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Ripe avocado recipes

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...

Over ripe avocado

A ripe avocado will yield to firm gentle pressure when held in the palm of your hand.
An overripe avocado will often display some of the following characteristics:
  • A mushy dented outer skin.
  • Will feel soft like a tomato and will not have that slight firmness when held.
  • When cut, the inner flesh may appear dark or brown throughout. If the browning is only in certain spots, this is known as bruising and is not an indicator of the fruit being overripe.
  • Smell rancid.
  • Have the beginnings of mold starting to form.
If any of the above indicators are occurring, especially the latter three, we do not recommend eating the fruit.

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