In this video, you'll discover 15 delicious ways that you can enjoy avocados.
Many people are aware that avocados have a lot of health benefits, but what they're unaware
of are all the different ways that you can utilize avocados and that's what we're going
to talk about in this video. We're going to give a quick breakdown of the avocado nutrition.
Then, we'll talk about 15 delicious ways that you can eat avocados daily, and at the end
of this video, what I'll do is I have a special gift for you that's going to help you implement
all of this information today. So, stick around to the end.
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Now, let's go ahead and we're going to dive in and first we're going to talk about why
would you even eat avocado. So, let's talk about the avocado nutrition first. Now, this
is based off of one avocado and a lot of people see the different nutrition facts when I talk
about eggs or avocados and they always say, well they're wrong. It's just that when we
look at some of these different items, they're always different sizes, so you're always going
to get slightly different nutrition facts. So, first of all, the avocado has 21 grams
of fat, so lots of good healthy fat, which is very important. Three grams of protein,
two grams of net carbs, 12 grams of total carbs, and then 10 grams of fiber. Now, if
you're not familiar with like net carbs versus total carbs, it’s basically where you go
and you subtract the fiber from the total carbs and that's how you end up with net carbs.
If you follow the ketogenic diet, this is a very important concept to understand. And
so, we got 10 grams of fiber in there, so lots of good healthy fiber, which is going
to be good for gut health. And then, it ends up being about 227 calories. So, a really
good well balanced meal here.
Now when we look at the benefits, they're highly nutrient dense, there's lots of stuff
going on in there, lots of nutrients to get from those and benefit from. High in fat.
This high fat is very important for overall bodily health. This is a good quality fat,
good for the brain, it’s good for the nervous system, it’s good for cellular function,
it's good for hormones, so lots of good fats. Antioxidant rich - they have really powerful
antioxidants in it like lutein, zeaxanthin, which is very powerful for eye health and
know, making sure that you age well. It also is going to have weight loss benefits. Now
basically there's studies out there that show if you consume more avocados in a day, you
tend to actually lose weight and it's simply because avocados are high in fat and protein
and well-balanced with lots of nutrients. And so, they're very satiating. So, people
who eat avocados tend to actually eat fewer calories throughout the day. It supports weight
loss that way. And then of course it has many uses and that's what we're really going to
talk about today.
Let's go ahead and talk about the first use. Avocado smoothies are really great. Now, this
is where I think I really got started with eating avocados on a regular basis is making
avocado smoothies. I have some friends that are Brazilian and it’s very traditional
in the Brazilian culture to make avocado smoothies where you basically take avocados, mix it
in with milk, and then they put sugar in it and you make these avocado smoothies. I have
a slight variation where we take the avocado, we put it in with like an almond milk or coconut
milk, and then we use like a Stevia Xylitol to sweeten it, but anyway, it's that simple.
You put that in the blender, you make a really delicious smoothie and that is supposedly
in their culture how they go and have breakfast a lot of times. So, avocado smoothies are
really delicious. Give them a try. Let's talk about avocado hummus. So, this
is basically the same as your traditional hummus with a little bit of flair of putting
some avocado in it. I really like how it actually changes the flavor a little bit, but also
as a little bit of some nutritional benefit that you get from avocado that you would not
otherwise get from just plain hummus, and so getting avocado hummus or even making it
at home, which is very easy to do, is going to be a great way to add some avocados into
your daily routine.
And then let's go ahead and talk about avocado ice cream. Now, for some people, they're going
to look at this and go, oh wow, that looks terrible, but really it's actually good. If
you go to a local health food store, they'll always have some avocado ice cream there,
or you can make it at home. You're basically going to just take some cream, you're going
to take some avocado, and you're of course going to have to have an ice cream maker,
but you go and you just blend all this stuff together and then you make avocado ice cream.
Give it a try. It really is good. If you've been on the ketogenic diet, you're probably
very familiar with avocado ice cream that's sweetened with like a stevia or xylitol because
it's acceptable while on the ketogenic diet.
Let's talk about the next thing and that's avocado fries. These are also very simple
to make. You can take some avocado, slice them up, and then you can fry them in a coconut
oil. Remember we have to use an oil that has a high heat range. Coconut oil is a good one
to use so you can find them in coconut oil and then you can even go in and bake them,
not like fry them and bake them, but you fry them or bake them and baking them would obviously
be the healthier option. But making avocado fries is a great way to switch it up and get
away from the traditional starchy potato fries.
Next is pickled avocados. A lot of people really liked pickled anything. And so pickled
avocados is something that fits right into their category of foods that they really like
and how you make pickled avocados is you basically warm up some vinegar and you take a whole
bunch of sliced avocados, put it in the jar, take that warm vinegar, and you dump it in
there. And then you just let it sit for about two days. And some people even use apple cider
vinegar in order to make this happen in order to add a little bit more benefit to it. So
pickled avocados are great and then people go and just put them on a burger or something
of that nature and really, really like it. So pickled avocados.
And then grilled avocados. Now this is also another little interesting twist to eating
avocados instead of just eating them plain, there's lots of variations that we're seeing
here. And so grilled avocados, you're basically going to cut it in half, remove the seed from
it, and then you're going to put a little lemon juice on it. You can put a little olive
oil on it, put some seasoning, put it on a grill for about two minutes, face down. And
then you have grilled avocado, which is a really delicious.
And let's talk about the next one. And that is avocado as mayonnaise. So many people really
like the traditional mayonnaise out there. And let me tell you, if you go to the store
and you buy the avocado mayonnaise, it's not far off. It's actually really good. And if
you've never tried it, you really need to. That way when you're making your egg salad
or your tuna salad or chicken salad, any of these different types of salads out there
or just putting mayonnaise on something you like a sandwich or a burger, then the, avocado
mayonnaise is a such a healthier option compared to the regular one. So, you can either buy
it in the store or you can just make it at home. Like some people literally just take
the avocado and put it on and replace it with instead of using mayonnaise and really enjoy
that. So avocado as mayonnaise.
Now let's go ahead and talk about avocado is sour cream. This is also a good option
and it's a great option for me because sour cream is one of those things that does not
sit well with me. I'm a little bit dairy sensitive and so sour cream, something I have to avoid,
otherwise, I’ll know that I ate it and it does not do good things for my stomach. So
when we look at sour cream, basically what we want to do here, if we want to replace
it with avocados, we take the avocado, we mash it up, we put in like olive oil, we put
in some lemon juice, we put in lots of different seasonings, we mix it all up, and then we
just replace the sour cream with the avocado. And so, we have many more tips here. Keep
on watching.
Let's go ahead and talk about guacamole. Now, many people are very familiar with guacamole.
There's not much to say about it, but it's really a great way to utilize avocados. You
can even take that guacamole and put it as a topping on many different things that you
enjoy, so utilizing guacamole is a good way to get more avocado in.
And then of course simply avocado. One of the things I'll do at work all the time, it
just because I don't have time to mess around with the extravagant lunches. I take an avocado
cut in half or move the pit and then from there I just put a little sea salt on it and
eat it with a spoon. It's very simple. It's an easy method to incorporate into your daily
routine if you want to get more avocado in and get the benefits from avocado and not
have to fuss with it a whole lot.
Next here is on eggs. Now, the reason that I specifically point out on eggs is simply
because if you take the egg and then the avocado, it's two really great superfoods. The egg
itself is going to be loaded with good proteins, good fats, and lots of different micronutrients.
That's why they call the egg nature's multivitamin and then you take the avocado and you combine
those two, you have a really power packed lunch or breakfast, whatever it is. And so,
putting avocado with eggs is something that's really beneficial for a really good meal.
Next here is stuffed avocado. So you can take the avocado, you're going to crack an egg
in it, you can put bacon on top of it, you can put sausage on top of it. It's a little
bit of seasoning, bake it and it’s really good. So stuffed avocados is definitely one
of my favorites. It’s a really, really good breakfast or meal. So try that one out.
Next is avocado on toast. This is actually one I have never tried. And so this is like
something that has become wildly popular for some reason, but just spreading avocado on
toast is something a lot of people are enjoying. I'm going to recommend like an Ezekiel toast
or something along those lines. But avocado on toast is something many people enjoy. I
don't know what that's all about cause I've never tried it. But I'm going to have to one
of these days.
Next here is avocado in baking. Now if you followed the ketogenic diet, you're probably
familiar with this. Avocado in baking where you're going to make like avocado brownies,
avocado cookies, pretty much avocado, anything. And so you can utilize avocados in baking
and get a lot more in that way. People are making avocado breads, avocado pancakes, you
name it, lots of recipes out there.
Let's talk about as a topping. Now you can of course just take off a and put it on anything.
The good thing about avocado is it just has kind of neutral flavor so that you can put
it on a salad, you can put it on a burger, you can really put it on anything you want
and it kind of just blends in really well. You can put it on eggs and pretty much top
it across anything. So that's the other way that you can put more avocado into your routine.
Now a couple more things. One of the things I don't have on this slide is avocado pudding.
This is also one of my early ways that I was going and eating a lot of avocados. You basically
take avocados, put it in a blender, put some cocoa powder in it, and then you put a little
a Stevia in there. You put a little bit of xylitol and you make a chocolate avocado pudding
that is absolutely delicious. And so that is something you really got to try if you've
never done it, especially if you're on the ketogenic diet.
Now, last thing here, if you want to learn more about the ketogenic diet, I'll put a
link right up here as to how you can go and start the ketogenic diet because there's a
lot of people who are very interested in the health benefits it has to offer right now.
And then lastly, for the gift that I promised you, in the description below, what you will
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from pickled avocado all the way down to grilled to utilizing it as mayonnaise. It will teach
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