If you've ordered an avocado and discovered it's still hard and unripe, you're not alone. This is a common problem. The good ...

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 ...

What's the secret to perfect guacamole and the best avocado toast? The answer is easy: ripe avocados! The only problem is that, more often than not, they're rock hard when you buy them in the grocery ...

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 ...

Avocados are fickle. Sometimes they seem to be ready for consumption but then hard as a rock when cut into. Other times ...

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 ...

This article may contain affiliate links that Yahoo and/or the publisher may receive a commission from if you buy a product or service through those links. Avocados are more than just the star of your ...

A pile of bright green unripe avocados with purple stickers. - Oscar Wong/Getty Images Avocados are a finicky fruit. You pick out the perfect one at the grocery store, and by the time you get home, it ...

Water bath method: Submerge the cut avocado in water and refrigerate. This creates an oxygen barrier and keeps it green for ...