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Woman shares very simple hack for how to stop avocados going brown
The woman tried and tested her methods.
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Mother's genius trick for keeping avocado fresh goes viral
People have long struggled to keep their cut avocados fresh and green, but, thanks to a woman in New Zealand, those tough times are over. Cherry Gaddes recently shared her avocado-saving secret on social media, and the internet is saluting her
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Quinoa, avocado and cashews, just how sustainable are so-called 'trendy' foods really?
Yeah, that superfood you just Instagrammed, it might not be so virtuous.
AOLWhy you really do need to wash avocados before eating them
Avocado lovers don't eat the skin of the creamy fruit so why bother cleaning the exterior before carving into one? It turns out the skin of an avocado can play host to bacteria that can find their way into the fruit. A recent report
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Why you're advised to wash avocado before eating it
The FDA has issued a warning about the bacteria lurking on your avocado on toast
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Could our love affair with avocados be about to end?
Trendy cafes are taking avocados off the menu!
Yahoo Life UKIs your avocado habit keeping you up at night?
The millennial staple might be gram-worthy but avocado could be the reason why you're counting sheep every night.
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The great avocado debate: Is the millennial staple suitable for vegans or not?
Television presenter Sandy Toksvig recently claimed that avocados are not suitable for vegans.
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An avocado restaurant is finally opening in London, and it's here to stay
Because there's more to avocados than avocado toast.
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A can of Strongbow is healthier than an avocado, according to Slimming World
Is it too good to be true that Strongbow is actually healthy? (We're afraid it could be.)
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National Beer Day: 5 weird beer flavours from around the world
Avocado-flavoured beer, anyone?
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'Avocado art' is here to make you love the fruit even more
Just watch out for 'avocado hand'.
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Pre-sliced avocados are here to save you from avocado hand
Iceland are changing the avocado game.
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Avocado-related injuries are on the up, so here's how to cut one safely
It seems we have an inability to dissect them without hurting ourselves.
- Natasha Preskey
It Turns Out Our Avocado Obsession Is Destroying Forests
This is especially true in Mexico, where farmers are trying to keep up with the US’s thirst for avocados. Avocados and fir trees both thrive at the same altitude and in the same climate, so in Mexico’s mountains of Michoacan a lot of forestry is being cleared to make room for the more lucrative avocado plants. Trees are also cleared around the avocado plants to make sure that they’re exposed to enough sunlight.
- Alice Sholl
Someone’s Finally Invented A Machine That Stop Avocados Going Brown
When you eat a perfectly ripe avocado, it’s the epitome of delicious, wholesome food. Australia-based company Naturo Technologies has invented the ‘Natavo Zero’, which it claims gives avocados a minimum of 10 days refrigerated shelf life even after they’ve been opened. The machine’s agricultural engineer Jeff Hastings told Mashable Australia that the technology works by “turning off” the enzyme in the fruit which causes it to turn brown when exposed to oxygen.
- Sabrina Carder
Avocado Infused Beauty Buys That Will Satisfy Your Craving
Let’s face it, in 2016 we all just cannot get enough of avocado’s. From avocado on toast, to those cute ‘avocuddle’ illustrations that come up on our Instagram feed. As we predicted avo is literally great in everything, including in our beauty regime. From face masks to hair conditioners, everyone’s fave fruit boasts minerals and anti-oxidants that can beautify our skin and hair.
- Samantha Simmonds, Fashion and Lifestyle Blogger
5 Guilt-Free Mexican Recipes to Spice Up Your Summer
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- Marie-Claire Dorking
You Can Grow Your Own Avocado Tree - But It May Take A While
Avocado lovers rejoice! You can now grow your own avocado tree. Which is pretty darned fantastic news because avocados are in short supply ATM due to everyone jumping on the healthy eating bandwagon. All you have to do, is put a peeled avocado seed into the hole, place it in a large, water-filled pot and wait for it to grow.
- Aleshia Pinto,Yahoo Food Blogger
5 unexpected things you can grill at your next backyard barbecue
Turn off that stove, because BBQ season is upon us! But there’s more to grilling than burgers, hot dogs and corn. Here are five unexpected things that prove you can BBQ anything if you put your mind to it! Fire it up!
- Samantha Simmonds, Fashion and Lifestyle Blogger
5 Recipes Which Will Make You Fall In Love With Your Spiraliser
This bolognese sauce is packed with flavourful little extras (mushrooms, herbs, Worcester sauce, red wine…) so you can banish any qualms about blandness right now. Get the recipe from Quorn. Get the recipe from Eat Yourself Skinny.
- Devina Wells, Beauty & Lifestyle Blogger
Breakfast Snobbery: What’s The Obsession With Avocado All About?
Because for some unknown reason, people are convinced that a slab of avocado over a dollop of Heinz makes them that bit more sophisticated. Forgive me, unless avocados contain the elixir to immortality or everlasting youth, I can’t comprehend the breakfast snobbery of those who add them to everything.
- Jasmine Jones
Pre-Sliced Avocado Is Here & It’s Seriously Dividing Opinion
Dear old Marks and Spencer have started selling pre-sliced avocado and it’s seriously dividing opinion.
- Karen Kwan
Why you may want to consider eating an avocado a day
Many of us are eating avocados every day – or at least that’s what the 90,000+ avocado toast posts on Instagram would suggest. Here’s a big myth debunked: for one, eating avocados regularly won’t make you fat. “The monounsaturated fats in avocados are what give it the creamy texture that make it such a good replacement for butter, margarine or mayonnaise,” says Michelle W. Book., the in-house nutritionist at the Canadian Health Food Association.
- Alison Coldridge
Why We Should All Be Eating The Seeds In Avocados
Sounds bizarre (not to mention a recipe for a cracked tooth), but chowing down on the avocado stone is apparently really good for you. It’s also teeming with more soluble fibre than oats and most other foods and is so good for us that it makes up 70 per cent of the nutritional benefit of the entire avocado.