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The (Slightly Confusing) Avocado Trend That's Taking Over Instagram

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April  4, 2016
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You're sick of us writing about not writing about avocado toast, right? Okay, fine. Fine!

But what if we told you there was a whole new avocado movement sweeping the country Instagram.

BEHOLD! The avocado rose.

We'll check back in after @thedelicious gives us a tutorial.๐Ÿ˜‰๐Ÿ’š #avocadorose (Photo: @thedelicious, #RSlove)

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It's on omelets:

You don't know what you see, do you?๐Ÿ˜Š It is just the perfect snack: omlette with avorose, bee pollen and gojiberries, it's kinda natural sweet treat, which has just a perfect macronutrition balance.๐Ÿ‘Œ It's also an entry for a brilliant hungarian challange hosted by @dorkaland (check her profile for beautiful fitfood photo), but now is no reason to translate in english. ________________ Nagyon sokaig hรบztam a belรฉpล‘met @dorkaland fantasztikus #enatanyaron jรกtรฉkรกra, ezzel a mindent az utolsรณ pillanatban hozzรกรกllรกssal mรกris sokat elรกrultam magamrรณl.๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜„ Az รฉtel viszont azt hiszem tรถkรฉletesen jellemez: elsล‘re nem is igazรกn tudod kivel รกllsz szemben, hiรกba van elล‘tted tisztรกn, mรฉgis mรกst gondolsz rรณla. Ez ugyanis egy teljesen egyszerลฑ tojรกsomlett, egy kicsit extrรกbb avokรกdรณ, gojibogyรณ, virรกgpor feltรฉttel. Van benne egy kis hรฉtkรถznapisรกg, de egy kis kรผlรถnlegessรฉg is, sรณsnak tลฑnik, de igazรกbรณl รฉdes, elsล‘re kemรฉny, de amint kรถzel engeded magadhoz meglรกgyul. A hรบsmentessรฉg szintรฉn fontos volt, amivel az erล‘szakmentessรฉget รฉs az รฉrzรฉkenysรฉget szerettem volna kifejezni, a harmonikussรกgot a kivรกlรณ makrรณarรกnyokkal รฉs a szรญnekkel akartam megmutatni, az egyszerลฑsรฉgre, ugyanakkor a szรฉpre valรณ tรถrekvรฉst pedig a tรกlalรกs kettล‘sรฉge mutatja. Kรถszรถnรถm Dorka hogy kitalรกltad ezt a jรกtรฉkot, most is olyat adtรกl nekรผnk, ami hihetetlenรผl รฉrtรฉkes! Kiszakรญtottรกl a hรฉtkรถznapi rutinbรณl, kicsit megรกllรญtottรกl magunkba nรฉzni รฉs kinyitottรกl minket, hogy megismerhessรผk egymรกst! โค๏ธ #fitlifehighfive #fitspiration #mik #mutimiteszel #mutimiteszel_fitt #mik_gasztro #ikozosseg #healthyeating #iifymgirls #eatclean #cleaneating #healthydiet #instafood #gymfood #paleo #paleofood #foodie #fitfood #healthyeating #fitlife #fitspo #foodstagram #feedfeed @thefeedfeed #mgfitnessmg #egg #avocadorose #avocado #superfood

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It's on noodles:

Vegan noodles for lunch today ๐Ÿ˜‹ cold udon with sautรฉed mushrooms, spinach, cherry tomatoes, rocket and an avocado rose ๐Ÿ˜†โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €[tags] #avocadorose #yummy #flatlay #flatlaysquad #noodles #vegan #veganfood#healthy #lunch #feedfeed #food52 #food #foods #foodie #foodies #foodporn #foodlover #foodphotography #foodpics#foodstagram #foodblogger #photography #photographer #photooftheday #insta #instapic #instayum #instacool #instafood #instalove

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It's on pita pizza (with corn flowers?!):

Hot Grilled Pita (Pizza) with Cornflower Goat Cheese and Avocado for Lunch! #lunch #inspiration #spring #2016

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It's on salads:

I am not a fan of being sick, at all and when I am, the last thing I want to do is slave away in the kitchen cooking. So this morning I just threw together whatever leftovers (sautรฉe pork and chicken, beans, corn from taco and veggies from yesterday's breakfast) I had in the fridge into a pan and heated them up, topped with a fried egg, fresh chopped tomato, radishes, lettuce, cilantro, avocado rose and drizzled with our favorite jalapeรฑo hot sauce from @formosasauce and sprinkled with @red_ridge Porcini salt. Enjoyed it with my spoon by @facturegoods and called it breakfast and lunch. Now recovering with a hot toddy in my hand to soothe the scratchy throat. #lenaskitchenblog #breakfast #breakfastallday #avocadorose #leftovers #breakfastbowl #avocado

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It's on pasta (?):

It's in an egg carton (??):

Tag someone to eat this with! Easter Inspiration. Repurpose an old egg carton for an Easter Breakfast in bed! #Easter #inspiration #2016

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It's posing next to actual flowers (not roses, though):

It's, as you've noticed, very good friends with yellow yolks:

And yes, yes, yes, it's on toast. It's on toast a lot:

It's on our minds and in our dreams and not yet in our bowlsโ€”and it's making us as confused as it might be making you.

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Rebecca Maier offered an explanation on her Instagram account: "Point is not if avo shaped as a flower would taste any better, or any different. Point is that it simply makes you smile, as it's indoubtedly [sic] nicer and funnier than an 'average' one."

And by now, you want to know how to make your own avocado rose, don't you? This video from Kelly's Food Blog will show you the way:

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Claude
Claude February 17, 2017
Some time ago my daughter wrote original recipes with avocados. As a clinical researcher, I tried to understand why avocado was conquering the world at a so fast path. I found a great number of health benefits in avocado, then how avocado must be combined to make your food become a real medicine. "The Avocado Affair" the 200 pages book is now available on my website and from March in all bookstores. www.starknakedhealth.com
 
Julie
Julie June 28, 2016
I can hear my mom yelling "Stop playing with your food!"
 
judy
judy June 25, 2016
Certainly caught my eye. I eat several avocados a week in multiple variations. My fav is on sourdough with unsalted sardines (Trader Joes are good and budget friendly). A smear of good horseradish mustard and cracked pepper. But for presentation, lovely. It will be a trick to finesse, though as when they are at their best, they are firm enough to cut, but soft enough to smash without much effort. So getting that rose--or tulip--will take some practice I would think. But then I'm all thumbs. So I usually go for taste.
 
Lea
Lea April 30, 2016
Awesome! I have a gluten free child and she LOVES avocados, and just like me, eats with her eyes. Can't wait to surprise her with this!
 
Denise
Denise April 6, 2016
And if you cut it with a ceramic knife it won't oxidize for like forever, if you can keep from eating it that long.
 
Brian G.
Brian G. April 5, 2016
HAHA. Well played, Food52.
 
Jana D.
Jana D. April 5, 2016
Ah this article brightened up my day!!
 
Sarah E.
Sarah E. April 5, 2016
But. What.
Why.
 
deb O.
deb O. April 6, 2016
When you figure that out let us know! Lol
 
Kristen M.
Kristen M. April 4, 2016
I can't believe I actually got to learn how to make an avocado rose at the end. More of this!
 
Hannah W.
Hannah W. April 4, 2016
This really weirds me out AND I DON'T KNOW WHY. Help SJ!
 
Julia B.
Julia B. April 4, 2016
Your "actual rose" is a tulip.
 
amysarah
amysarah April 4, 2016
I was just going to post: a rose is a rose is a rose is a rose...except when it's a tulip.
 
Sarah J.
Sarah J. April 4, 2016
Whoops! Was too distracted by that avocado swirl!