Help Me Learn to Like Avocados page 3

[MarieCalledGia]

I only use Haas - I don't like the larger, bright green California version. Making sure they are ripe is key. Until you find a way you like, buy one at a time. Choose one that has a darker pebbled skin that yields to gentle pressure. I like to take a half, cube it, then add diced tomatoes, 1 oz or so of diced aged cheddar, olive oil, salt and pepper. There is something for me with the combo of avocado, sharp cheese and tomato, with olive oil to soften and bind. It's yummy! Sometimes I add in diced roasted chicken or tuna. All ingredients are a 1:1 ratio.

Don't ever cook avocado in a recipe - it gets bitter.

This sounds like a great 'salad'! I will be trying this!

[Primal Joyce]

My personal favorite - braise a pork loin, shred it up and top it with cream cheese, sliced avocado and fresh tomato salsa. OH MAN!

I think I just had a foodgasm reading this.

[patski]

Avocado Chocolate Mousse/Pudding:

1 ripe avocado, mashed until smooth
1 tablespoon or so of good quality cocoa
Maple syrup to taste

Combine.

OMG YUM.

DO NOT SHARE. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

[patski]

Now, I love them so much I could rub them all over my face and call myself a bitch.

LOL!

This is why I love you, Choco.

On another note: I thought avocados were relatively high on O3s, even though they are still high on O6s?

Fuck the internet, man. I read it somewhere.

[paleo-bunny]

Avocadoes don't have much n-3, but their n-6 content isn't too high relative to the overall fat content. Avocado fat content is something like 75-80% monounsaturated, with the remainder about 50-50 between saturated and polyunsaturated.

Personally I'll mix them in with some other veggies, or put them over top of a steak or burger. Didn't like them in the past, but tried them again recently and am definitely a fan now.

Their omega 6 content is significant and percentage wise is higher than what many of us are shooting for as a healthy percentage of fat intake overall. Thus it's advisable to take their omega 6 content into account, especially for someone eating olive oil, chicken, nuts and seeds in quantity.

That said, it's not nearly so easy to over-consume omega 6 eating avocados as it is eating olive oil or nuts, so for many it's not an issue.

[patski]

paleo-bunny, do you have a nutrients/fact list on avocado?

[paleo-bunny]

paleo-bunny, do you have a nutrients/fact list on avocado?

In an average California avocado there's about 2.3 g omega 6, and 0.15 g omega 3.

Nutrition Facts and Analysis for Avocados, raw, California

11% of the total fat content in avocados is omega 6.

One thing I'd like to know is how far monounsaturated fats (omega 9) mitigate the inflammatory effects of omega 6.

[Leida]

Avocado is one of the only things that tend to rot in my fridge. They sell the buggers in 5 packs, and it takes me forever from avocado to avocado. My problem is that they are too high in carb to fit in a low-carb/high-fat day and too high in fat to fit into a low fat/high carb day.

I usually mush 1/2 avocado with lime juice, garlic and salt and add to a can of tuna as a per-workout snack.

Here are some more recipes, some of them actually sound not too bad:

http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes_me...vocado_recipes

[patski]

In an average California avocado there's about 2.3 g omega 6, and 0.15 g omega 3.

Nutrition Facts and Analysis for Avocados, raw, California

11% of the total fat content in avocados is omega 6.

One thing I'd like to know is how far monounsaturated fats (omega 9) mitigate the inflammatory effects of omega 6.

I'm curious to know how omega 6 FA in avocado behave as opposed to the rancid omega 6 FAs we find in vegetable oils...

Fresh O6 as opposed to bleached, rancid, GMO O6...

[paleo-bunny]

I'm curious to know how omega 6 FA in avocado behave as opposed to the rancid omega 6 FAs we find in vegetable oils...

Fresh O6 as opposed to bleached, rancid, GMO O6...

Most O6 are inflammatory as far as I'm aware ... but yes, fresh is nowhere near as bad as bleached, rancid, GMO O6.