
Dinner
Creamy Avocado Pasta
The sauce is blended raw and stirred through hot pasta off the heat. Cook it and it turns grey and bitter.
18 minServes 4Easy
Avocado is not usually cooked hard, so at dinner it tends to arrive as a sauce, a topping or a stirred-through finish. These recipes use it that way.
6 recipes in this category.

Dinner
The sauce is blended raw and stirred through hot pasta off the heat. Cook it and it turns grey and bitter.
18 minServes 4Easy

Dinner
A pesto with a fraction of the oil, no pine nuts needed, and peas stirred in for sweetness and protein.
19 minServes 4Easy

Mexican
Spiced beans, avocado sliced not mashed, and a five-minute pickled onion that lifts the whole plate.
20 minServes 4Easy

Vegan
Vegan maki with two fillings. The rice is the whole recipe — get that right and the rolling is straightforward.
50 minServes 4Medium

Dinner
A cold soup for hot weather, blended in one go. Chill it hard — lukewarm avocado soup is unpleasant.
15 minServes 4Easy

Indian
Masala paneer and avocado in a paratha. The avocado replaces the usual mayonnaise and does it better.
25 minServes 4Medium
Straightforward avocado recipes with short ingredient lists and no special equipment, from toast and dips to salads and smoothies.
29 recipes
Avocado recipes built around whole ingredients: vegetables, pulses, eggs, yoghurt and whole grains, with approximate nutrition per serving.
25 recipes
Morning avocado recipes that work on a weekday: quick toasts, egg dishes, breakfast bowls, burritos and blended drinks.
10 recipes
Avocado toast done properly: bread choice, how to season it, and variations with egg, chilli, lime, paneer and more.
4 recipes
Avocado salads from a five-minute cucumber and tomato bowl to protein-heavy chicken, tuna and chickpea salads.
4 recipes
Avocado smoothies, shakes and smoothie bowls, including high-protein versions and the sweetened milkshake popular across South and Southeast Asia.
5 recipes