Category: Fruits and Vegtable Tips

How to cut and peel an Avocado

An avocado cut in half

  Ripe avocado is a very smooth and creamy fruit.  In a few simple steps you can extract the fruit from the peel and remove the seed so that you have a nice big piece of avocado that can sliced and diced, or mashed into a creamy paste.   1.  Slice the avocado down its length Use… more

How to choose a ripe avocado

Ripe Avocado

Avocados have a very short window of ripeness.  They transform from being rock hard to soft and mushy in a few short days.  The days between this transformation is when avocados are at their best.  The perfect avocado is firm yet not hard with a decent amount of give, without being mushy.  Here are a… more

How to Choose the Best Limes

When choosing limes you want to find the juiciest limes.  There is nothing worse than cutting into a lime and trying to juice it only to find it is dry and only has a few drops of juice.  The most important factor is to look for limes with glossy skin.  If the lime does not… more