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Recipe shown above: Orange & Avocado Salad
Opening a perfectly ripe avocado is one of the small joys in life. Avocados, the savory berries of evergreen trees in the Laurel family, likely originated in MesoAmerica. Centuries of domestication produced dozens of varieties prized for their rich, buttery texture, their size or their oil content.
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What you get
Avocados are high in fiber and folate and a good source of vitamins C and E and potassium, with some vitamin B3 and magnesium. They are also a great source of heart-healthy monounsaturated fat,
Tips
- Shopping Tip
- Hass Avocados are a popular variety avocado in the United States. The slightly bumpy skin turns from green to purplish-black as it ripens. A slightly over-ripe avocado is still great for quacamole.
Fun Facts
Americans consume some 50 million pounds of avocados on Super Bowl Sunday—enough guacamole to cover an entire football field to a depth of nearly 12 feet.
A single avocado tree can reach 80 feet and yield 100 to 400 fruits each year.
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