10 Facts and Hacks About Your Favorite Fruit, the Avocado

Avocados are awesome. They’re packed with healthy fats and they’re great as a snack, a salad ingredient, a base for guacamole, or sliced on tacos or sandwiches.

But do you know the best way to keep an avocado fresh once it’s been sliced open? Or how to ripen one if it feels a bit hard?

This Tipline video gives you tells you those things, and some handy nutritional information, so you can indulge in the green treat without a second thought.

One handy tip to check for freshness: pull out the stem and look at the color of the skin underneath. If it’s green, you’re good to go to eat.

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