The Best Way To Preserve Avocados (For Up To 6 Months!)

Avocados never get old. Most of us can eat them in some form—whether in a smoothie, on toast, or atop a taco—for breakfast, lunch, and dinner and not get sick of it. But they do, literally, get old. As in, they don't last forever. As many of us search for the best ways to preserve these precious goods, we may have the answer for you.

You can try to fend off the dreaded brown and preserve the green of a cut avocado by storing it in a shallow pool of water, but if you want to extend its life any longer than just a few days, your best bet for a ripe avocado is the freezer. (For an unripe one, try pickling it!)

But, as always, there's a little bit of a catch.

Once thawed, the avocado isn't quite as firm as the fresh avocado. It's been through a lot being cooped up in that freezer next to those peas. It's just not the same. So while you're not going to want to snack on slices of it, the once-frozen fruit works perfectly well for making guacamole, dressings, spreads, and ice pops (perhaps with a little lime and tequila?).