Holy Guacamole! Use these avocado tips to help you pick the right avocado.
Firm
Very hard fruit, rough skin texture, emerald green color, ripe in 3-4 days
Pre-Conditioned
Forest green color, ripe in 2-3 days
Breaking
Slight give to fruit, greenish-purple color, ripe in 1-2 days
Firm Ripe
Yields to gentle pressure, purple color, ripe in 24 hours or less, good for slicing
Ripe
Easily yields to gentle pressure, dark purple or black color, eat immediately, good for all uses
HELP SPEED UP RIPENING BY PLACING AVOCADO IN A PAPER BAG OR LEAVE OUT AT ROOM TEMPERATURE.
Avocado Recipes
Avocado Chicken Roll-Ups
15-Minute Lunch, Back to School, Health & Wellness, Kid Friendly, Picnic
10M
8
These roll-ups are an easy (and delicious!) way to get kids involved in the kitchen.
Summertime Steak Lettuce Wraps
Beef, Grilling, Sandwiches, Tacos & Wraps, Summer
40M
2
Light and savory, these wraps are sure to be your new favorite summer snack.
Potato Chip Nachos
15-Minute Lunch, Appetizers, Game Day, Pork, Snack
10M
2
With 38 flavors of Schnucks chips and 8 fresh Schnucks dips, you only have to try 304 combinations to find your favorite. Luckily it won’t cost you much because each 5 oz. bag only costs $1!
Grilled Fish Tacos with Seasoned Sour Cream
Cinco de Mayo, Father's Day, Grilling, Sandwiches, Tacos & Wraps, Seafood, Summer
20M
4
What’s better that grilled fish tacos? Adding a delicious seasoned sour cream to top it off. Add this recipe to your weekly meal plan today!
25-Minute Chicken Tortilla Soup
30-Minute Dinner, One-Pot Wonder, Soup & Chili
25M
8
You’re 25 minutes away from delicious chicken tortilla soup.
Cobb Burgers
Beef, Grilling, Sandwiches, Tacos & Wraps
25M
4
Turn the classic cobb into your new favorite burger.
Breakfast Tostada
15-Minute Breakfast, Breakfast, Stovetop
15M
1
Jump-start your day with this better-for-you breakfast tostada.
Guacamole
Appetizers, Back to School, Kid Friendly, Vegetable
5M
1
See ya later, alligator. We’re busy enjoying this guacamole recipe.
Loaded Turkey Avocado BLT
15-Minute Lunch, Budget Friendly, Lunch, Picnic, Sandwiches, Tacos & Wraps
5M
4
BLT-otally going to make this for lunch today.
Avocado Tuna Boats
Lunch, Produce, Snack
25M
1
Beat the midday slump with avocado tuna boats for lunch.
White Turkey Chili
Flavors Of Fall, One-Pot Wonder, Soup & Chili, Turkey
1H
8
The weather is getting chilly — which means it’s time for chili!
