Avocado -- one of the most complete foods!

I just love avocado which are quite prolific in Ghana where I was born and raised. We had some of the largest avocadoes you can ever imagine! We had a tree in our garden in Accra that was overshadowed by a giant silk cotton tree which tended to shed lots of leaves during the Harmattan season and created a lot of work for our household help. My  mother asked them to cut down the Silk Cotton tree an suddenly, the avocado tree bloomed. The avocadoes were so large they would sometime burst while on the tree. The avocado itself was very creamy with a slight sweetness. When the avocado tree was in bloom we would wake up each morning to pick up baskets full of avocadoes. This made us very popular in the neighborhood since we had to give away a lot of the avocadoes to our neighbors. 


There is so much that one can do with an avocado -- you can eat it raw or with crackers or a piece of toast; cut it into slices to add to a salad; mash it up, and add salsa and sour cream for guacamole, or use it as a mask for your face! However you decide to use it -- avocado is good for you!





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