Recipes and Cooking Dinner Recipes & Meal Ideas 8 Ways to Have Avocado for Dinner Avocado recipes for dinner are far from the pits—steaks, quesadillas, grilled chicken, and more—get a healthy upgrade in these delicious ideas. By Karla Walsh Updated on November 9, 2022 Fact checked by Marcus Reeves Fact checked by Marcus Reeves Marcus Reeves is an experienced writer, publisher, and fact-checker. He began his writing career reporting for The Source magazine. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Playboy, The Washington Post, and Rolling Stone, among other publications. His book Somebody Scream: Rap Music's Rise to Prominence in the Aftershock of Black Power was nominated for a Zora Neale Hurston Award. He is an adjunct instructor at New York University, where he teaches writing and communications. Marcus received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Learn about BHG's Fact Checking Process Share Tweet Pin Email The increasingly loved avocado is so much more than guacamole, or a fruit to top your breakfast toast. Complete with vitamins (C, E, K, and B-6) and healthy fats, these nutrient-rich green beauties can become the key to your next healthy dinner. For steaks, sandwiches, savory pies, and spaghetti, each of these recipes makes it a cinch to sneak in a serving or two of heart-healthy monosaturated fat into your evening meal. The creamy texture makes a brilliant addition to everything from sandwich spreads to pasta sauces. The hardest decision will be which recipe to use first. No matter which dinner idea you choose, be sure to keep a few avocados for your morning toast, or one of these nine avocado breakfasts. Karla Conrad Tri-Tip Roast with Grilled Avocados This avocado dinner will expand your grilled fruit horizons. Halved, pitted avocados join red wine vinaigrette-basted steak on the grill for a supremely summery meal. Recreate it indoors on a grill pan (such as the Lodge Cast-Iron Reversible Griddle, $35, Target). Get the Steak and Avocado Recipe Blaine Moats Avocado BLT Club Sandwiches Transform a traditional BLT recipe, typically a lunch item, into a dinner-level meal. Here's how: Stack multigrain thick-cut toast with turkey, ham, bacon, lettuce, tomato, and avocado slices. And to solidify the fact that this is an avocado dinner idea, spread the top slice of toast with garlicky avocado aioli. Get the BLT Avocado Dinner Sandwich Brie Passano Pan-Grilled Mahi-Mahi with Avocado Sauce Done in 20 minutes, firm and mild-flavored mahi-mahi makes a protein-rich, remarkably flavorful entrée. The creamy jazzed-up guacamole is an ideal complement to the heat of chili powder, black pepper, and horseradish. How to Cut an Avocado Get the Mahi-Mahi Recipe Brie Passano Mexican Fried Rice with Radishes and Avocado Fried rice, superfood-style, is a dinner idea using avocado that's jam-packed with vitamins, via cauliflower rice, riced broccoli, fresh herbs, radishes, and, of course, avocados. Ground chicken cranks up the satisfaction factor in this low-carb, gluten-free recipe. Get the Avocado Egg Dinner Recipe Hannah Bigot Taco Pie with Avocado Pie Crust Similar to a pot pie, but with an open crust, this taco-flavored avocado dinner is actually hiding the avocado, which replaces half of the shortening in the pastry crust for a lusciously flaky texture and more heart-healthy fats. Jason Donnelly Chicken in Avocado-Buttermilk Marinade Prepare this dinner of chicken thighs in an avocado, buttermilk, and jalapeño marinade, which you can freeze up to four months. All you'll have to do during a busy week is let it thaw overnight and bake to juicy perfection while you slice a few fresh avocados to serve as a side. Get the Marinated Chicken Recipe Hannah Bigot Avocado Egg Bake Warning to all you fans of breakfast for dinner: Master this quick and easy avocado egg dinner and you'll want it for breakfast as well. Short on ingredients, but not on flavor, all you need is an avocado, a couple of eggs, some deli meat, and your favorite spices— everything bagel seasoning is a winning option. Get the Avocado Egg Recipe Brie Passano Avocado-Yogurt Spaghetti with Vegetables Seeking a dinner to make with avocado, sans meat? This healthy 30-minute meal is the answer to your dreams. The vegetarian pasta is a surprisingly well-balanced package, with protein, by way of Greek yogurt, and filling fats from avocado. Get the Spaghetti Avocado Dinner Recipe Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit Sources Better Homes & Gardens is committed to using high-quality, reputable sources—including peer-reviewed studies—to support the facts in our articles. Read about our editorial policies and standards to learn more about how we fact check our content for accuracy. Dreher, Mark L, and Adrienne J Davenport. “Hass Avocado Composition and Potential Health Effects.” Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, vol. 53, no. 7, 2013, Taylor and Francis, pp. 738-50. doi:10.1080/10408398.2011.556759