Facts from: CA Avocados
- Avocados are a fruit, not a vegetable!
- Brazilians add avocados to ice cream
- Filipinos puree avocados with sugar and milk for a dessert drink.
- Latin Americans wrap avocados up and give them as wedding gifts
- San Diego County is the Avocado Capital of the U.S., producing 60% of all the avocados grown in California. ( Used to live there!)
- California produces about 90% of the nation's avocado crop.
Recipe for Avocado Shake (modified for vegans)
1/2 an Avocado
1 1/2 cups almond or soy milk
1/2 cup ice
3 table spoons of sugar (i'm thinking of trying some maple syrup instead and perhaps a little cinnamon and nutmeg)
Combine and BLEND till smooth
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Tonight's dinner is a Veggie burger w/ pickles, mustard, tomatoes and AVOCADO.
and
sweet potato fries
and
half an avocado with salt and pepper : )
(posting pics tomorrow!!)
I haven't had a chance to eat my peaches yet.. but Richard is moving in tomorrow so I might make us a nice desert with them or breakfast...
Talk with you all tomorrow!
Teddy : )
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Good morning and kisses!
yet another reason why San Diego is the center of the world ;)
-you know
Teddy, great info, as always!!
I think i may be the only veg*n who doesn't have the taste buds to appreciate the avocado. Every time I tell someone I don't particularly care for this fruit (yes, Teddy, thank you as always for the insight and info about the food you write about!) they will almost always say, incredulously, "WHAT!? You're a vegetarian and YOU DON'T LIKE AVOCADOS?"
I know i'm in the minority... maybe someday soon i'll give the green guys another try...
Yes, Filipinos (which I am) make avocado shakes, which some people here think is weird! It's even a popular ice cream flavor.
This shake looks fantastic, I am ready to try one right now LOL!!! I absolutely love avocados. I remember seeing them growing in CA and how beautiful they looked on the trees. You are lucky to have them so nice and fresh where you live. I am beginning to see CA avocados showing up in the stores here again, for a long time only the ones from Mexico were available. Thanks for stopping by Veggies too....
I love avocado's!
Hi everyone.
Thanks for stopping by
Kleo- I'll have to agree with everyone on this one. You live in one of the avocado capitals of the world and you don't like avocados?! hehe Actaully I know quite a few people who don't like them. : )
Kai- One of my good friends is Brazilian and likes to make avocado shakes. At first it was a little weird, but I'm warming up to the idea.
G- Avocado season is starting to come upon us! Get ready to start seeing them more and more. and thanks to you too for stopping by : )
Vegan Momma- me too!!
You know how I LOVE Avocadoes! YAY!
I answered your question in comments as well as edited/revised my post with more ugli/ugly info for you! It was fun to research! Thanks for asking!!!
:)
I adore the avocado. I've often wondered what an avocado tree looks like...so thanks for the picture!
I looooooove avocados! I’ve got three in my fridge getting a bit too soft right now so I think it’s time to make some guac! I went to the avo fest in Carpentaria, CA last October and had some avo ice cream, not bad! One of my Filipino co-workers was telling me about that sweet milky avo concoction the other day, sounds interesting.
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