This plant has several names. In the Oxford Explanatory English Dictionary, it is listed as "avocado pear", another equally common name is alligator pear. But the most, perhaps, the capacious name of the avocado received in India - "poor man's cow." The fact is that the calorie content of the fetus is 2 times higher than the calorie content of lean beef. Avocados are the most nutritious fruit on earth, with 160 calories per 100 grams and high in potassium and vitamins A and E, as well as folate. In our country, this useful product appeared relatively recently, and therefore many housewives do not know what avocado dishes can be prepared.
This overseas fruit will take care of your liver and blood vessels by lowering cholesterol levels. Nutritionists recommend consuming avocados regularly, but in small amounts. If you do not know what to cook from avocado, then look through the recipes, maybe some of them will suit your taste.
Avocado, tomato and greens salad
Ingredients you need: 2 avocados, preferably not very soft, but ripe; 2 tomatoes; a fairly large bunch of cilantro or parsley; slightly less dill; lemon juice; salt.
The avocado is cut lengthwise and the bone is removed from it. Take out the pulp with a spoon and cut into pieces. Tomatoes are also cut into pieces, greens are chopped, you can add chopped onions. Everything is mixed, placed in a salad bowl and poured with lemon juice.
Avocado and grapefruit salad
Ingredients: a pair of avocado and grapefruit, 2 bunches of cilantro or parsley, sugar - tbsp, tbsp. olive oil and vinegar, salt, pepper.
Mix olive oil, vinegar and sugar for the sauce. After removing the pit from the avocado, take out the pulp with a spoon and cut into small pieces. We clean the grapefruits, cut the slices in half, chop the greens. Gently mix everything, put it in a salad bowl, salt, pepper, pour with sauce.
Avocado sandwiches
Ingredients: 4 slices of white bread or loaf, 1 avocado, 2 tomatoes, ½ lemon juice, some herbs, salt, pepper.
As always, first we cut the fruit, remove the bone, then take out the pulp with a spoon, put it on the ceramics. Grind the pulp to a pasty state, pre-salt, pepper and water with lemon juice. Lightly fry pieces of loaf or bread in the oven or toaster (do not use a microwave!). Toasts are spread with avocado paste, then tomato circles are laid on them, sprinkled with chopped parsley or dill.
In the recipe for this avocado dish, you can replace tomatoes with pieces of bell pepper. In general, avocado paste acts as an oil. So you can put any product on top of your choice.
Dessert with avocado and victoria
Ingredients: 1 avocado, 10 strawberries, ½ cup chopped walnuts, a few lettuce leaves, honey - 4 tsp, lemon juice - 1 tsp, 2 tbsp each. olive oil and sugar, apple cider vinegar - 1 tbsp.
For the dressing, mix lemon juice, honey, olive oil and vinegar in a bowl. We cover the bottom of a beautiful salad bowl with whole or torn lettuce leaves. Put slices of avocado on the salad, then cut the Victoria berries in half, sprinkle everything with chopped nuts and, without stirring, pour the sauce. We serve a delicious and nutritious salad to the table right away, and eat it right away.
Due to the fact that the peeled fruit quickly darkens, avocado dishes should be consumed immediately after preparation.
How to peel an avocado seen in the picture
