By Linda Gassenheimer From Tribune News Service Ripe avocado mixed with tomatoes, and hot pepper sauce makes a tasty, vegetarian sandwich. Adding a little bought pesto sauce adds more flavor. This sandwich is perfect for a quick dinner. You may have to plan a little in advance to ripen your avocado. One tip to help…
What Do Avocados Do to Your Cholesterol?
May 12, 2022
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Can guacamole lower your cholesterol as well as other whole-food fat sources like nuts, or is that just spin by the avocado industry? “Avocados are the richest known fruit source of phytosterols,” the cholesterol-lowering nutrients found in plant foods, brags a review sponsored by the HASS Avocado Board. The operative word, though, is fruit. Yes, avocados contain more phytosterols compared to other fruit, but phytosterols are fat-soluble…
A Delicious and Healthy Chocolate Smoothie | Eat Better
Who doesn’t love a good chocolate smoothie? This sweet and satisfying recipe is free of white sugar and other unnatural additives and flavors often found in this popular beverage. Sweet potato even makes an appearance, along with several other nutritious ingredients including nuts and avocado. Join Gina as she takes you through her step-by-step process…
Everything You Need to Know About How to Select, Store and Freeze Avocados
Avocados are fickle. Sometimes they seem to be ready for consumption but then hard as a rock when cut into. Other times avocados look like they’ll be rotten before you get them home. This unpredictability isn’t just expensive ($1.25 each for medium, $2.50 each for large at my local supermarket, as I write); it also…
Avocados and Big Macs: Higher Prices, Shrinkflation Affecting Your Food
Your dinner plate could get more expensive this year. Labor shortages, public policy disputes, weather conditions, and the global supply chain crisis could contribute to higher food inflation in the coming months. In January, the U.S. annual food index climbed 7 percent, with many items costing more, from meat to bread to fruit. Food at…
Avocado Prices Could Soon Skyrocket in US After Ban on Imports From Mexico: Experts
The federal government has suspended all imports of Mexican avocados after a U.S. plant safety inspector in Mexico received a threatening message, meaning that the price of the popular fruit could soon skyrocket in the United States. The Mexican government confirmed that the Biden administration had suspended all imports of avocados from the country on…
US Suspends Mexican Avocado Imports on Eve of Super Bowl
MEXICO CITY—Mexico has acknowledged that the U.S. government has suspended all imports of Mexican avocados after a U.S. plant safety inspector in Mexico received a threat. The surprise suspension was confirmed late Saturday on the eve of the Super Bowl, the biggest sales opportunity of the year for Mexican avocado growers—though it would not affect…
Why You Should Avoid Using Most Avocado Oil
The fact that most olive oils on the market are fraudulently diluted with less expensive (and more harmful) oils has been known for years. Now, a report1,2,3 in the journal Food Control warns that the purity and quality of avocado oil sold in the U.S. is questionable at best, and that standards to protect consumers and…
Smoked Guacamole With Chia Seed Totopos
Avocados may not be the first vegetable you think of for smoking or grilling. After all, as oceans of guacamole and acres of toast suggest, avocados are splendid raw. But wood smoke imparts haunting umami flavors that take guacamole from average to astonishing. To reinforce that smokiness, I like to add chipotle chiles along with…
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