How To Keep Cut Avocados Fresh
So, I’ve been buying avocados for her. The problem is she only eats them a bit at a time, so I end up having an avocado in the fridge for two or three days that has been cut into.
When avocado flesh is exposed to the air, it oxidizes, turning brown.
Fortunately, all you have to do to stop the oxidization is keep the air out.
So, how do you keep cut avocados fresh in your fridge?
Smother them with butter!
I assume coconut oil or lard would work, too, but the consistency of butter works well – and I don’t want Haddassah eating the lard that may stick to the avocado at this point.
I usually cut a “plug” out of the avocado all the way down to the core.
And then fill it up.
No butter is wasted because later, when I pull the avocado out of the fridge and Baby H finishes eating it, I’ll use whatever butter is left to fry eggs or something.
Hey, presto! There you have it!
You could, of course, cut the whole thing up and store it in a container of water, but I feel like the water carries a lot of the nutrition out of the fruit, so I prefer to use butter – nothing gets in, and just as importantly, nothing seeps out.
