Ripen an avocado in just two minutes so it’s ready to eat – ‘super quick’

Avocados are super versatile – the ultimate brunch staple. Perfect in a salad, sandwich, wrap or smoothie, this fruit is extremely popular and for good reason.

The only problem with avocados is that they only have a short window of deliciousness.

Avos are supposed to be delectably creamy, however an underripe one might be bitter or have no flavour at all, while an avocado past its prime may be discoloured, smelly, and not yummy at all.

Oftentimes avocado lovers wait days for their fruit to ripen properly, but what should you do if you need an avocado that’s ready to eat now?

According to Taste of Home, all you need is an avocado, a microwave and two minutes.

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The food brand shared how you can ripen an avocado “super quickly” – but it only works if it’s not quite ripe but not hard either.

Cut the avocado in half, take out the stone and wrap each half in microwave-safe plastic wrap. Then, pop the avocado halves in a microwave and whack it on high for two minutes.

Let them cool until they are comfortable to touch and hold, then run the wrapped halves under cold water – this will stop the cooking.

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Unwrap the avocado halves and get creative in the kitchen. Slap it on some toast, slice it up into a wrap, blend it into a smoothie or make the ultimate guacamole.

Jamie Oliver’s easy guacamole is a must-know recipe. It’s “deliciously creamy” but has a kick to it.

Bread can also go mouldy in a few days but luckily, an expert recently shared a clever hack to make it last longer. Sharing her advice on the blog The Art of Doing Stuff, former TV host Karen Bertelsen said: “I did an experiment involving several loaves of bread and eight different storage method, and one method of storing bread worked much better than everything I tried”.

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