Guacamole lovers around the globe are all too familiar with the panic and desperation that descends when realizing that their avocados won’t magically ripen in the hour left before taco night. But you ...

All it takes is 10 minutes and water.

Speed up avocado ripening by pairing them with bananas in a brown paper bag. Bananas release ethylene gas, which naturally accelerates avocado ripening. The banana trick won’t affect the flavor of any ...

Never throw away another avocado. Promise!

This method can shave days off the ripening time.

Placing unripe avocados in a paper bag with fruit that gives off ethylene gas ripens them the fastest. Using a ripe banana edged out an apple by two days, but either method works. Heating avocados ...

It impacts how your body digests it, absorbs its nutrients and even responds metabolically after you eat it.

If you have a hard avocado and you need it to be soft in a day or so, simply place it in a brown paper bag with a banana or apple and fold the top to close it up. The natural ethylene gases emitted by ...

10:28, Tue, Jan 6, 2026 Updated: 10:32, Tue, Jan 6, 2026 Avocados make a lovely creamy addition to breakfast dishes or sandwiches, but it's very frustrating to slice into one only to find it's still ...