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Sure, everyone loves a perfectly ripe avocado —they’re vibrantly green, ultra photogenic, and tender yet firm enough to hold their shape when sliced and diced. But anyone who has ever bought one knows that they’re also fickle beasts. Wait a day too long, and you’ve got a depressing overripe situation on your hands. But all hope isn’t lost! While an overripe avocado may not look the most appetizing, it’s still edible (you know, as long as it doesn’t have actual mold on it). Just trim away the very dark areas and use it in recipes or as a DIY beauty treatment. Here, we rounded up 8 of the very best ways to save your overripe avocado from the compost pile. 1. Add them to scrambled eggs Perhaps the easiest way to use an overripe avocado is by simply mashing the flesh, whisking it with eggs , and cooking up the mixture up in a frying pan. (This tip comes courtesy of my dad, who has recently developed an avocado obsession after years of proclaiming his disdain for this vegg...
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How to eat avocado seed

Get ambitious with your avo and you'll reap the rewards!
Eating the tasty green meat but throwing away the giant avocado seed is a lot like going for a jog, but always doing so for the same amount of time; you're missing out on chances to amp up the weight loss burn!
Thanks to its oleic-acid content (which boosts your metabolism), noshing on the mighty green fruit can help shrink your waist. But eating the meat and the pit may bolster your results. How? The pit is filled with four nutrients that have been shown to support total health, fitness recovery, and weight loss: calcium, soluble fiber, magnesium, and potassium. And once you (carefully) crush the seed with a meat mallet and grind it in the blender, there are numerous tasty ways to eat it. Below are three super-easy ways to try it and here are 30 Best Ever Avocado Recipes on Instagram to give you plenty of chances!
The easiest way to consume an avocado seed is through a straw. To make a smoothie with the oft-overlooked superfood, combine two apples, a peeled lemon, half a banana, a half-cup of spinach, ginger to taste, and half of the ground avocado seed. Blend until smooth. And for 100+ creamy, delicious smoothie recipes, click here for Zero Belly Smoothies
The taste of an avocado seed is a perfect ingredient to balance spicy mole recipes. Since the pit is quite bitter and has a strong flavor, we suggest using no more than one ground pit per batch. And speaking of recipes with a kick, check out these 20 Spicy Recipes That Will Fire Up Your Metabolism.
Use a tea infuser and throw large chunks of chopped avocado pit inside (a pulverized seed will seep out through the holes). Toss the infuser into a mug and then pour boiling water over it. Since avocado seeds are more bitter, you may need to add a bit of sweetener or honey to make your drink more palatable.
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