Food and Recipes Fruits Avocado 14 Creative Ways To Use Avocado for Your Next Meal or Party By Southern Living Editors Updated on April 4, 2022 Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos Photo: Greg DuPree Holy guacamole, avocado is one of the most popular recipe ingredients right now, and we can understand why people love this healthy, creamy, versatile ingredient. For whenever you want to make a recipe with avocado that's not simply avocado toast, we've found 14 creative ways to use avocado whenever the craving strikes. In some of these recipes, it isn't the star, but the addition is the finishing touch that takes the dish to the next level. There are easy avocado recipes for dips, sides, main dishes, toppings, and salad dressings. (Just wait until you taste the sheet pan nachos.) Whip up these quick recipes on a weeknight or for a party, because this household staple is sure to stay. Try these 14 tasty avocado recipes now. 01 of 14 Beef Flautas with Buttermilk-Avocado Crema Stephen DeVries Recipe: Beef Flautas with Buttermilk-Avocado Crema Change up taco Tuesday with this beef flauta recipe. Get the kids to help you roll up these delicious dippers! 02 of 14 Creamy Avocado Dip Johnny Autry; Prop and Food Styling: Charlotte L. Autry Recipe: Creamy Avocado Dip Our Creamy Avocado Dip is a smoother, tangier version of guacamole that we're sure you and your crowd will love just as much. 03 of 14 Black Bean Burgers with Avocado Slaw Victor Protasio; Food Styling: Rishon Hanners; Prop Styling: Audrey Davis Recipe: Black Bean Burgers with Avocado Slaw Our Black Bean Burger with Avocado Slaw will earn the praise of vegetarians and meat-eaters alike. 04 of 14 Sheet Pan Nachos Greg DuPree Recipe: Sheet Pan Nachos You're only 30 minutes away from the kids' new favorite (and budget-friendly) dinner. 05 of 14 Bacon-Pimiento Guacamole Hector Manuel Sanchez Recipe: Bacon-Pimiento Guacamole I know you're asking yourself, "Why didn't I think of this?" It makes sense that an ingredient from another of our favorite dips, pimiento cheese, would taste delicious in guacamole. And has bacon ever made a dish taste worse? 06 of 14 Crispy-Shrimp Salad with Avocado Dressing Victor Protasio; Prop Styling: Audrey Davis; Food Styling: Rishon Hanners Recipe: Crispy-Shrimp Salad with Avocado Dressing This homemade salad dressing is delicious and lends itself to a number of different applications. You can use it as a dip for fresh vegetables, a sandwich spread with grilled or fried seafood, or even a taco topping. 07 of 14 Avocado Pico Recipe Stephen Karlisch Recipe: Avocado Pico Recipe This festive avocado dish pairs well with your favorite tacos. 08 of 14 Quesadillas Al Pastor Skyler Burt Recipe: Quesadillas Al Pastor These loaded quesadillas will be the talk of the town when you serve them at your next neighborhood gathering. 09 of 14 Sweet Pea-Avocado Soup Johnny Autry; Prop and Food Styling: Charlotte L. Autry Recipe: Sweet Pea-Avocado Soup Chilled soups provide a cooling break from the intense summer heat. Serve this avocado soup as the start of a brunch or luncheon, or serve it as the main course. 10 of 14 Strawberry-Avocado Salad with Sesame-Ginger Dressing Victor Protasio; Food Styling: Melissa Gray; Prop Styling: Ginny Branch Recipe: Strawberry-Avocado Salad with Sesame-Ginger Dressing Add any protein you want to this easy to throw-together salad. 11 of 14 Pulled Pork Nachos Antonis Achilleos Recipe: Pulled Pork Nachos Top off these savory pulled pork nachos with diced avocado. 12 of 14 Radish, Avocado, and Citrus Salad with Orange-Poppy Seed Dressing Antonis Achilleos; Prop Styling: Ginny Branch; Food Styling: Torie Cox Recipe: Radish, Avocado, and Citrus Salad with Orange-Poppy Seed Dressing Creamy avocado and sweet-tart citrus and pomegranate seeds balance out the peppery heat of the radishes in this fresh salad. 13 of 14 Chilled Radish-and-Avocado Soup Antonis Achilleos; Prop Styling: Ginny Branch; Food Styling: Torie Cox Recipe: Chilled Radish-and-Avocado Soup This light and refreshing dish has a peppery bite from radishes, hot sauce, and chile powder that is balanced out by creamy avocados, tangy whole buttermilk, and a little honey for sweetness. 14 of 14 Spicy Avocado Dressing Victor Protasio; Food Styling: Ruth Blackburn; Prop Styling: Ginny Branch Recipe: Spicy Avocado Dressing This dressing takes the ingenious trick of using avocado as its base, offering thickness and creaminess—no dairy required. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit