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Creamy pasta sauce -

Avocado's naturally creamy texture makes it ideal for creating lighter, fresher versions of traditional pasta sauces. For example, avocado carbonara! It's also a great alternative to cream for vegans.

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Avocado salad dressing -

Similarly, avocado makes a great base for a salad dressing. Mix with yogurt, lime, and coriander for the perfect refreshing salad.

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Avocado fritters -

Avocado fritters or avocado fries are a delicious crispy snack. If made in an air fryer, they're also surprisingly healthy.

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Avocado scrambled eggs -

If you've got some browning avocados to use, try mashing them up and mixing them with eggs. Cook them and you have green avocado scrambled eggs. Delicious and nutritious!

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Avocado pesto -

Blend avocado with basil and pine nuts for a decadent and creamy pesto sauce. Add Parmesan cheese if you're not vegan. Perfection!

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Vegan avocado mayo -

Why not go all the way and just make avocado mayonnaise! Blend avocado with olive oil, lemon juice, vinegar, and any other seasonings you like, and you've got a delicious, fresh vegan mayo alternative that lasts for four days in the fridge.

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Chilled avocado and cucumber soup -

For something a little more unusual, try a chilled avocado and cucumber soup when it's hot outside.

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Green smoothie -

If your avocados are going bad, throw them in a smoothie mixed with leafy greens and fruits like banana or pineapple. They'll hugely improve the texture, and it won't matter if they're brown.

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Baby food -

Avocados are ideal for making healthy homemade baby food. Their texture make avocados easy to blend, and they can easily be mixed with other veggies to create a superfood puree!

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Avocado ice-cream -

Move over pistachio, there's a new weird green ice-cream in town. Avocado ice-cream can be made the usual way, mixed with heavy cream and all that good stuff. Alternatively, an easy vegan recipe involves coconut cream, bananas, maple syrup, and avocado. Just blend it and freeze it, no churning necessary!

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Avocado chocolate pudding -

Blending avocado with cocoa powder, coconut milk and a few other basics creates the most luxurious chocolate pudding. You wouldn't even know it was healthy! 

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Chocolate frosting -

Avocado can similarly be used as an alternative to buttercream frosting for cakes. It's even easier to make than the real thing.

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Avocado pound cake -

Avocado works surprisingly well in baked goods. It can be added to cakes and bread to give them a lighter taste, and reduce the amount of other fats required in the recipe.

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Avocado brownies -

Avocados are most famously baked in brownies, and for good reason! The texture of an avocado brownie is like no other.

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Chocolate truffles -

Homemade avocado chocolate truffles take only five ingredients to make and are so much nicer than giving a store-bought box of chocolates as a gift!

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Avocado tart -

Avocado is wonderful for a tart or pie filling. Blend it with condensed milk and add it to your pastry crust. It'll set perfectly in the fridge overnight.

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Matcha avocado pudding -

Another creative no-bake recipe is a a matcha avocado pudding. The matcha and avocado give a unique flavor to this sweet and healthy dessert.

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Avocado and lime cheese cake -

Adding avocado to a lime cheesecake lightens up this heavy, creamy dessert. The perfect treat to impress dinner guests.

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Key lime pie smoothie -

A key lime pie smoothie made with avocado and Greek yogurt tastes just like a key lime pie you can drink. No cream or milk needed!

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Face mask -

Mix avocado with honey and lemon juice for a restorative, skin-brightening face mask.

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Hand care - For dry, irritated skin, mix avocado with some olive oil and cover your hands with the paste. Wrap in cellophane and let sit for 20 minutes. It works wonders on hands suffering from aggressive washing and hand sanitizer use!

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Shaving cream -

Avocado-based shaving creams can help avoid that painful razor burn. It takes some time to make, but it's certainly a creative way to use up your avocados!

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Handmade soaps -

Soap making is a wonderfully relaxing craft to take up. Avocado-based soaps are extremely gentle and great for sensitive skin.

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Dye -

Beyond the flesh, avocado skins can be boiled to create an all natural dye! The result is a light pink color, depending on the concentration of skins.

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Grown your own! -

To use up the pits, you can try growing your own avocado trees! They need to be pretty big to bear fruit, but if you haven't got a garden they also make cute house plants.

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What next? - Now that you've got avocados covered, it's time to move on to bananas! Check out this gallery of the best ways to use up ripe bananas.

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