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.

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...

Tropical gazpacho

Perfect for a workday lunch, but magnificent on a hot, steamy summer's night when heating up the kitchen to heat up your tummy makes no...

SlimCado Avocado Ceviche

Popular in the Caribbean, ceviche is usually served with an avocado side dish. SlimCado avocado makes a great case for being added to the main...

Put a papaya ring round it – egg bake

A Caribbean Red papaya is big enough to cut across its center to create a ring that can hold an egg. You can top the...

SlimCado guacamole with a few added touches

Guacamole with some added touches can make a big splash. If made with Florida-grown avocados called SlimCados. Party with less fat and fewer calories....

SlimCado shrimp cocktail

Is a shrimp cocktail old-fashioned? Make it current with the addition of today's trendiest fruit, the avocado, or in this case, the SlimCado....

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....

SlimCado lime mousse dip

Oh, it's guacamole. But with the touch of vanilla, it moves the dip to the avocado's sweet side. The season for SlimCados is revving up....

Rosemary SlimCado lime bars

This is a snack that's sweet with coconut but nice and savory with the addition of SlimCado avocado and rosemary....