as well with the avocado concoction is completely up to you.
Get the full recipe at Gimme Some Oven
2. Avocado Toast
It doesn’t have to just be the two ingredients that make the name of this next recipe. There are so many different ways to make this delicious breakfast food. Because, again, avocados can really go with anything. If salmon is your topping of choice, then let there be salmon! If wheat or sourdough bread is more of your cup of tea than white, then it will taste just as good with the fruit, guaranteed. You could even make it a topping the next time you make an egg-in-a-hole!
Get the full recipe at Cookie and Kate
3. Egg-in-a-hole
Speaking of which, this next recipe, a healthier alternative, gives this variation of avocado toast a carb-free twist. The fruit already has a hole in it from the seed, so cutting an even bigger hole to put the sunny side up egg shouldn’t be too difficult to measure.
Get the full recipe at Delish
4. Guac Stuffed Chicken
What better way to put a little fiesta in your chicken than literally putting said fiesta in your chicken? Simply go back to the first recipe on this list, grab that taco seasoning, and you got yourself a healthy, carb-free taco night. How the guac gets in there is totally up to you, too. If you don’t feel like completely cutting off the top half of the skillet, simply cut a decent sized pocket to stuff the poultry like it’s Thanksgiving.
Get the full recipe at Delish
5. Avocado Taco Boats
Make your fiesta all the more delicious with this Keto alternative that can easily be enjoyed by everyone. The key is to look for a pear-shaped If beef isn’t your meat of choice for the popular Mexican dish, you can also trade it for ground chicken, your choice of fish, beans, or whatever protein your heart desires.
Get the full recipe at Peace, Love, and Low Carb
6. Keto Avocado Brownies
Who says avocados can’t taste good in your favorite sweet treats? This recipe substitutes the butter originally put in regular brownies for the fruit depicted as a “healthy fat.” And, in doing so, the avocado gives these brownies the fluffy, silky texture that makes them so enjoyable.
Get the full recipe at Delish
7. Avocado Salad
What’s great about avocados is they can either be one of the many ingredients of the salad, or it can be the one that makes up the whole salad. This is where this next recipe comes in play. If you look at the ingredients close enough, you’re basically making fancy guacamole.
Get the full recipe at Allrecipes
8. Avocado Fries
Everyone loves fries. They’re easy to make at home and even easier to enjoy. They’re also just as easy to indulge in a little too much. This starch-free alternative will get rid of that guilt that comes with snacking on this fried finger food, all in the comfort of your oven at home.
Get the full recipe at Tasty
9. Avocado Mac n Cheese
Why settle for the boxed stuff, where it’ll most likely end up all watery when you can get guaranteed creaminess from this next avocado-based recipe? It’s not only very easy to make and the perfect example of comfort food, but the avocado enlightens the ingredients that make it so delicious.
Get the full recipe at Two Peas & Their Pod
10. Avocado Ranch Dip
Everyone loves ranch dressing. It can go with pretty much any savory treat, whether it’s a simple veggie platter, hot wings, or even on top of your favorite pizza. But, there is such a thing as too much ranch because of all the calories. Not with this next concoction. The extra thickness and creaminess added with the avocado
Get the full recipe at Natasha’s Kitchen
11. Chocolate Avocado Pudding
Another sweet treat that tastes its best at its fluffiest and silkiest, this is also another sweet treat that can easily hide the fact that there’s even avocado in there. All that minus the shame of eating chocolate when you know you probably shouldn’t.
Get the full recipe at Allrecipes
12. Avocado Smoothie
The avocado in this recipe isn’t much used for tastes as it is to create that rich and creamy texture. And since avocados are fruits, this smoothie will taste just as great with other fruits/berries commonly found in smoothies. And, you wouldn’t think it would go with them, a little chocolate syrup never hurt anyone, either.
Get the full recipe at Chocolate Covered Katie
13. Avocado Banana Bread
What’s great about banana bread is it can be enjoyed as the outside for your sandwiches, or its own sweet treat. This recipe in particular, again, plays a substitution role for the butter/margarine originally in baked goods like banana bread. Top it off with chocolate chips to give it that extra dose of deliciousness that the avocado already provides.
Get the full recipe at Crazy For Crust
