Avocado Recipes

As Avocados have a very mild flavor, it can be used in so many different recipes. They can be savory like used in salads or sandwiches, or can even be used in sweet dishes like cakes and mousses. Here are a few websites that you can find some quick and easy avocado recipes that are healthy and affordable!

https://www.womansday.com/food-recipes/food-drinks/g23/30-awesome-avocado-recipes-36194/

https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/g2894/things-to-do-with-avocado/

https://draxe.com/avocado-recipes/

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/collection/avocado

https://www.buzzfeed.com/peasandpeonies/15-avocado-desserts-that-are-almost-good-for-you-1vim4?utm_term=.bp5Ym4O62#.tuy91dGOW

https://www.californiaavocado.com/desserts

https://iambaker.net/chocolate-avocado-cake/

http://www.recipesbnb.com/stuffed-avocado-shrimp-salad/120788

The History of the Avocado

The Avocado originated in South Central Mexico around 6,000 and 5,000 BC. Though it wasn't very popular until the 1500s when a Spanish navigator, Martín Fernández De Encisco, rediscovered the avocado when he left Seville in Spain to discover a new world. He wrote in his seminal work, Suma de Geografia, about this incredible fruit he had found and went on to explain the amazing flavor 'which tastes like butter.'

Though Avocado was not the first name given to this fruit. The Spanish conquistador, Pedro de Cieza of Peru, referred to it as the 'aguacate' and 'palta' in his writings. But the name Avocado actually was not used until almost a century later when Sir Hans Sloane wrote about it in his catalog of Jamaican Plants in 1696. He described the avocado tree as ' the avocado or alligator pear-tree, which grows in gardens and fields throughout Jamaica.'

Nowadays, there are almost 400 different types of Avocados available to us and is now considered as a major superfood!













                                                                   


                                                                               

  Pedro de Cieza                                                                                       Sir Hans Sloane
http://blog.twmuseums.org.uk/an-18th-century-jamaican-journey-with-the-remarkable-mr-sloane-a-guest-blog-by-volunteer-angela-kirk/

http://www.supportingevidences.net/pedro-de-cieza-de-len/

                                                                                                               

What is an Avocado?

According to Google, an avocado is a pear-shaped fruit with a leathery skin and a creamy, smooth texture is a member of the flowering plant family Lauraceae. The avocado is a very different and unique kind of fruit as we mostly associate fruit as being sweet.


Many people still debate that the avocado is a vegetable as it is savoury but funny enough it is classified as a fruit! Fruits are plants that contain seeds and can be eaten as food while a vegetables are made up of stalks, roots and leaves.


 Something that took me by surprise was that the avocado is actually a berry, quite different to your normal strawberry and raspberry but weirdly enough is a berry with one large seed! Avocados are grown on trees in warm climates and are native to Mexico but can be found are sold all over the world. They are well known for their healthy fats and nutrients that no other fruit has.

Introduction

Hey there! Weclcome to the Amazing Avocado, a blog about all our favourite superfood! My name is Robin and for the next few weeks I will be posting everything you should know about avocados including recipes, history and some just some random facts. It might seem completely random, but I love avocados so I thought it would be the perfect thing to base my blog on. I hope you continue to read my blog and hope you learn something you never knew about avocados. Enjoy!


Robin.