10 Recipes With Avocado Anyone Will Love
Avocado is the new superfood that foodonistas can’t get enough of. Prepare a lot of recipes with avocado: you can prepare an easy salad, add it to your favourite smoothie or else. Use your imagination and incorporate this semi fruit semi-vegetable full of healthy fats to your diet. Very practical if you are following a strict diet, or would like to get ready for summer, you can eat it in the go or prepare it as a part of an elaborate meal. Sometimes you don’t like the taste of avocado on its own, but you love it when it’s mixed with other ingredients.
Here are 10 easy and healthy recipes with avocado.
1. The Green Salad
Try this fresh salad ideal for a hot day! Entirely green, it will fill you up quickly and is very easy to prepare. This salad is full of proteins and nutrients that will help you stay healthy.
Method:
Cook 2 eggs for 9 mins. Cut them into 4 and put them aside. Wash 2 brocolis and cut them into proportional pieces. Cook the brocolis in the oven for about 30 mins.
Meanwhile, take 2 handfuls of fresh coriander and 2 handfuls of fresh parsley, 2 tablespoons of tahini, 2 tablespoons of lemon juice , some olive oil and salt and pepper. Mix the lot to obtain a creamy mixture,
Put the cooked brocolis in a big salad bowl, add 2 spinach leaves, 2 avocados cut into tiny pieces, the eggs, the sauce and mix it all together.
Voilà!
2. Banana + Avocado smoothie
Prepare this quick and easy smoothie that is perfect to drink instead of a snack bar. You can take it to work, drink it for breakfast. The ingredients are raw so you will have your fix of fresh vitamins!
Method:
Cut 1 banana and half an avocado into small pieces. Put it all into a blender. Add a glass of water, 4 dates and 4 spinach leaves. Mix. Ready to enjoy!
3. Exotic Ananas/Avocado mix
This exotic sweet and sour recipe is ideal to try before eating the main meal and to open the appetite. Ananas has great nutritious properties and is notably reputed to help weight loss.
Method:
Take 1/2 of an ananas and cut it into pieces. Peel 1 big avocado and cut it into the same amount as the ananas. Smash 2 handfuls of cashews. Cut 1 shallot and some fresh parsley. Mix everything. Add 1 tablespoon of tamari sauce, 1 tablespoon of colza oil, 1 teaspoon of mustard, the juice of half a lemon and some powder garlic.
Ready! Best when served fresh. You can also add some ginger to give it an extra kick.
4. Salmon + Avocado tartare
This original avocado/ salmon tartare is really worth trying – tastes great, you’ll be done in minutes and your guests will be impressed! Prepare this effortlessly sophisticated recipe at home on a toast.
Method:
Clean 400gr of fresh salmon and cut it into small cubes. Cut 2 avocados into small cubes as well. Peel and cut 2 shallots, 1 orange and 1 lemon into small cubes. Take the juice from the orange and the lemon. Mix the ingredients together. Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil, salt and pepper. Put it on toast. Ready to eat!
5. Avocado + shrimp
Summer is nearly here, and you will need to think about some extra fresh recipes to cool down. Here is one that is delicious and very fresh!
Method:
The presentation is at your discretion.
Just cut 2 grapefruits, 2 avocados, 24 shrimps and 1/4 glad of sauce dijonaise (to pour over avocados). Add some fresh chive.
6. Avocado toasts
One of the easiest recipes with avocado : for breakfast, lunch or just as a salty snack, these avocado toasts will be your ally this season!
Method:
Just grill some toasts and spread them with some fresh goat’s cheese mixed with some salt, pepper, olive oil and lemon juice. Cut some radish and a cucumber into thin spaghetti -style slices, and add some oil, salt and pepper. Cut 1 avocado into pieces. Add the vegetables on top of the spreaded toasts.
7. Guacamole
Taste this sweet and sour Guacamole. Add it to your sandwiches or other preparations. Eat it with some crisps with friends.
Method:
Smash 4 avocados with a spoon and cut 2 mangoes into cubes. Mix the mashed avocados and mangoes together. Peel and cut 3 shallots into tiny pieces. Add some lemon juice. 2 tablespoons of espelette pepper and some coriander. Mix. Add some salt and pepper.
8. Milky avocado smoothie
Enjoy this simple drink. You will only need 2 avocados, 70 cl of milk and 3 tablespoons of sugar. Blend everything together. Ready to enjoy!
9. Special detox drink
Prepare this smoothie to get summer ready. Full of vitamins and nutrients, you will get your daily fix of antioxidants that will help you to detoxify your system and help the functioning of your immune system.
Method:
Just blend together 6 avocados, 8 kiwis and 20 cl of almond milk for a 6 people preparations. Cut the fruits into pieces. You can pass the mixture through a strainer to get rid of the kiwi seeds.
10. Avocado + Chocolate milkshake
Last but never ever ever least… discover this recipe of all recipes with avocado – the chocolate avocado milkshake that will brighten up your mood and help you go through the rainy season. And when associated with avocado, the dessert turns into a complete meal.
Method:
Mix all the following ingredients together:
30gr of cacoa, 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract, 12gr of Maca powder, 3 to 5 dates, 50gr of mulberries, 1 avocado and 300ml (in total you will need 650ml) of hazlenut milk. Mix a first time. Add the rest of the milk. Mix again.
Ready! Best when chilled.
