Avocado

Serve these mushroom skewers as you would any other meat skewer: slide free from the skewers and onto a piece of flatbread spread with whipped avocado, pack with fresh veg, drizzle with mojo sauce and enjoy.

This smoothie makes getting your daily five serves of fruit and vegetables a whole lot easier.

How to improve on fresh prawns with avocado? Adding a smoky, spicy tomato dressing to the mix.

For easy summer entertaining, with minimal fuss.

If we ever needed an excuse to have corn chips for dinner, this is it.

Green eggs, sans ham.

Just the natural creaminess of avocado lifted by garlic and lemon.

Don't knock it 'til you try it. The creaminess of avocado flesh works beautifully in ice-cream.

One of the most popular dishes on the Nomad menu, for good reason.

No mere health fad, a tasty green smoothie is now a firm part of the Australian breakfast landscape. This version with avocado is deliciously creamy.

Eat a rainbow.

Just the ticket when you want to feel both virtuous and refreshed.

These crackers are wholesome and moreish, and go well with any dip of your choosing. Here, we’ve paired them with a fresh, zesty smashed avocado.

The big bowl o' red may have hotly contested origins, but chilli con carne's smoky, spicy appeal is indisputable.

A recipe inspired by Mexican food doyenne Diana Kennedy.

It's heaven in a bowl – big flavour, lots of colour, and a whole lot of goodness.

With creamy avocado and the zing of lime juice, this Mexican-ish prawn cocktail is perfect for the summer. Just add corn chips.

The nori salt isn’t strictly necessary, but make a double batch and keep it in the cupboard to add a quick lift to fish dishes or roasted vegetables.

Crisp tortillas, creamy feta and avocado, green leaves and dainty edible flowers all dressed up with coriander and lime. Think nachos, but spring-salad style.

With a few flourishes, you can make a super memorable version of avocado on toast - and pocket the small change you'll save in the process.

This meal in a bowl will leave you feeling recharged thanks to a generous serve of raw vegetables and a multitude of herbs. It's perfect for those times when you may have overindulged.

Goodness abounds in this recipe, with greens snuck into the spinach flatbreads, a smoky corn salsa and a light yoghurt sauce.

The simplest things are sometimes the hardest to do well. But with this recipe - and a few considered choices about your produce - you'll nail guacamole every time.

Chocolate and avocado - the unlikely combination you never knew you needed.

Our variation of light and zesty Mexican aguachile, a dish that's perfect for warm nights or those days when you're seeking a substantial salad.

A no-cook starter that's a little bit Mexican, a little bit Japanese and a lot of fun.

An easy way to feed a crowd.

Combining bacon, eggs, avocado and charred sourdough, this twist on a Caesar salad works as breakfast, lunch or dinner. The creamy avocado is a good foil for the smoky bacon and piquant anchovies.

Add extra char to your tortillas by toasting them over a stove flame for a few seconds each side, then microwave them covered with a tea towel for 10 seconds to keep them nice and soft.

"Guajillo chillies give the smooth chilli sauce here just the right amount of heat," says Curtis Stone. "The sauce is married with crisp tortilla chips for this popular Mexican breakfast dish."

"When I put a version of this on the menu at Le 6, I imagined summer back home on the north coast of New South Wales." says Clugston.

This fresh, light salad is all about the chicken. It works well for a barbecue, tossed together with the chicken hot off the grill. The dressing is even better when it’s left to stand for an hour or two.

Grilled corn adds texture to this chilled avocado soup. Season with smoked paprika for an earthy spice.

This bowl of raw greens is the ultimate antidote to summertime overindulgence.

Start your day on a refreshing note with the nourishment of Ruby's Diner breakfast salad with poached eggs, avocado, kale, broccolli and other healthy herbs.

This Caribbean salad is summer in a bowl. The green banana may seem an unusual addition, but works really well in the mix. Chopped cooked prawn meat, meanwhile, works beautifully in place of the crab.

"Fresh corn charred beautifully in the husk is unbeatable," says Pontoon chef Lance Cameron. "I serve it with avocado mousse, finely grated Grana Padano, Aleppo pepper and lots of fresh citrus to boost the flavour. It's one of my favourite dishes."

This grilled chicken and bacon burger packs a tangy punch with the addition of an avocado-coriander sauce.

This sashimi-style kingfish tostada makes an excellent snack on a summer's day. If you don't feel like frying tortillas, serve the ceviche and avocado separately with corn chips.

In this white fish crudo, the fish in question can also be marinated in a little dressing, ceviche-style - for 15 minutes or a couple of hours, depending how "cooked" you like it.

This tender crab meat salad makes an excellent entrée. The chapons make it - they're croûtons that have been rubbed with garlic.

At Belon Henry uses shima aji (horse mackerel), which isn't readily available in Australia; we've used kingfish here. It's a delicious, fresh substitute.

As a native Andes grain, quinoa adds a fluffy, delicate touch to the avocado, egg and beetroot salad.

This soupy style of ceviche, found in Ecuador’s coastal regions, is made to order at beachside carts (the carretas).

Black turtle beans are widely used in Latin American dishes, from Brazil’s feijoada to the simple bean soups of Cuba and Mexico.

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for BLAT salad

A fast soup recipe ready in less than 20 minutes.

Spice up your midweek steaks with pickled chilli and avo.

This fast ultra-green chopped salad is packed full of the good stuff.

A summer-ready salad with poached turkey and prawn, topped with avocado dressing.

Lisa Featherby recipe for veal schnitzel rolls with chipotle sauce.

Recipe for pumpkin rösti with poached egg, and mint, feta and avocado salad.

Matt Moran recipe for seared kingfish with radish, avocado and wasabi.

Pete Evans recipe for beetroot chocolate mud cakes.

Australian Gourmet Traveller fast recipe for beetroot and egg salad with avocado and smoked almonds.

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for chicken and avocado salad by Pete Evans.

A chicken taco never goes astray.

A sure-fire summer hit.

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for bonito, ginger vinegar, avocado and sesame by Andrew McConnell.

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for grilled chorizo with black bean and avocado salad.

Australian Gourmet Traveller fast recipe for crushed avocado, chilli and lime with crunchy tortillas.

Primed for backyard barbecues this summer.

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for barbecued turkey with corn and jicama salad.

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for roast scallops, avocado purée and seaweed by Colin Fassnidge.

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for quesadillas with cheese and chorizo.

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for ceviche toasts with avocado and coriander.

A speedy and delicious recipe for jerk-style pork with corn, black beans and avocado.

Quick and easy, this soup is comforting and full of smoky flavour.

Recipe for tostadas with rough guacamole and smoked paprika.

Recipe for carnitas tacos with black bean salad.

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for Kingfish with pique boricua and coriander arepas

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for ceviche de sierra.

Australian Gourmet Traveller wine match recipe for spice-rubbed chicken with pink grapefruit and beetroot salad.

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for shredded snapper, lime, coriander and avocado flatbread by Matt Stone from Greenhouse restaurant in Perth.

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for crab and avocado tortillas.

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for Mexican corn soup with crushed avocado.

Australian Gourmet Traveller fast recipe for spiced rare tuna, avocado and pickled beetroot salad

Australian Gourmet Traveller fast Asian-style recipe for tempura whiting with smoked chilli salt and avocado

A light, refreshing appetiser for your next dinner party.

Australian Gourmet Traveller fast entree recipe for verjuice-poached chicken and baby leaves with basil salad cream

Australian Gourmet Traveller fast food starter recipe for prawn tacos with jicama slaw