The love of my life, the apple of my eye, the thing I couldn’t live without…in the food world…is the avocado. I spread it, chop it, smash it, blend it, eat it straight from the shell. I think it’s totally awesome and try to incorporate it into most meals. So to celebrate the fact that the hass variety is currently in peak season, I thought I’d share some yummy avocado recipes so you can get a bit more green, creamy avocado love into your life, should you wish!

Image from School Photo Project

Avocado recipes

1. Green juice 

My all time favourite juice recipe is as follows – REMEMBER do not juice the avocado!

• Juice 1/4 pineapple, 2 apples, handful spinach, 1/4 cucumber and 1 stick celery
• put the juice in a blender (or use a stick blender), add the avocado and ice, and blend until smooth!

Creamy, delicious juicey goodness.

2. Guacamole 

I don’t actually like too much stuff in my Guacamole, it’s all about the avocado so I like to keep it simple…

• 1 avocado roughly chopped, 1/2 spring onion finely chopped, salt & pepper, chilli (as much as you’d like), a glug of olive oil and a squeeze of lime
• mix it all together and do a bit of smushing, voila!

I use this on toast, with eggs, steak, fajitas (Crab and Avocado tostadas sounds amazing), or in a sandwich with bacon or prawns.

3. Sliced

I love avocado just as it comes. Serve it up with scrambled eggs and salmon for breakfast or in a salad with chicken for lunch or mixed in with lentils as a side for a fish dish.

The only other thing to note when buying your avocado’s is where they’re from…Apparently the mexican avocado is in the middle of a violent gang war.