Our favourite avocado recipes | Features | Jamie Oliver (2024)

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Halve your avocados and scoop out the flesh. Place in a bowl, squeeze in the other lemon half and season with salt and pepper. Gently mash with a fork to bring it all together. Toast the bread, then divide between 4 plates and generously spread on the avocado and top with the tomatoes.

Halve your avocados and scoop out the flesh. Place in a bowl, squeeze in the other lemon half and season with salt and pepper. Gently mash with a fork to bring it all together. Toast the bread, then divide between 4 plates and generously spread on the avocado and top with the tomatoes.

Pack your avocado with the filling of your choice for an easy snack or light lunch. Spruce it up with crab, chilli and mustard, serve it warm with sundried tomatoes, olives and spring onions or tuck into veggies, beans and cheese for a really quick, protein-rich dish.

You can also try other seasonings like paprika, cayenne pepper, balsamic vinegar, or lemon juice. A quick way to season an avocado is to cut it into chunks and drizzle it with a little olive oil, balsamic vinegar, pepper, and salt.

Toast sourdough. Mash avocado and spread on toasted bread. Drizzle with honey. Top with crushed red pepper flakes.

If you refrigerate an unripe avocado, it will ripen eventually, but the texture and taste may be compromised. If your avocado is ripe, place the whole, uncut avocado in an airtight container or in the produce drawer in the refrigerator. It should be good for about two weeks, depending on how ripe it was going in.

Add garlic: Lightly rub a peeled raw garlic clove over the top of your toast before adding the avocado, or mix a tiny pinch of garlic powder into the avocado. Add fresh leafy herbs or your favorite herbed sauce: Chopped fresh basil, cilantro, dill or parsley are all good with avocado.

Besides for your basic salt and pepper, try spices that are fresh or dried such as garlic powder, red pepper chili flakes for a nice kick, fresh parsley or cilantro, dill, zaatar seasoning, everything bagel spice, or lemon salt. Avocados are soft in texture; topping your toast with some crunch can enhance every bite.

Asparagus is a flavor that fights avocado. So is artichoke. Broccoli and cabbages too…they sort-of “fight” in the mouth.

What not to do with an avocado? ›

While avocado toast offers many potential health benefits, it may not be the best choice for everyone. First, avocado toast lacks a significant source of protein, which is an important part of a balanced meal. But that's easily rectified by topping it with an egg, smoked salmon, tempeh “bacon,” or beans.

3. Avocados May Reduce Belly Fat. While the research is limited there are some studies that imply consuming one avocado a day can help decrease abdominal fat - particularly visceral fat, the type of belly fat linked to heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and other health problems (4,12).

When should I eat avocado morning or night? A. Avocado can be consumed any time of the day, as a tasty addition to any meal. Having it during the day has its own set of benefits like improved blood flow and lower blood sugar along with lower calorie consumption while eating it at night may help you sleep better.

Using a sharp knife, cut your avocado in half and remove the pit. One half at a time, cut the nose off the avocado. Place your finger between the flesh and skin of the avocado and very gently peel back the skin. Slice the avocado on a diagonal angle, creating 1cm slices.

Some of the ways in which you could easily block the enzyme's activity and prevent avocado browning are by wrapping it thoroughly, adding lemon or pineapple juice, or storing it with an onion. While avocados are safe to eat after they've turned brown, their quality may be reduced.

Avocado toast consists of not much more than mashed avocado spread on toast. Meanwhile, guacamole toast is just what it sounds like—toast spread with guacamole, which is made from mashed avocado with add-ins such as onion, cilantro, and chiles.

Ripen an avocado in the oven: Preheat the oven to 200°F. Wrap a whole avocado in foil and bake until the avocado is soft enough to use, checking its softness level every 10 minutes.