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.

SlimCado and Dragon fruit salad

Do you ever eat so many salads and they start tasting the same to you? Here's a salad that will reboot your salad taste buds....

Mojito fruit salad

Perfect touch for a family dinner on the deck, because it's non-alcoholic. However, if it's only adults, feel free to add some rum, as noted....

Slices of Florida

Avocado, dragonfruit, guava, and passionfruit are all grown in Florida and are highlighted in this salad that's perfect for early fall...

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 avocado and ginger salad

SlimCado is an avocado from the tropics. It's light and creamy taste is complemented by ginger's fresh tangy. This is easy to make for dinner...

Spinach-and SlimCado-stuffed Portobello mushrooms

Hot or cold, Portobello mushrooms make a tasty "plate" on which to enjoy a tropical salad topping. Easy to enjoy, easy to fix, easy great...

Shortcaked tropical appetizer

Those shortcakes you normally use for dessert make a great "bread" for a savory SlimCado® and dragonfruit salad. Tasty and easy to make....

Potato SlimCado salad

This quick-and-easy potato SlimCado salad is the answer to "what to bring to...". No one will guess it's quick or easy. They'll just want the...

Radishes, peas and a SlimCado, oh my!

Oh my, what a light and lively salad for summer's heat. SlimCados are the perfect accompaniments in a veggie side. Perfect for outdoor dining....