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Why Buy Frozen Avocado?
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Worst Ways to Use Frozen Avocado
Best Tips for Thawing Frozen Avocado
Will Frozen Avocado Save You Money?
Frozen Avocado Nutrition
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Frozen avocados have broken onto the scene and since people are avo-obsessed, they have really taken off. Who wouldn’t want avocados always stocked in their kitchen? We love avocados. The average American eats 9 pounds of avocado per year, according toProducePay. Avocados are antioxidant-packed, can help you lose weight and just plain delicious.
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It’s nice to always have avocado on hand if you’re a fan of green smoothies and avocado toast. Plus, we’ve all purchased a fresh avocado and—despite our best efforts to select a perfectly ripe one—cut into a brownish, bruised fruit. Frozen avocado eliminates the risk of selecting a less-than-perfect avocado, and it’s a way to always make sure you have some on hand.
Just like with otherfrozen produce, frozen avocado can’t stand in for fresh every time. We’re all for keeping frozen fruit on hand for smoothies, and frozen vegetables (like peas or spinach) to toss into soups or stir-fries, but they don’t always work the same in baked goods or salads. To see how and if frozen avocados held up, we bought a couple bags and tested them out. Turns out we like them in some ways and wouldn’t recommend them in other culinary applications. We also did a little cost comparison to find out if they’re a more budget-friendly option, and we dug into the nutrition. Here’s what we found.
Pictured recipe:Jason Mraz’s Avocado Green Smoothie
In a Smoothie
This feels like the most obvious way to use frozen avocado, and we found it tasted great. Adding avocado to smoothies is a nice way to boost the healthy fat and fiber content. It also helps make your smoothies creamy and dreamy. The frozen avocado was a great addition to green smoothies. No surprise here. If you’re using all frozen produce, you may need to add a little more liquid to blend your smoothie. Frozen avocado also works great inmilkshakes.
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Pictured recipe:Avocado-Egg Toast
On Toast
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Pictured recipe:Guacamole & Dippers
In Guacamole
Mashed up with some lime juice and salt and scooped up with chips was a perfectly palatable way to use our thawed frozen avocado. Again, just like with toast, any frozen avocado taste or texture difference will be masked when the guacamole has a lot going on. Throw in some cheese, tomatoes, roasted garlic or onion. One food editor found his guacamole was just slightly watery, but still enjoyable when he used frozen avocado.
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On Top of a Salad or Grain Bowl
We found that thawing the chunks and using them to jazz up a salad or grain bowl just didn’t work. Between the slight texture difference and the fact that they were standing on their own (not blended into anything), frozen just didn’t cut it.
While the bag has instructions for how to microwave, we found the best way was to let them thaw on the counter. Microwaving the avocado chunks just risks them getting too warm and ruining the texture. They only need to thaw at room temperature for about an hour (we found even less time works too sometimes). Welch’s recommends serving them slightly frozen for the best flavor and texture.
One other tip? Make sure your bag is sealed tight. While this product comes in resealable bags, you may want to add a bag clip or rubber band to make sure it’s closed. Our bag opened up on us in the freezer (which may have been user error) and this led to some freezer-burned chunks.
A 10-ounce bag ofWelch’s frozen avocadoretails for around $5. One fresh avocado usually costs $1-2.
You get 3-5 ounces of flesh—let’s call it 4 oz.—per whole avocado (we weighed multiple avocados after removing the pit and the skin). Although the 10-ounce bags don’t have quite the same value as fresh avocado, it may be worth trying to see how you like the product before you commit to it.
A 1/4-cup serving of frozen avocado chunks has 50 calories, 4.5 grams fat, 2 grams fiber and 1 gram protein.
This product is a great addition to your freezer if you make smoothies regularly or love avocado toast. It also works well for last-minute guacamole, so having a bag on hand means you’re always ready for a party (just add chips). Just don’t microwave it or expect it to be a star ingredient for your salads.
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