Avocados

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Excerpt From Whole Foods & Healing Recipes

 

Avocados are a perfect food that replaces imperfect protein foods

such as meat, eggs, cheese and poultry. Avocados contain high quality

essential fatty acids and proteins that are easily digested. They

also contain 14 minerals which regenerate and stimulate growth. They

are an excellent source of iron and copper which build red blood

cells. Avocados contain sodium and potassium which support a healthy

alkaline blood balance. Because of their low sugar content and

absence of starch, avocados are excellent for diabetics or sugar-

sensitive disorders. This fruit contains vitamins A, B1, B2, B3, C,

iron, phosphorous and magnesium. Avocado is high in vitamin E which

slows down aging.

 

Bananas and avocados fulfill the desire for heavier food in a

perfectly digestible form. So eat up, especially during intense

athletic performance. They are a slow burning fuel compared with

fruit and vegetable juices which digest quickly. This is why small

slices of avocado, spaced through the day, are recommended for those

with blood sugar imbalances. Avocados are effective in balancing

blood sugar levels. They are also beneficial in fighting candida

where the harmful bacteria flourish in high blood sugar.

 

AVOCADOS The avocado, or alligator pear, is a common evergreen found

in Mexico and Central and South America. There are over 400

varieties. The Mexican variety is grown in the San Joaquin Valley of

California, the Guatemalan in Southern California and the West Indian

in Florida. Pear-shaped or oval fruit are borne 2 to 3 years after

planting. Avocados are the highest in producing fruit oil, consisting

of almost 30% oil. Filled with enzymes, avocado is a source of fat

that is easy to digest. Because of its ability to easily combine with

starches, it makes a great dip for raw vegetables. Blended with

fruit, it produces a highly-nutritious baby food. We consider this

precious fruit so important that we have given it its own section

amongst the fruit recipes. Purchasing perfect avocados can take some

practice; it is a delicate fruit. Avocados can go from being

perfectly ripe to over-ripe in a matter of a day. This will result in

the oil becoming rancid and mushy, discoloring to an unsightly brown.

So we suggest that you buy them unripe and allow them to ripen on the

counter. Unripe avocados will be dark green and hard. As they begin

to ripen, they turn a dark greenish brown and become slightly soft to

thumb pressure. The inner flesh of a ripened avocado will be a

gorgeous lime green without any brown spots. The easiest way to

remove the flesh is to cut the fruit in half, lengthwise, and twist

open. The pit will remain in one side. Remove by imbedding knife into

the pit and twisting.

 

There are many ways to eat the mild-mannered avocado. The easiest

method is to cut it in half and sprinkle with herbal seasoning,

Sucanat or maple syrup. Avocados have great personality. They get

along with just about anything. Half an avocado has a convenient

little impression left by the pit. Whatever you decide to put in that

tiny bowl will determine the taste of the unique and diverse

multifaceted character of this fruit.

 

Avocados can replace butter by using it as a spread on bread. The

reason we like the taste of butter is that scientists have discovered

that fat is a flavor enhancer. Avocados work in the same we but the

fat in them is less saturated. Avocado will wash off with water ,but

not so with butter because the fat is stickier.

 

Avocado dressings bring raw vegetables from the obscurity of boredom,

propelling them to the heights of illustriousness. There is simply

nothing better than a platter full of freshly cut carrot sticks,

green and red peppers, cucumber slices, broccoli, cauliflower,

zucchini and mushrooms. And in the center, the smooth, silky green,

perfectly seasoned avocado dip. A great replacement for potato chips.

When you've got the munches, nothing else will do.

 

We have gone out of our way to make you feel good about fruit,

especially avocados. If you are a mother trying to change the eating

habits of your family, serving an apple for supper simply will not

do. It is important to be as creative as you can. Give them variety,

lots of color, tasty sauces and dips so that they don't feel deprived.