Avocados are a green and creamy fruit that is very tasty in many dishes and also has many nutritional benefits. Avocado is great in sandwiches and salsas- guacamole being a good example. The fruit contains many vitamins and minerals including thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, folate, vitamin B6, vitamin C, calcium, iron, phosphorus , magnesium, zinc, and potassium. These nutrients can be very beneficial to the human body. There is also a sufficient amount of dietary fiber in the food. Avocados have a very diverse makeup of fats. At one time the fruit was considered unhealthy because of the high fat and even today it might not be the best food for some people to eat because of that. It is because of the fat that a common nickname for the avocado is the butter pear. Even then, for most people eating avocados in moderation can likely be beneficial due to high HDL (good cholesterol) levels as well as the vitamins and everything else found inside the green fruit, the avocado. So there are certainly avocado health benefits.
Avocados can be eaten in a variety of ways and are popular in many dishes including sandwiches (especially going well with turkey), burritos with guacamole (a tasty avocado paste), etc. Avocados are often eaten in raw form as they are soft and buttery naturally. They can also be spiced on preference to be added in a variety of different meals and cooking recipes. Avocados can be steamed and eaten or cooked in a variety of other ways too. They do have a higher concentration of fats though. The flesh of avocado can turn brown due to enzyme activity, so it has to be prepared quickly or in certain ways that stop such reactions from making a dish lose its visual appeal. Lime and lemon juice often can stop this process.
Some people have allergies to avocado and depending on the severity of those allergies might not be able to eat the fruit. If you are not allergic and want to try out avocados you should be able to find them at local grocery stores or supermarkets. Less ripe ones tend to be harder, but they will ripen if kept in a paper bag for a couple days. Ripe ones will dent a bit when you squeeze them so you will know which ones to buy depending on when you plan on eating them. If you are only eating part of the avocado and want to save the rest without putting on the lime or lemon juice but still want to keep them green you can also try tightly wrapping plastic wrap around the avocado while trying to keep out any outside air so that the enzyme reaction might not progress and the fruit would stay green.