Do you eat avocados as a snack?

[Wines Not Whines]

How do you eat them? Just plain? I love avocados, but I usually use them for guacamole or in a salad or along with a Mexican/southwest meal. I bought a couple to eat as snacks this week, but now I'm not sure what to do with them, other than scoop them out and maybe add some salt and lime juice. I feel like I need tortilla chips or something.

[CallingAllAngels]

I just salt them (sometimes with black lava salt if I want to pretend I'm fancy) and eat with a spoon.

Sometimes, I spread on toast and salt.

[venice2007]

Roasted and enjoy. Sooooooo good!

[Susie]

I eat them with meals a lot (sliced on sandwiches, in salads, mashed on things), but they're a bit much for me for just a snack on their own. Not that it wouldn't be good, but it's really calorically dense. Even peak HIM training doesn't demand that many calories and I prefer to spend my extra calories on other stuff!

[Wines Not Whines]

Sept 16, 2014 20:09:48 GMT -5 Susie said:

I eat them with meals a lot (sliced on sandwiches, in salads, mashed on things), but they're a bit much for me for just a snack on their own. Not that it wouldn't be good, but it's really calorically dense. Even peak HIM training doesn't demand that many calories and I prefer to spend my extra calories on other stuff!

Yeah, I was thinking about eating half of one (and saving the other half for the next day), which isn't *too* crazy. The internet tells me half an avocado is about 125 calories, so not much more than a banana.

[Wines Not Whines]

Sept 16, 2014 20:09:01 GMT -5 venice2007 said:

Roasted and enjoy. Sooooooo good!

This is new to me! I have never cooked an avocado.

[venice2007]

Sept 16, 2014 20:15:15 GMT -5 Wines Not Whines said:

Sept 16, 2014 20:09:01 GMT -5 venice2007 said:

Roasted and enjoy. Sooooooo good!

This is new to me! I have never cooked an avocado.

Omg soo good. Roasted with evoo s&p
Flip so each side gets a crispy outside

[labbie]

I wish I ate them more often. Love them.
I dice them up in large chunks and add them to a salad. I usually eat a salad for lunch, and including an avocado makes it much more satisfying (the fat, I'm assuming).

venice2007, I also never heard of roasting them, but now I need to try this asap!

[venice2007]

lovestoeat.wordpress.com/2014/06/27/roasted-avocado/

[mrshandy]

Yes, most days. Usually plain, but sometimes with a little salt and pepper.

[clseale]

Sept 16, 2014 20:05:52 GMT -5 CallingAllAngels said:

I just salt them (sometimes with black lava salt if I want to pretend I'm fancy) and eat with a spoon.

Sometimes, I spread on toast and salt.

This is usually the two ways I eat them when I snack. Well, minus the lava salt. I'm not fancy enough for lava salt. 

For or a snack, I usually eat a half. Now I want to roast one!

[ktzmoh]

I eat them a lot on my salads and in sandwiches etc. they are also great in smoothies

[chw57]

I mash them up on toast and sprinkle with garlic salt

[Deleted]

I mash mine up with a boiled egg in a bowl. Add a little pepper, yum!

[gt7301b]

I just eat them with my meal. Eggs, yes. Salad, yes. Meat, how about some avocado with that?

Most of the time I am pretty boring and just add a quarter avocado to my meal, but I did get fancy and made peach/avocado salsa last week.

The question you really should be asking is when would you not eat an avocado?

[spunkypenguin]

I'm with gt7301b - I put them on whatever I'm eating. I put it in soup, on my eggs, in salads (Strawberry/Avocado Salad is yum!), on sandwiches. I used to make devilled eggs w/ Avocado - just mash up the avocado w/ the yolks and some salsa...it was a good pre-workout on lifting days!

[cole]

Sept 16, 2014 23:18:31 GMT -5 tarzanswife said:

I mash mine up with a boiled egg in a bowl. Add a little pepper, yum!

This is exactly what I do too

[shauni27]

I eat mine any old way, except roasted. That sounds wonderful.

[awick14]

I usually eat them in things, salads etc.

I really want to roast one now.

[shelbyann]

I usually mash it and spread it on crackers with a little salt and pepper. I have never heard of roasting avocado…I must try that now!

[zoomzoom]

Cut in half, sprinkle with Lawry's seasoning salt and eat right out of the shell. Delicious.

[jamalynn]

I mash a whole avocado with 1/3 cup footage cheese with a sprinkle of salt. I serve it to the kids with crackers. They love it.

[menrandes]

I use them in place of mayo in egg salads. I cook them up in my scrambled egg. I snack on them with tomatoes. When I want quick I will make a cheating guacamole with mashed avocado, onion powder, garlic powder, salt, pepper, and lime juice. Basically, I love all things avocados.