Dd1 bought an avocado today.

[lucysmam]

Wtf do we do with it?

It's only a little one from the market, in case we didn't like it. I've never bought one before 🤷‍♀️

Have it on toast with a poached egg

I realise lots of people happily eat avocados. But in my opinion just place it straight in the bin. Don't waste other good ingredients on it!!

Eat it - they are delicious!
Squeeze gently with your fingers, if hard wait a few days until firm, but you can make a small dent. Cut in half, twist & open, remove stone and skin. Eat.

Make sure it’s ripe - should be soft.

Cut it in half and take the stone out.

Then either eat the half with a teaspoon or slice it into salad, in a sandwich with bacon, spread it on toast with egg or smoked salmon.

Watch a video on how to ‘open’ it- knife around the circumference, twist apart, stone out and spoon to scoop inside out in one.

It’s delicious sliced/mashed with some sea salt and olive oil on toast.

Is it ripe? Should "give"slightly when you press it.
I just cut them in half, take out the stone and eat it with a teaspoon. I love them

Christ knows @lucysmam

Just dont do what ds2 did and slice open your hand as well

@starfishmummy

I realise lots of people happily eat avocados. But in my opinion just place it straight in the bin. Don't waste other good ingredients on it!!

Agree

Scoop it out and mash it with some salt and pepper and a squeeze of lemon or lime juice, then have it on toast.

To get the stone out, cut it in half then push the stone out from behind with your thumbs. Much easier and safer than any of the techniques that use a knife.

Wait until not really hard, cut in half, scoop out the middle and slice. Put on toast with some chopped cherry tomatoes, top with a poached egg, sprinkle with black pepper

I like them with humus.

I like it sliced with bacon in a sandwich, or halved with a bit of balsamic vinegar or vinaigrette where the stone was and eaten with a spoon (for the ultimate 80s "avocado pear" experience).

Eat it! On lovely granary toast, smooshed up with salt & pepper and a few chilli flakes. Or a poached egg.

All the above are good ways of eating avocado but I really think you should give it to me as I love them

I'd either kick it out or put it up for adoption depending on the age. Bloody kids...!

If it's ripe, it'll be delicious any way you eat it. But it's hard to get a perfectly ripe avocado, very often they are too hard, or too ripe, so one may not be enough to know if you like them or not. Little bit of chilli helps a lot in my view, plus cheese, or eggs, or chopped into a salad. We eat one most days in this veggie house.

The little bit at the top (where it was attached when growing) is how to tell if it is ripe. It should pull away easily and you should see green inside. If it isnt coming away easy then it isnt ripe yet.

When its ripe, have it on toast with an poached egg on top. Have it in an inside out (rice) roll with crispy prawns. Make a quacamole or just slice it thin and have it in fajitas or a burrito.

Guacamole, on toast with or without poached egg, halved and fill stone hole with prawns in marie rose sauce,

My favourite way to eat avocado, which I doing completely accidentally is to mash it up with some salt, spread over rtvita or those cracker breads, and lay sandwich sliced turkey or chicken over.

Guacamole obviously! To dip nachos in

I like it mashed up on toast. Also make guacamole.

Not everyone likes it though, so it was a good call only getting the one!

Mashed onto a slice of wholegrain or sourdough toast, topped with some spreadable goats cheese, chilli flakes, and lime juice. One of my favourite lunches.

DS2 opens them (cut around them, twist and open). Takes the stone out and eats with a spoon.

@starfishmummy

I realise lots of people happily eat avocados. But in my opinion just place it straight in the bin. Don't waste other good ingredients on it!!

Agree! 🤮🤮