Everybody knows avocado = guacamole, but if you’re searching for a creative way to use up your leftover Cinco de Mayo avocado stash, you’re in the right place. This round-up of 15 unique, mostly-healthy avocado recipes will make you say, “guaca-scuse me?”
If you’re anything like me, you were in your happy place—elbow-deep in a bowl of guac—last night. And you probably drank one-too-many margaritas. Don’t worry, it happens to the best of us.
But now that you’re nursing a guacamole hangover (go with it) on “Seis de Mayo” and still have a few perfectly ripened avocados lying around, what do you do? If the thought of one more bite of guacamole makes you cringe (pretend it’s possible for the sake if this post) then you’re going to appreciate this round-up.
I reached out and asked some of my buddies from the BGB Community to share their favorite and most unique recipes using avocado. (Side note: I promise this is the last round-up for a while—I can’t help that a bunch of ideas came to me at once!) There’s a great mix of both savory and sweet, and while you may argue that there’s always room for another bite of guac, I think we can agree that more avocado recipes = more happiness!
Avocado Chimichurri // Little Bits Of
Blueberry Tea-tox Smoothie // 24 Carrot Life
Avocado Pesto Pasta With Roasted Chickpeas // Emilie Eats
Fudgy Avocado Brownies // Southern In Law
Cilantro Avocado Flatbread // Healthy Helper
Vegan Mint Chocolate Chip Smoothie Bowl // RachLMansfield
Avocado Dill Potato Salad // Pumpkin & Peanut Butter
Chocolate Avocado Pudding // The Lean Green Bean
Gluten Free Avocado, Strawberry & Arugula Waffles // All Roads Lead To Healthy
Chocolate Mint Avocado Toast // Chickpea In The City
Avocado Slaw // Dani California Cooks
Double Chocolate Peanut Butter Matcha “Cheesecake” // A Whisk & Two Wands
Avocado Tuna Salad // Hungry By Nature
Seasonal Strawberry, Avocado & Mint Smoothie // Foodiecology
Guacamole Deviled Eggs // Fitful Focus
- Did you celebrate Cinco de Mayo?
- What’s your favorite way to eat avocado?
lexilife says
Haha owww..I just don’t like avocado! I seem to be the only one in the world to not take to it like a duck to water…I recently did a blog post on jealous thoughts about healthy food bloggers and I included this point! UGH I”m TRYING! xx
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foodiecology says
Oh no! Sorry for posting such an offensive round-up, haha. 🙂 I’ll have to check out that jealous thoughts post.
awhiskandtwowands says
Oh so many delicious creations! Can never have too much avocado! Thank you for including one of mine.
foodiecology says
You’re welcome! Thanks for sharing such a fantastic recipe. You’re so right – you can NEVER have too much avocado!
Beauty in Christ (@Emily11949309) says
Wow the yum factor is SO high in all of these photos of food. I can’t wait to try one, Lord willing! Of course, the desserts do appeal to my sweet tooth the most.
foodiecology says
I hear you about the sweet tooth call, but for some reason I prefer savory avocado recipes. I’m sure they’re all delicious, though.
dietitianjess says
I did not celebrate but now I have some awesome recipes to make to celebrate! happy Friday!
foodiecology says
Yay for late celebrations and lots of avocado recipes! Thanks for stopping by. 🙂
Sweet Sundays says
Great roundup! I always love seeing different things to do with avocado!
foodiecology says
It really IS a versatile ingredient. I used to think it was simply used for avocado, but boy was I wrong! Thanks for stopping by.
Julia @ Drops of Jules says
Emilie’s Avocado Pesto Pasta immediately jumped out to me! That sounds delicious! Thank you for sharing all of these!
foodiecology says
Yes, that is one recipe that stood out to me, too – probably because I tend to favor savory avocado recipes over sweet.
Lyss says
I currently have four avocados in my kitchen so this is just what I need hehe. All of these look great!
foodiecology says
Girl, you better start cooking then! Haha. If you try any of these, you’ll have to share how it turned out.
emrecovers says
I must try that flatbread!
foodiecology says
Let me know how it turns out! The flatbread recipe jumped out at me, too.
Kristy @ Southern In Law says
I loveeeeeeeeee me some avocado so I totally need to put all of these recipes on my must-make list! Thanks for including mine, gorgeous! xo
foodiecology says
Me, too. I never ate avocado until college and now I’m making up for YEARS of lost time, haha. Thanks for sharing your brownie recipe – I can’t wait to try it!