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Avocados are for more than just guacamole

The world of healthy foods has always been a bit of a foreign one to me. My mother isn’t a big fan of vegetables, so I never really ate them much as a child. This combined with years of grabbing fast food on my way home from dance (which, of course had no effect on my waist because I was dancing 20 hours per week), led me to a very small vision of what types of food were delicious.

Luckily this experience has opened my eyes to a whole world of treats that don’t just taste good, but ARE good for you. One of my new favorites is avocados, though my first non-guacamole experience with the fruit wasn’t exactly easy.

You see, I wasn’t really sure how to cut into the hard green outing. Luckily my roommate enjoys healthy food and coached me through the process. Even so, it took forever to cut through the avocado and scoop out the weird seed inside. And then slicing it? Forget it. Instead of even, round slices my knife skills only produced little chunks. But you know what? It still tasted both delicious and healthy. And all the work I put into cutting it? I’d say it was at least five minutes of cardio.

Enjoy avocado? Check out all the delicious recipes you can use it in with the Jumpstart diet located here.

My name is Allison Tripolitis and I am a senior magazine journalism student at the University of Missouri. I have previously worked for MOVE Magazine as a film columnist, the Columbia Missourian as a reporter, ALIVE Magazine in St. Louis as an editorial intern and Professional Beauty London as an editorial intern. This semester I am working at Vox Magazine as a department editor for my capstone. When I am not busy "journalizing" I can often be found watching Mad Men, Sex and the City, Community and reruns of The Nanny.