Dietitian reveals her top three tricks to stop your avocados from browning – and you will have everything you need in the pantry
- A dietitian has revealed three of her tricks to stop avocados from going brown
- Rebecca Gawthorne said brown avocado is safe to eat but can be a little bitter
- She said she uses olive oil, lemon juice or a halved red onion to keep hers green
A dietitian has shared her top three tips for stopping your avocadoes from going brown in the fridge.
Rebecca Gawthorne, from Sydney, Australia revealed you can use lemon, olive oil and even onion to stop the off-putting discolouration.
Sharing on her Nourish Naturally Instagram page the popular content maker told her fans to save the video for the next time they stock up on the fruit because the methods work so well.
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Rebecca Gawthorne, from Sydney, Australia revealed you can use lemon, olive oil and even onion to stop the off-putting discolouration
‘The browning of an avocado is a natural chemical reaction called oxidisation that occurs when a cut avocado is exposed to oxygen in the air,’ she explained.
‘While it’s safe eat, brown avocados are not very aesthetically pleasing & can taste a bit bitter,’ she added.
The first hack she shared was to squeeze lemon over the freshly cut avocado, being careful to rub the juice into the flesh.
The second technique requires olive oil.
‘Coat the flesh of the avocado with olive oil,’ she said – showing herself drizzling it over the top.
The third method involves a red onion.
The dietitian simply placed the flat side of a halved onion on top of the cut section of the avocado.
She said storing them together in this way would stop the green fruit from changing colour.
She squeezed lemon over half an avocado in one of the demonstrations
The next method involved coating the fruit with olive oil
She finished the long post with a tip on ripening the fruit.
‘If you want to speed up the ripening of you avocados, place them in a brown paper bag with a banana or apple,’ she said.
The video has been seen by more than 21k avocado lovers.
‘Oh, I didn’t know the red onion one,’ one woman exclaimed.
‘Great advice, I had no idea,’ one mum said.
A fellow dietitian said they use lemon juice every time.
She also said storing with a halved red onion should do the trick
Some people weren’t quite sold on the red onion tip.
‘Won’t it taste like onion?’ they asked.
‘Half way to guacamole,’ the dietitian replied.
Another woman claims she just runs water over her avocadoes to stop them from going brown and says it ‘works a treat’.
Another woman seconded the water trick but said it didn’t work for as long as using lemon or oil.
Rebecca has 146k fans on the platform.