Avocado on our tables is not a frequent guest yet, and yet it contains a considerable amount of vitamins, mineral salts and unsaturated fatty acids... Eating avocados can help fight high cholesterol in the blood, and a low calorie content (116 kcal) helps in the fight against overweight... Try fruit salad with avocado.
Peel and dice the bananas, kiwi and apple.
Cut the avocado in half, turn the halves and remove the pit, peel the dark green skin.
To cut in cubes,
mix with the rest of the fruit. Squeeze out the juice from lime or lemon, about 1-2 tablespoons, mix.
Many people, having tried avocados, are disappointed and do not try to use it anymore, most often the avocado turns out to be hard and tasteless. It is important to choose correct fruitthen you will fully enjoy creamy taste and nutty flavor. Ripe avocado elastic but not firm, it flexes slightly under the fingers when squeezed. If the fruit in your hands is stone-hard, do not despair, an avocado, like a tomato, can ripen on your windowsill, place it in paper bag or wrap in paper and leave in a dry warm place for 3-4 days. Overripe, soft avocado is difficult to cut into a salad, but you can simply eat it with a spoon, cut it in half and remove the pit. Good luck and success to you.
Enjoy your meal!
Greetings friends!
Tired of new Year's feasts and plentiful feasts, I want to eat light meals. I suit myself fasting days from vegetables and fruits. I eat light salads, such as.
And one of my favorite fruits is avocado. Although this fruit is considered a fruit in biology, it is mainly used in salads and snacks.
It is both satisfying and nutritious productwhich goes well in salads, especially seafood. And for vegetarians and raw foodists, this tasty plant replaces meat and eggs.
It's good that you can buy this fruit on store shelves all winter. It does not grow in Russia and it is brought to us from South America and Israel.
The amazing plant is similar in color to a dark green, wrinkled pear. Inside it is relatively big bonewhich takes up a lot of space. But still there is more pulp. The fruit tastes like butter with nuts.
When choosing an avocado in the store, pay attention to whether it is ripe or not. If the fruits are firm to the touch, then you can buy these and let them ripen at home when room temperature a few days. If the fruits are already soft, such fruits can be used directly in the dish. But always try to buy an avocado with a dark green skin, no dark spots. These fruits are spoiled or overripe.
How to properly peel an avocado? There are many such ways. I liked one - I peel the fruit like a carrot. That is, I remove the skin with a vegetable peeler and then cut it in a circle with a knife, so that later the fruit is divided into two halves and pull out the bone. Below, after the recipes, I suggest you watch a short video on how else you can peel this fruit.
A delicious and easy-to-prepare dish made from avocado and boiled shrimp... The salad is served in the skin of the fruit itself.
We need:
Preparation:
Making a dressing for the dish. To do this, mix in a separate container citrus juice, mayonnaise. Salt and pepper to your liking.
We cut the fruit vertically and take out the bone. Using a tablespoon, peel the flesh from the skin so as not to damage the halves. We need whole boats.
Cut the pulp into a bowl. Add shrimp.
Shrimp, if small, need not be cut. They will look organic anyway. But large ones will have to be cut.
We fill everything with sauce and lay out on the prepared boats. We serve to the table.
In the second recipe, I already fried shrimp. To do this, I took large king prawns... The dish turned out to be delicious and delicious.
We will need for 1-2 servings:
Preparation:
Peel the shrimps and fry in a pan with 1 tablespoon of olive oil. The finished shrimp will turn golden brown and curl up into rings. We leave them to cool.
Mix balsamic vinegar with olive oil.
Lay out a layer of leaves on a large flat plate chinese cabbage, spinach, arugula.
Peel the avocado, cut into cubes. Lay on top of the leaves on a plate.
Cut the cherry into halves and decorate the plates on the sides. Put fried shrimps in the center.
Sprinkle with parmesan cut into small plates on top and fill with sauce.
Check out this short video for the most a simple snack from a delicious fruit. All the ingredients are always at hand at home and there is nowhere easier to prepare a dish.
Delicious chicken breast recipe. The dish turned out juicy, fresh and decorated the festive table.
We need:
Preparation:
For this recipe, you need to boil the chicken fillet in advance and cool it well.
Peel the avocado and cut into cubes in a deep bowl. Chicken fillet divide into fibers and add to the bowl.
Cut the tomatoes into small cubes. A cucumber and bell pepper cut into strips. We send it to a bowl.
Pass the clove of garlic into the salad through a garlic press. Season with mayonnaise and salt to taste. Mix the whole mass well with a spoon.
The dish is served in small salad bowls. Sprinkle with grated cheese on top and decorate with a sprig of herbs. For example, curly parsley.
Enjoy your meal!
The word "tartar" came to us from France. It means a dish that is prepared from raw meat... At first, such recipes were mainly from jerkyand then added raw fish and raw seafood.
Red fish tartare rightfully bears its name, because one of the main ingredients is raw lightly salted or salted fish.
We need:
Preparation:
The purpose of the tartare is to cut everything into small and uniform cubes.
You can use salmon, salmon or trout as red fish.
Peel the onion and mango and chop it very finely into cubes. We pour everything into a bowl.
Peel the avocado with a vegetable peeler, take out the bone. Cut the fruit into thin slices and chop into small cubes, like mango and onion. We send to the bowl to them.
We also try to cut the fish into small cubes. Be careful not to turn the fish into gruel. I have a photo of chopped light-salted trout.
Add fish to fruits and onions.
Sprinkle the mixture with cold-pressed olive oil and balsamic vinegar... Mix everything well.
We wash and dry the arugula. We take dry plates and in the center of each place a layer of arugula leaves.
Put the tartar on the arugula using the salad ring. You can crush a little in the form of a cake.
Tartare can be served with croutons or bread toasts.
Good appetite!
In this video you will see how easily and quickly you can peel the fruit from the skin with a simple knife and a tablespoon. Enjoy watching!
These are some of the most popular recipes from delicious fruit... Avocado is delicious and useful product... You should pay attention to it more often and add it to your diet.
Good appetite!
Avocado - pretty exotic fruit... It has become widespread in stores in Russia quite recently. Despite the fact that this fruit refers specifically to fruits, almost no one can eat avocados directly, without salads or other recipes: it has a very specific oily taste that few people like. Nevertheless, this fruit is indispensable in the preparation of salads, both meat and fruit and vegetable.
Avocado is an almost ideal base for a salad - it does not have a pronounced taste and is something of a link between the rest of the salad. In fruit recipes Avocado acts as a “softener” - it makes the salad less cloying. In meat, on the contrary, it adds freshness and light fruit sweets.
Avocado came to us from Mexico - there it is actively used in the preparation of not only salads, but also many other dishes. We borrowed several traditional mexican recipes and supplemented them with some others, more familiar to Russians.
Avocado salad is perfect not only for exotic lovers, but also for conservatives. With this fruit, you can prepare quite familiar salads - for example, "Olivier" - you just need to replace one of the ingredients with this fruit. As a rule, avocados are used to replace any meat ingredient - boiled chicken breast, sausages and so on. Thus, it is possible from traditionally meat salad make a vegetarian version without losing the flavor. However, avocado goes well with meat and seafood, so it is actively used in cooking dishes with fish, chicken, turkey.
Today we will tell you a few great recipes using avocado. In addition to salads, we will mention rather unusual, but at the same time extremely simple recipes desserts - ice cream and chocolate mousse.
This vegetable salad – perfect solution for autumn dish, because there are so many vitamins in it! However, in the summer it will find a place on your table - a vegetable salad according to this recipe perfectly refreshes and nourishes. To prepare it, you need simple vegetables, which can be found in the kitchen of every housewife:
For the dressing, we need one lime, as well as seasonings (salt and pepper) to taste. And, of course, the recipe will not do without one avocado.
Very unusual recipe dessert mousse using avocado. The recipe can be modified at will - the main thing is to grasp the essence. This recipe is ideal for those who are losing weight: despite its sweetness, it is very light and satisfying. The good thing about this recipe is that it can be served to anyone - it does not contain any milk or eggs, so veganists will be able to enjoy it too. To make chocolate mousse according to our recipe, you will need:
The recipe is extremely simple - you need to mix all the ingredients in a blender at maximum speed. You should have a completely homogeneous thick mass. Adjust the amount of cocoa and sweetener to taste. After cooking, you need to put the mousse in the refrigerator for at least half an hour.
Note: You will need a very powerful mixer to make this recipe mousse. If you do not have it, it is better not to take this recipe - you will get an unappetizing gruel.
This recipe is almost similar to the previous one with one amendment: the cooked mass must be put in freezer... In terms of the choice of ingredients and additives, you can get creative - try adding pistachios, berries, any fruit to your ice cream. We offer you a recipe for avocado-based berry ice cream.
As in the previous recipe, we need to grind the avocado and banana in a blender. You no longer need to add juice - it is quite enough in the berries. After the banana and avocado are smooth, add berries - can be frozen. Frozen berry mixes are perfect for this purpose, which are sold in any supermarket for a very affordable prices... Mix everything again at maximum speed, add sweetener. Place in ice cream tins and freeze overnight (or at least three hours).
Many housewives prepare delicious fruit salads based on avocado. We offer you one of the options for this juicy healthy delicacy... Of the ingredients you need:
Peel and disassemble the tangerines. Cut the apple and banana into small cubes. Peel the avocado, remove the kernel and also cut into small cubes. Season with freshly squeezed lime juice, mix thoroughly. This salad should be served chilled - refrigerate it for a few minutes.
There are about 500 of them all over the world. This fruit is very useful for the body. After all, it is rich in vitamins (A, B1, B6, E). And also avocado - a fruit that helps to significantly lower cholesterol that accumulates in blood vessels... Among other things, it should be noted that this useful product allows you to protect against the development of any oncological diseases... Finally, avocado is the most nutritious food. In the same amount of meat and eggs fewer caloriesthan this wonderful fruit.
The most commonly used avocado is fresh... It is in this case that all useful properties are preserved in it. In addition, if it is fried or doused with boiling water, it will taste bitter.
Avocado is a fruit that is used to make the most different sandwiches and salads. After all, not a single table, especially a festive one, is complete without a variety of salads... And with avocado, they will also be useful.
Before slicing this wonderful fruit, it should be prepared. To begin with, carefully cut it to the bone, and then divide it into several halves, twisting it slightly in a circle. The bone is easily taken out, then the peel is also removed. It should be noted that on fresh air avocado flesh can darken very quickly. Lemon juice will help to avoid this. It is enough just to sprinkle the fruit with it.
Simple avocado salad
To prepare the most ordinary and hearty, you need a few ingredients:
All products must be carefully cut into cubes. The main thing is that they are small. Then the dish will be tastier. The whole mixture is seasoned with a small amount of mayonnaise, transferred to a beautiful vase and served at the table. Spice lovers can add basil, parsley, dill or other herbs to their taste.
Festive salad
Another one with avocado has the ability to cook for festive table... It allows you not to get better, because although it is satisfying, it is very light at the same time.
To create this dish, you need a pack crab meat or sticks, fresh cucumbers, medium-sized apple (preferably sour or sweet and sour), lemon juice, boiled chicken eggs, some red caviar, garlic, herbs, salt and mayonnaise, and avocado. This fruit gives the salad an amazing and unusual flavor.
For the dish, you need to make two layers:
Then it should be beautifully laid. First there is a mixture of apples, cucumber and eggs, then you need to put crab meat, cut into small cubes, put an avocado on top. The decoration is red caviar and fragrant sprigs of greenery.
Salad for dessert
Avocado is a fruit that is used in cooking and sweet, you can season them with yogurt, which has a neutral or fruity taste, or light whipped cream. Lovers low-calorie foods will appreciate such a dish.
To make an avocado fruit salad, you need a banana, orange, some dates, kiwi, avocado, strawberries, lemon, powdered sugar, and yogurt. Each fruit must be finely chopped and laid out in a salad bowl in layers. It should be noted that the banana and avocado must be sprinkled with lemon juice so that they do not darken. For dressing, a sauce is specially prepared, which consists of icing sugar and yogurt. The resulting dish is seasoned with it.
Avocado is really amazing fruit... It contains many useful properties and great potential for preparing all kinds of salads that will always decorate the dining table!
Healthy food recipes: There are countless recipes for avocado, but this should be done taking into account the characteristics of the product.
Any salad is creativity. And there are countless avocado recipes you can think of. Only this must be done correctly, taking into account the characteristics of this product.
Therefore, before showing examples the right salads, you need to understand the basic rules for their preparation.
Avocado salads are not seasoned with mayonnaise. And even sour cream. If fat is added to them, then only little olive oil.This is due to the fact that avocado is an extremely fatty product. 77% of his calories are spent on fat.And fat is not greased. The oil should not be oily.
Besides olive oil, natural yogurt is the right dressing for avocado salad. It is used in the preparation of sweet berry and fruit versions of the dish.
So avocado is fat.
So, examples of salads:
Tomatoes are one of the most common ingredients in avocado snacks.
With tomatoes and soft cheese
Ingredients:
Cut all ingredients into small cubes. Chop the garlic, not crush it. Chop greens. Mix.
Add salt and pepper to taste. Season with lemon juice. Add a little olive oil if necessary.
Tomato and avocado with onions
The recipe above is often made lower in calories. To do this, replace the cheese in it onions, usually red.
Ingredients:
Salad is prepared in two ways:
In the second case, tomatoes are spread on the dish, then onions and garlic, then avocado. Top covered with greens. Salt, pepper, sprinkle with lemon juice and olive oil.
With tomatoes and cucumbers
This recipe is completely the same as the previous one, except for what is present in it. additional ingredient - fresh cucumber.
With corn
Ingredients:
Chop the onion. Cut avocado and tomatoes into cubes.
Mix the ingredients by adding the herbs and dressing the salad with lime juice. Season with salt and pepper. Add olive oil if necessary.
With pasta
Ingredients:
First we do the salad dressing. To do this, mix olive oil, vinegar, chopped garlic, oregano and salt.
Then, in a salad bowl, combine the cubes of tomato, cucumber, pasta and olives. Pasta must be cooled down, without traces of water on them.
We fill the salad with 2/3 of the prepared sauce and send it to the refrigerator for 4 hours.
We get it. Put avocado cubes and dill in the salad. Sprinkle with cheese. Pour in the remaining dressing. Add salt if necessary.
With quinoa and spinach
Ingredients:
If we put the pasta in the previous recipe completely cooled down in the salad, then we will use the quinoa with heat and heat. It is important.
So let's put the quinoa to cook.
And while it is cooking, grind the spinach. And we put it in a bowl. Add garlic passed through a press there.
Put the hot quinoa in a bowl with spinach and garlic. We mix. Hot quinoa will melt the garlic. And it will give the salad an extra flavor.
Add chopped onion and tomato slices. Salt and pour in vinegar. We mix.
Finally, add the avocado. And mix again. We put it in the refrigerator for a while.
Chicken salad for serving on sandwiches
Ingredients:
Put all the ingredients in a bowl except the herbs.
Mash the avocado pieces with a fork and mix. Add citrus juice, oil, salt and pepper. Sprinkle with fresh herbs and mix thoroughly again.
Classic version with cherry tomatoes
Ingredients:
Cut the chicken, avocado and cucumbers into small pieces. Tear lettuce leaves. Combine all ingredients in a bowl. Add the garlic passed through a press.
Pepper, salt. Season with lemon juice and oil. Add mustard if desired.
Chicken salad with grapes
Ingredients:
Mix all ingredients. Season with salt, pepper, add curry. Season the salad with yogurt or lemon juice and olive oil.
With tuna and radish
Ingredients:
Combine all ingredients in a salad bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Season with lemon juice and olive oil.
With salted red fish and sesame seeds
Ingredients:
Mix the pieces of avocado, red fish and lettuce. Season with lemon juice and oil. Season with salt and pepper. Sprinkle with chopped cilantro and seeds.
With shrimps and tomatoes
Ingredients:
For this salad, dressing is done separately and in advance to allow the onions to marinate.
Finely chop the onion and cover with lime juice along with olive oil. Salt and pepper. Leave at room temperature for 10-15 minutes.
Mix all other ingredients in a salad bowl. Add the gas station. Sprinkle with cilantro greens. Add salt and pepper if necessary.
With fried shrimps and corn
Ingredients:
For this recipe, dressing is also prepared separately and in advance. Chop the cilantro. Squeeze citrus juice into it, salt and pepper, add olive oil to taste.
Then put all the ingredients in a salad bowl. Pour the cooked sauce over.
With mango and shrimps
Ingredients:
Again, separately prepare the dressing, pouring chopped cilantro with vinegar, lime juice and olive oil. Pepper and salt to taste.
Mix the mango, avocado and shrimp in a salad bowl. Fill with sauce.
With strawberries and feta cheese
Ingredients:
First, we make a dressing: mixes vinegar, oil. Salt. And add tarragon.
Combine avocado and strawberry slices in a separate bowl. Season the salad. Sprinkle with chopped feta on top.
With strawberries and mango
Ingredients:
Mix all ingredients except nuts. Drizzle with oil and vinegar. Salt. Mix. Sprinkle with nuts and seeds on top.
Mango-orange with pineapple
Ingredients:
Mix fruits. Season with yogurt. Let stand in the refrigerator for a while before serving.
Mint raspberry salad
Ingredients:
Mix everything salad ingredients in a bowl. Squeeze the juice out of the limes, and finely grate the zest of one citrus. Season the salad with lime juice. Sprinkle with zest. Salt if necessary.
With papaya and pomegranate
Ingredients:
Prepare the dressing separately. We mix citrus juice, oil and honey. Salt and pepper. Beat well.
In a salad bowl we combine all the main components of the dish. Refills and serve immediately.
With grapefruit
Ingredients:
We disassemble the grapefruit into slices, trying to clear them of the bitter white films. We mix all the ingredients of the salad. We fill with lemon juice. Salt.
If the grapefruit is very juicy, then lemon juice can be omitted.
You may have noticed that none of these examples contain eggs. Indeed, this ingredient is practically not found in avocado salads. Why?
Avocado is fat. Egg yolk is also pure fat. And no fat is added to fat.
Eggs and avocados each individually are healthy salad dressing... Together, they form a near-perfect nutritional binding complex for many salad dishes.
therefore regular salad rarely cooked from avocado and eggs. Usually they are crushed together and make something like a sandwich paste, which is also used for other salads as a dressing.
Ingredients:
All ingredients are mixed in a bowl. You can crush an avocado with just a fork. Or you can use a blender. Then the mixture will be more homogeneous and suitable for refueling.
These are the basic rules and examples of cooking healthy salads with avocado. Then your imagination comes into play. Cook with love!