Category: SlimCado avocado

For over 85 years, Brooks Tropicals has grown tropical avocados known as SlimCados. SlimCados naturally have up to half the fat and a third fewer calories than the leading California avocado.

SlimCados are a different branch on the avocado family tree. They’d have to be, they’re grown not in dry but very humid climates. Generally pear-shaped with smooth or bumpy green skin, the SlimCado varies in shape and in size from three to thirteen inches long and up to five inches wide.

Chunky Caribbean salad

Make it summer anywhere you live by enjoying tropical fruits. It means some exotic tastes can come together for a great dinner salad. This entrée...

Crabmeat, avocado and papaya salad with a passionfruit vinaigrette

In Florida, you're never more than one hour from the coast. So it makes sense that Florida tropicals go great with seafood. Enjoy this salad...

SlimCado shrimp salad

Add shrimp to a tropical avocado like the SlimCado makes perfect tasting sense. The coconut adds even more of a delish tropical flair. ...

Vaquero tropical salad

In Latin America, the cowboy is called the vaquero. The range riders will want a meal that's mighty tasty but also gets them through their...

Tropical turkey wrap

Turn a turkey wrap tropical just by using a SlimCado as the mayo not only reduces the calories but also leaps far ahead of mayonnaise...