UPDATE: use salsa instead of chopped tomatoes and onions. [Thanks Anne V.]
Peel one ripe avocado.** Very easy to do! Add lemon juice, salt, garlic, chopped tomato (optional), chopped onion. Mash it up with a fork. Done!
You can skip chopping up the tomatoes and onions by buying frozen chopped onions, that will keep in your freezer for months, and a small can of chopped tomatoes, that will keep in your refrigerator for a few days.
**2nd UPDATE: Below is a much easier way to peel an avocado, per Anne V. again. Takes longer to write these directions than to peel the fruit (vegetable?).
With a sharp knife, cut the avocado at its middle point down to the pit and slice all the way around. Twist the two halves, and one of them will loosen from the pit. For the remaining half still attached to the pit, quarter with knife down to the pit. The pit will be very easy to separate now. Now quarter the first half separated from the pit. For all pieces, pull the peel back from the fruit to separate it. If the fruit sticks or the peel flakes easily, use a spoon to scrape fruit from the peel.
I brought an avocado to work once and tried to peel it. It was very ripe and the darn thing kept slipping away from me and getting the green stuff all over my fingers/hands. My Vietnamese co-worker looked at me like I was crazy and said, "That's not how to skin an avocado!" He showed me another method, which has worked much better for me. See what you think.
ReplyDeleteWith a sharp knife, cut the avocado at its middle point down to the pit and slice all the way around. Twist the two halves, and one of them will loosen from the pit. For the remaining half still attached to the pit, quarter with knife down to the pit. The pit will be very easy to separate now. Now quarter the first half separated from the pit. For all pieces, pull the peel back from the fruit to separate it. If the fruit sticks or the peel flakes easily, use a spoon to scrape fruit from the peel.
BTW, love this new blog effort, Pam. I'm a big fan of the Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy school of cooking. I'll be trying some of these recipes and will send your way any appropriate ones I come across.
Excellent idea on a better way to peel an avocado! Reminds me a little of the best way to peel a mango. Tx
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