Have you ever tried an Avocado Shake? It’s tasty and refreshing. Some think of avocados as a salad staple, or as part of a California Maki. Avocados are a great dessert too! And as a beverage, it is simply delicious. Here’s how you can make your own Avocado Shake:
Ingredients:
1 avocado, peeled and pitted
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 cup milk (or add more till you reach your desired consistency)
Crushed Ice
Procedure:
Add all ingredients in a blender. Stir before serving. Pour into a tall glass. Serve cold. Enjoy!
To make your Avocado Shake even tastier, you can add 2 scoops of ice cream into the …read more

National Guacamole Day is coming up September 16th. Is it a coincidence that it comes right at the beginning of guacamole season (otherwise known as football season)? I have to tell you I could celebrate guacamole every day of the year, or at least the avocados that go in them. Sliced avocado on corn chips is one of my absolute favorite snacks.

Wholly Guacamole is celebrating by giving away a free Wholly Guacamole Snack Pack. Simply eat lunch or dinner at any Schlotzsky’s restaurants nationwide on September 16 and receive one free, Wholly Guacamole 2 oz, 100 calorie Snack Packs with …read more

I like to make quick easy lunches while I’m working, but I don’t like to rely on frozen dinners, or boxed meals. I like to make something fresher if I can. One of my favorite things to do for lunch is to take a flour tortilla and make a wrap  with whatever I have on hand.
Here’s how today’s wrap turned out. I have the instructions here to make one, but you can just as easily make 5 or 10:
Black Bean Corn Avocado Wraps

1/3 cup black beans (drained)
1 large flour tortilla (I picked up some jalapeno-cilantro flavored tortillas at the store …read more

My husband loves sandwiches. Me?, not so much. But I try to indulge his love for sandwiches once in a while. One of the sandwiches I make is this Beef Avocado Cheese Sandwich that’s really easy to make.
INGREDIENTS:
beef strips
half medium onions, chopped
juice of 1 lime
garlic powder
salt and pepper for seasoning
oil for sautéing
buns
avocado slices
slices of cheese

I live in Northern California and we’ve been enjoying the very best prices on avocados lately. I’ve paid even less than a dollar, believe it or not. Okay, that was just once, but still… I love avocados, they are my very favorite food.
Here’s a recipe for an Avocado Quiche from the Holland Inn, in Bar Harbor, Maine.

Avocado Quiche
Ingredients:
This is by far Evin’s favorite dish. Try replacing the fresh tomato with picante, well drained! Yummy! Makes 2 quiches Serves 6-8 slices per quiche.
1 cup sour cream
4 eggs, beaten
3 cups shredded cheddar cheese
dash of salt & black pepper to taste 8 …read more

Pico de Gallo is traditionally a Mexican topping for tacos or dip for tortilla chips. It’s really not that hard to make it. The basic way of making pico de gallo is combining chopped tomatoes, onions and chiles like jalapenos or serranos, a squirt of lime and seasoned with salt and pepper. Other variations include chopped cilantro.
If you don’t want to handle chiles but still want to have the spicy flavor, just sprinkle a few red pepper flakes on it.
Check out my pico de gallo twists after the fold…

It’s Superbowl Weekend! What’s on the menu? Guacamole dips all done?
If you’ve got your guacamole dips recipes all sussed out and you think you’ll have excess avocados, how about whipping up an Avocado Caesar Salad? Or some Avocado Pasta for something more filling than just chips? Or — and this sounds yummy– an Raspberry Avocado Smoothie as a refreshing drink for the morning after (but not for those with hangovers I guess).
Contrary to popular myth, avocados have been documented to actually help ward off cardiovascular disease, as well as Alzheimer’s Disease and cancer because of its high antioxidant content. It …read more

Avocados have high folic acid content, the lack of which has been linked to the development of cardiovascular and Alzheimer’s disease. In addition, the phytochemicals in this fruit has been recently shown to have cancer-fighting potentials, particularly in oral cancer.
D’Ambrosio, who collaborated with researchers in Ohio State’s College of Pharmacy, found that phytochemicals extracted from avocados target multiple signaling pathways and increase the amount of reactive oxygen within the cells, leading to cell death in pre-cancerous cell lines. But the phytochemicals did not harm normal cells.
“These studies suggest that individual and a combination of phytochemicals from the avocado …read more

Super Bowl Sunday may be over but hey, avocados are a healthy addition to your diet any time of the year!
They are good sources of folate or folic acid. What’s the deal with folate? Low dietary intake of folate has been associated with increasing the levels of homocysteine, a risk factor linked with coronary heart disease and stroke, although a direct relationship between folate intake and heart disease has not yet been conclusively shown. High homocysteine levels have also been associated with an increased likelihood of developing Alzheimer’s disease.
Check out the healthy recipes at Fresh California Avocados for more …read more