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Beware rogue avocado pits...or juice them
One tripped up this Cabbagetown gal's best bud—be neat, be tidy, be considerate of others...OR you might try juicing them!
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Add an avocado pit to your smoothie
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Walking east on Winchester, north side, my partner tripped on to the sidewalk. Several people came to ask if he was OK, which was nice.
Then I noticed an avocado pit on the side of the road, picked it up and said 'this must have been what happened'. A woman came over and said that the pit had to go into the compost bin, which she did.
My point is that PLEASE People, composting is great, but my partner slipped on what he said felt like an onion - it was the avocado pit. Put your garbage into the bin, or pick it up if it falls out of the bin.
A few feet away were a few banana peels on the sidewalk too. My partner did hurt himself actually as walkers do not expect to have fruit remains on our public sidewalks. Be neat, be tidy, be considerate of others.
Thank you.
ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE MIGHT BE AN EVEN BETTER USE FOR AVOCADO PITS:
Here is what Victoria Boutanko has to say:
Avocado Pit in Green Smoothies
Last summer at the Raw & Living Spirit Retreat, my friend
Gabrielle Chavez introduced me to a green smoothie made with an avocado
pit blended as a part of its recipe, Since then I have been
experimenting with adding avocado seeds to my smoothies, and now I use
them frequently. Here is some information that I gathered about the
nutritional properties of avocado seed.
* The total antioxidant capacity and phenolic content of edible
portions and seeds of avocado, jackfruit, longan, mango and tamarind
were studied.
The seeds showed a much higher antioxidant activity
than the edible portions. The contribution of all the fruit seed
fractions to the total antioxidant activity
was always more than 70%.
Source
* Avocado seed contains relatively low amounts of calcium and
magnesium, somewhat higher amounts of phosphorus, and high amounts of
potassium. Source
* The seed of the avocado contains tannins, and these make it
bitter or "puckery" to the taste. And some of the tannins can be mildly
toxic, though an individual would have to eat a lot to see any effects,
unless that individual had a food allergy. Source
* Dr. Tom Wu: When I eat the avocado I always eat the seed. It
is packed with very good nutrients. It has the life force. It is a very
high Qi food! Its also the highest in soluble fiber. This soluble fiber
binds to the fat and excess cholesterol. Then we can lower cholesterol
and improve heart function naturally. We can improve the blood
circulation by pulling out all the fatty deposits in our circulatory
system with the soluble fiber of the avocado seed. Soluble fiber is very
difficult to get in our diet. Oatmeal has some, but it cannot compare
with the avocado seed. Any heart disease patient must eat the avocado
including the seed. Source
Based on these and other facts, I concluded that adding avocado seed
in small proportion can be beneficial for nutritional needs. Also I
have noticed that it helps to make a consistency of some smoothies less
frothy, as in case with green smoothie that contains apples, cucumbers,
or pineapples. I like to add ½ half avocado seed per 32 oz of most of my
green smoothies; then it doesn't affect the taste of smoothie but makes
it a little thicker and provides additional nutritional benefits. Here
is a sample recipe.
Green Smoothie Sweet and Sour Delight
4 Fuji apples, sliced
2 medium lemons without peel
1 banana, peeled
1 bunch parsley
1 cup spinach
1 stalk celery
Small piece ginger
½ avocado seedYields: 32 oz
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2012-04-18 13:04:40
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