33 Ways to Eat Avocados Every Which Way

Hello and welcome to this new thing we’re trying out where we help you figure out what you’re gonna put in your mouth this week. Some of these are recipes we’ve tried, some of these are recipes we’re looking forward to trying, all of them are fucking delicious. Tell us what you want to put in your piehole or suggest your own recipes, and next week we’ll check in and talk about which things we made, which things we loved, and which things have changed us irreversibly as people. Last week, we ate greens.

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Let’s have a chat about the best food in the entire world: avocados. I can’t even tell you how many avocados I’ve eaten in my lifetime. Five bazillion? Close enough. My mother is a hippie from Southern California, and instead of getting candy or junk food as a kid, I’d get sliced avocado as a snack. You better believe this turned me into an avocado fiend. I average about two or three avocados a week (I’d eat one every day if I thought it was healthy for a person to consume that much creamy green deliciousness). Dare I say avocados are the perfect food? First, they’re cheap (my grocery store lists them at 10/$10 or 5/$4 like every other week). They mix into other recipes, they’re delicious in desserts and they add the perfect amount of richness to any bite.

It seems that my love of avocados is a shared love here at Autostraddle. Turns out we’ve posted a million recipes featuring avocado, have featured them in Ode to My Pantry and hoard many others from the corners of the world wide web. Here are some of our favorite avocado recipes, but you won’t see any guacamole here. Come on, that’s predictable. Branch out!

EVERY SINGLE AVO EVER YES BRING IT TO ME

Hansen: This is one of my favorite recipes ever. It combines the two loves of my life: runny yolks and avocados. I love Marika’s version of it from Eggs In Exciting Holes, maybe the best title for a post we’ve ever come up with here at Autostraddle. The avocado is smooth and adds a bit of needed tang to the rich, creamy yolk. Oh yum.

5. Chococado Cake

via Wilder Hungers

6. Garlicky Avocado Grilled Cheese with Tomato Pesto

via FoodieCrush

7. Creamy Avocado Pasta

via The Comfort of Cooking

8. Avocado Bacon Egg Rolls

via Lil’ Luna

9. Avocado Banana Bread

via Crazy For Crust

10. Chicken Avocado Burgers

via Laughing Spatula

11. Cucumber Rolls with Creamy Avocado

via Pure Ella

12. Avocado Hummus

via Four Seasons Recipes

13. Southwestern Avocado Salad Dressing

via Buns In My Oven

14. Sweet Potato and Avocado Burgers

via What’s Gaby Cooking

15. Cilantro Lime Cauliflower with Avocado

via ifoodreal

16. Fudgy Dark Chocolate Avocado Cookies

via Apple Of My Eye

17. Spicy Watermelon and Avocado Salad

via Love and Lemons

18. Smashed Chickpea and Avocado Salad

via Two Peas And Their Pod

19. Avocado Pesto

via Detoxinista

20. Green Goddess Grilled Cheese Sandwich

via exPress-O

21. Chicken Avocado Soup

via Mama Miss

22. Chicken and Avocado Enchiladas

via Gimme Some Oven

23. Avocado Fries

via HGTV

Hansen: I had tried making these before with a baked-version recipe and they were so sub-par, I had almost given up on the idea all together. But here’s the trick: don’t bake them. These are FRIES. If you want avocado coated in panko that gets a little soggy and not crispy, go ahead and bake them, but if you want something so delicious you swear you’ll never eat anything for the rest of your life, throw caution to the wind and toss some oil in the skillet (but also please be careful, I don’t need you getting burned).

24. Avocado Mac and Cheese

via Two Peas And Their Pod

25. Spinach, Mushroom and Avocado Quesadillas

via Five Heart Home

26. Avocado, Cream Cheese and Salsa Pockets

via Easy Snacks To Make

Rachel: HAHA WAIT WHAT ARE YOU SERIOUS? I’m mad that there was anyone on earth who knew that these existed and didn’t tell me about them before now. WHAT IF YOU ALSO PUT BLACK BEANS IN THEM. WHAT THEN.