Getting more avocados in your life is a good thing! Avocados are an excellent source of fiber and protein and pack an array of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants – they are a super star in the world of super foods and are so beneficial in the diet of a runner, stand-up paddle boarder, CrossFitter, mountain climber, yogi, gymnast, obstacle course racer or other active person. Oh, hey, I just described myself!
This nutrient-dense fruit regularly stars as guacamole at my house, but also makes a rich and creamy addition to salads, soups, and even baked goods. Plus, have you ever had avocado in a smoothie? It’s soooooo good! I’m totally loving the new Veggie Avocado Pineapple Smoothie from Smoothie King, more about that in a second – let me tell you about these Avocado Hacks that will make dealing with the sometimes fragile, fussy and fake-out ripe avocado.
1) Avocado Dicing for Dummies – Simply cut in half crosswise, remove seed and, key point, leave the skin on! Use a paring knife to make cuts across and down, without piecing the peel. If fairly firm, the avocado will “pop” out of the skin when pushed, or if riper, use a spoon to coax the dices out. This is sooooo much less messy than peeling and then cutting.
2) Use Avocados Instead of Butter: Swap out avocados for butter in your baking at a 1:1 ratio, you’ll save lots of calories and get all of the nutritional benefits of avocado. Of course, you can also spread on your toast too – apparently that’s a thang!
3) How to Freeze Guacamole – It’s a rare day that leftover guacamole is left at the bottom of the bowl, but it can happen. More likely, there’s a big sale on avocados and something need to be done with them before over ripening – make a huge batch of guacamole and freeze it! Yes, you can do that – just smash it up with a little lemon juice and freeze in a zip-top plastic bag. When ready to use, just thaw in the fridge! And, the same concept goes for avocado slices – find out How to Freeze Avocados! 
4) Prevent Avocado from Oxidizing Overnight – Coating with lemon juice is a popular method, but what if you don’t want that tart-puckery taste to linger around? Simply pour a layer of milk on top of your avocado slices or guacamole and then chill (literally and figuratively)! When ready to get your guac on, simply drain of the milk and stir or mash. Or, you can also set an avocado half cut-side down on a big slice of onion and keep airtight in plastic wrap! These methods will keep your avocado looking pretty good for a day, maybe a little longer.
5) How to Ripen an Avocado in 10 Minutes: Turn a rock hard avocado into creamy, edible goodness by slicing and tossing with lemon juice and baking at 300 F degrees for 10 minutes or until just softening.
6) How to Ripen an Avocado Overnight: If you don’t need to eat your avocado ASAP, then stick it in a brown paper bag with a banana or apple and leave on the countertop. Overnight, the fruit’s ethylene gases will soften your avocado to perfection.
Okay, back to the avocado in smoothies? Have you ever tried it? It sounds weird, but blended beverages are blessed with a super creamy taste. In fact, nearly everything from the produce section is good in a smoothie – when I don’t have time to make my own, I swing by Smoothie King for one of their Veggie Blends – these veggie-packed smoothies are deliciously blended to help fuel my health and wellness goals and I love the fact they are so transparent with their nutrition details, so I can pick and choose which one is going to work the best to optimize my “fuel” needs for the day.
I’m not on a calorie-restricted diet. In fact, as an athlete, I’m often looking for ways to get filled up without scarfing down junk foods. The new Veggie Avocado Pineapple Smoothie has more calories and fat content than the other Veggie Blends (Carrot Kale Dream, Berry Carrot Dream, Apple Kiwi Kale) – but offers a long-lasting, satiating boost of nutrition is what I need to power me through an intense workout without making me feel bloated and filled up with a heavy meal. A 20-oz drink has 6 grams of fiber to fill me up and is naturally hydrating, providing me the electrolytes I need for a sweat session.
In fact, all the Veggie Blends at Smoothie King are hydrating and healthful – some even have a “Make it Skinny” option. You can check out the nutrition info on all the green smoothies and other menu choices either on the Smoothie King web site or in the store.
I’m hosting a $25 Visa Gift Card giveaway so one of you readers can load up on veggie smoothies or whatever your heart desires at Smoothie King or anywhere!
The flavor of smoothie I’d like to try is Lean1 Chocolate.
Berry Carrot Dream looks good and sounds like something I would like.
I’d like to try berry carrot dream
I’d love to try the Berry carrot Dream
so boring, but I always love strawberry banana!
I would like to try Smoothie King’s Caribbean Way Take a Break smoothie
The carrot kale dream looks great!
I want to try the Apple Kiwi Kale
Already said but I also would like to try berry carrot! Two of my favorite things!
Dark chocolate banana wellness smoothie
The Berry Carrot Dream sounds yummy.
I’d like to try the Avocado Pineapple.
I’d like to try berry carrot dream
I would like to try the Greek Yogurt Orange Vanilla smoothie.
I’d like to try the Berry Carrot Dream flavor!
I would like to try the Apple Kiwi Kale.
Mmm chocolate, unless I was in the mood for fruity and then I like strawberry
Berry Carrot Dream looks delicious
I think Immune Builder Orange sounds yummy.
I’d like to try the immune builder orange
I would loe t try the Strawberry-Kiwi Breeze®
strawberry bananna sounds good
I would like to try Banana Boat
I’d love to try the Pure Recharge™ – Mango Strawberry smoothie!
The Dark Chocolate Banana Smoothie sounds great.
Apple kiwi kale is one I’d like to try
I would love to try the Greek Yogurt Strawberry Blueberry smoothie.
We don’t have a Smoothie King near me but the Lean1 Pineapple Mango sounds yummy
These are all awesome tips! 😀 Thanks for sharing them (and for the giveaway)! Veggie Avocado Pineapple sounds awesome! <3
I want to try the Berry Carrot Dream! Sounds amazing!
I would like to try the Berry Carrot Dream.
I would get the “The Activator Strawberry”.
I want to try the blueberry heaven.
Berry Carrot Dream sounds good.
The Lean1 Chocolate looks so good, and I love that it has almonds in it.
btw, that is also my favorite
I want to try the Apple Kiwi Kale
I’d like to try the carrot kale dream!
The Pure Recharge™ – Mango Strawberry sounds delicious.
I’d be interested in trying the Pure Recharge – Mango Strawberry. I love orange/strawberry smoothies, so the mango/strawberry combo intrigues me.
I’ve long been a fan of freezing avocado because I’ve never found the lemon or air tight thing to work… but milk?! This I have to try. And the 10 mins ripening thing. Genius!!!
For some reason, I’ve always done milk . . . I think something my mom told me a long time ago
I want to try strawberry blueberry.
The Berry Carrot one sounds YUMMY to me!
I’d love to try strawberry banana 🙂
I would like to try the Apple Kiwi Kale.
Berry Carrot Dream is my choice. Orange, carrot and yummy….yummy…all good.
Thank you for the chance to expand my budget.
I’d like the try the Peace Slice Plus Smoothie
I woul dlove to try the berry carrot dream.
I’d like to try the carrot kale dream!
I’d like to try a Veggie Avocado Pineapple.
I would love to try Apple Kiwi Kale – yum!
I would like to try the Apple Kiwi Kale Smoothie.
I would like to try the Hulk chocolate smoothie.
Would love to try the Banana Berry Treat®
Thank you!
I would love to try the Berry Carrot Dream! My email is traciemichelle0515@gmail.com
I’d like to try the avocado pineapple smoothie. It really sound delicious.
Berry carrot dream.
I would love to try them all! I’ll start with the Berry Carrot Dream 🙂
The berry carrot dream smoothie.
I would love to try the apple kiwi kale smoothie!
I would like the Dark Chocolate Banana.
I would like Berry Carrot Dream.
I would love to try the Immune Builder® Orange Smoothie from Smoothie King.
I want to try the Apple Kiwi Kale Smoothie.
I’d try a berry carrot dream drink–that sounds quite soothing
Green Tea tango skinny and almond mocha high protein sound delicious!
I would love to try the Immune Builder Mixed Berry smoothie.
thank you
I would love to try the Greek Yogurt Peach Papaya! I love peach in smoothies, it is probably my favorite flavor!
Pure Recharge Mango Strawberry smoothie sounds good
I’d love to try Apple Kiwi Kale!
I definitely want to try the Veggie Avocado Pineapple Smoothie. Great mix of tastes and nutritional benefits.
The Berry Carrot Dream sounds really good and refreshing.
The berry carrot dream sounds good. I would love to try it!
I want to try the lean chocolate
I would like to try Mangosteen Madness
I want to try their berry carrot dream smoothie
Their Green Tea Tango sounds especially good!
The carrot kale dream
I’d like to try their Apple Kiwi Kale flavor. Thanks for the giveaway!
I want to try the Apple Kiwi Kale
I want to try the Apple Kiwi Kale.
I would love to try the Lean Chocolate smoothie.
I would like to try the veggie avocado pineapple.
I tried the Berry Carrot Dream for the first time a few weeks ago and it is my favorite smoothie ever!
I would like to try Veggie Avocado Pineapple than try the Berry Carrot Dream.
I would love to try the Apple Kiwi Kale from Smoothie King
I would love to try the Pure Recharge™ – Mango Strawberry. I like simple smoothies!
I would like to try the Vegan – Dark Chocolate Banana.
I would like to try the Light and Fluffy® smoothie. Thank you!
I’d like to try the Berry Carrot Dream
I’ve not been to Smoothie King in years and it looks like I’m missing a few yummy treats. I’ll have to check them out again and want to try the Veggie Avocado Pineapple.
I would try the apple kiwi kale or the carrot berry dream.
Berry Carrot Dream
I would like the apple kiwi kale!
Are you kidding? I would try them all.
I would like to try the banana boat
I’d like to try the berry carrot dream smoothie!
I Would Like To Try The Apple Kiwi Kale Smoothie.
I would like to try the Apple Kiwi Kale.
I would like to try the Berry Carrot Dream.
I would love to try Apple Kiwi Kale!
I would love to try the Banana Boat smoothie!
I would love to try the apple kiwi kale smoothie!
I would try carrot kale dream!
I would like to try the berry carrot dream.
I want to try the Veggie Avocado Pineapple.
Thanks for the contest.
The berry carrot dream sounds delicious!!
I like Vegan – Nutty Super Grain
apple kiwi kale
Oh the Lemon Twist Strawberry smoothie sounds so yummy!
berry carrot dream
I would like to try the berry carrot dream flavor
I’d like to try the The Activator® Strawberry!
Berry Carrot dream looks amazing. I’d like to try that first.
I would like to try the Apple Kiwi Kale
Berry Carrot Dream!
I’d like to try the Pineapple Pleasure.
I would like to try the Immune Builder Orange.
I would really love to try the Veggie Avocado Pineapple smoothie. Yummy!
I would like to try the Apple Kiwi Kale smoothie.
berry carrot dream
Berry Carrot Dream sounds amazing!
The berry carrot looks interesting, I would try this.
Would love to try the Apple Kiwi Kale!
Berry carrot dream sounds really really good!
I would love to try the Berry Carrot Dream smoothie. It looks delicious!
My choice would be Berry Carrot Dream
I would like to try apple kiwi kale.
I wouldlove to try the Carrot Kale Dream.
I would like to try the berry carrot dream.
I would try Veggie Avocado Pineapple!
Strawberry-Kiwi Breeze sounds amazing
I would like to try the Veggie Avocado Pineapple smoothie
i’d like to try the apple kiwi kale smoothie
Berry carrot dream
strawberry banana
I would like to try the Berry Carrot Dream
I would like to try the Berry Carrot Dream.
I would like to try the Raspberry Collider.
I think the Apple Kiwi Kale sounds delicious!
I would love to try the Apple Kiwi Kale flavor.
Thanks for the chance to win!
wildorchid985 at gmail dot com
I want to try the Berry Carrot Dream flavor -looks beautiful and delish!
Berry Carrot Dream for me
The Apple Kiwi looks the best.
Berry Carrot Dream sounds like a good one, although I LOVE anything avocado too. Yummy stuff!
Yum! Avocados are definitely a favorite of mine. I would really love to try the
Immune Builder® Mixed Berry.
I would like to try the avocado pineapple smoothie it sounds interesting.
Apple Kiwi Kale
I would like to try the Berry Carrot Dream.
The smoothie flavor I would most like to try is Berry Punch
I would love to try the berry carrot dream
I would love to try the Veggie Avocado Pineapple
I would like to try the Raspberry Collider
I’d love to try the Berry Carrot Dream.
The berry carrot sounds delicious.
I want to try the Apple Kiwi Kale. Thanks for the tips, I didn’t know much about avocados, but I want to start using them.
Would love to try the Strawberry X-Treme smoothie.
Greek Yogurt Pineapple Mango would be my pick!
I would like to try the Veggie Avocado Pineapple and the Greek Yogurt Orange Vanilla smoothie’s
The flavor smoothie I’d like to try is Passion Passport.
I would love to try the Açaí Adventure
The Carrot Kale Dream sounds delicious.
I’d like to try the Greek Yogurt Orange Vanilla smoothie!
the smoothie that i not only would love to try, but i’m also making is the apple kiwi kale.. it sounds so delicious and is full of so much nutrients… I LOVE, absolutely love your guy’s post, smoothies and tricks.. especially this avocado trick since i’m a huge fan of avocados…. Keep up the wonderful work you guy’s.. <3 <3 <3
I have never had avocado in a smoothie before. I visited smoothie king, and I would love to have the Apple Kiwi Kale blend.
Thanks for the opportunity to win this 🙂
I’d love to try Passion Passport – sounds yummy.
I would like to try the Veggie Avocado Pineapple
I’d like to try their Veggie Avocado Pineapple Smoothie.
I would like to try the Apple Kiwi Kale first
When I was a kid I remember them having a PB&J one that was bomb, but I didnt see that one on the menu and maybe it was a different Smoothie King or something.. so the Greek Yogurt Pineapple Mango would most likely be my choice.
I would like to try Apple Kiwi Kale.
I WOULD LOVE THE Berry Carrot Dream
They all sound good, but I’d want to try the Apple Kiwi Kale.
I would love to try the Apple kiwi kale;) thanks for the chance!
I’d like to try Berry Carrot Dream
I would like to try the Berry Carrot Dream.
I would like to try the Apple Kiwi Kale!
I would try the berry carrot smoothien
The berry carrot dream sounds like a winner.
I would like to try the Avocado Pineapple smoothie. Looks delicious!
It would have to be a fruit smoothie. I think I’d like to try a mango flavor.
Lean 1 chocolate sounds great, it has the flavors I like. I really prefer smoothies to regular fitness drinks.
I want to try the Vegan Dark Chocolate Banana.
Definitely would like to try the Strawberry Kiwi.
I would like to try the carrot berry dream.
strawberry banana for me
The Dark Chocolate Banana smoothie looks and sounds good. I’m trying to imagine the combined flavor right now.
The Avocado Pineapple smoothie sounds really good to me.
the Green Tea Tango sounds good!
I want to try the Berry Carrot Dream!
I would like to try the Immune Builder® Mixed Berry smoothie.
the Apple Kiwi Kale smoothie sounds good!
I’d Love Apple Kiwi Kale!
I’d like to try the Apple Kiwi Kale.
i would love to try the Berry Carrot Dream.
I would love to try the Apple Kiwi Kale smoothie. Looks yummy!
I think the Island Impact sounds delicious! I’d definitely want to try that one! Though to be honest they all look pretty good. 🙂
berry carrot dream sounds interesting
I’d like to try the Veggie Avocado Pineapple smoothie.
I would like to try apple kiwi kale.
I would love to try the
Apple Kiwi Kale
I want to try the Berry Carrot Dream
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The Banana Boat flavor looks good.
I would try apple kiwi kale. Thanks for the giveaway!
I would love to try Apple Kiwi Kale! It sounds delicious!
So many choices! I’d like to try them all but since I can only pick one.. it would be the Greek Yogurt Peach Papaya. I was looking the Slim blends section… mmm.. I bet losing weight never tasted so good! lol
The Activator Strawberry would be my choice.
Apple kiwi kale sounds great! Thanks so much for the chances to win.
I would love to try the Berry Carrot Dream smoothie first.
the apple kiwi kale sounds great
Apple kiwi kale sounds great
I would like to try the Strawberry Mango Hydrator
I would really like to try the Passion Passport
Berry carrot dream.
That tip about ripening a hard avocado in minutes is great!!
The Blueberry Heaven looks great!
The Apple Kiwi Kale sounds interesting!
I’d like to try the Original High-Protein Pineapple,. I’m diabetic so I need to watch the carbs in smoothies.
I would love to try the Apple Kiwi Kale! So many different ones to try, but that is one i would love to try first.
I’d try one of the vegan options like dark chocolate banana.
I’d like to try the Greek Yogurt Strawberry Blueberry. I’m a huge fan of Greek yogurt and this blend looks good.
I’d like to try the passionfruit peach hydrator
The Immune Builder, it sounds quite healthy.
The Green Tea Tango sounds good. Thanks.
The Strawberry Mango Hydrator sounds awesome!
The Peanut Power Plus Chocolate™ sounds really good. (Of course, how can you go wrong with peanuts and chocolate together?)
I’d like to try Berry Carrot Dream.
I would like Lean1 Strawberry
Would love to try the Apple Kiwi Kale!
the Pure Recharge™ – Mango Strawberry sounds very good! that may be the one I try first!
I would like to try the Greek Yogurt Pineapple Mango smoothie.
I’d love to try veggie avocado pineapple
The apple,kiwi, kale
I want to try the berry carrot dream.
Yum! They all look good. I would like to try a skinny Watermelon X-treme ,
I would like to try the Veggie Avocado Pineapple Smoothie first. I think that it looks delicious, and I can’t wait to try this.
I would like the High Protein Pineapple we love pineapple!!
I’d like to try the veggie abocado pineapple smoothie recipe
Mmmm avocados!
i would love to try the berry carrot dream!
i’d like to try the Greek Yogurt Orange Vanilla one.
I want to try the Apple Kiwi Kale
The berry carrot dream smoothies
I’d love to try the Apple Kiwi Kale flavor!
Carrot Berry sounds actually yummy!
I would want to try the Apple Kiwi Kale.
Carrot Kale Dream for me! Sounds good!
I’d like to try the Berry Carrot Dream!
i would like to try the Lean1™ Strawberry smoothie
I want to try Greek Yogurt Pineapple Mango
Apple, Kiwi, Kale sounds great
Would like to try the Green Tea Tango.
The Apple Kiwi Kale sounds delicious! I’ve never had Smoothie King, so many great flavors!
I would like to try the Carrot Kale Dream.
I would like to try Berry Carrot Dream.
I want to try the Apple Kiwi Kale!
I would like to try the Greek Yogurt Strawberry Blueberry.
I’d like to try the Immune Blend Pineapple.
I would like to try the Veggie Avocado Pineapple smoothie.
I like the look of the Berry Carrot Dream the best, thank you