What is Avocado Hand?

Avocado hand happens when someone attempts to either slice open an avocado, remove the stone with a knife, or slice an avocado with a knife, then the knife slips and slices their hand. Even famous people like Meryl Streep are affected by avocado hand. So, yes, it can happen to anyone, and surgeons are reporting that the injury is very destructive, often requiring surgery to repair damaged nerve and tendon injuries.

So how can you avoid – or at least cut your chances of encountering avocado hand? I’ll be honest, most days I walk on the wild side. Admittedly, it’s rather stupid of me, but I typically use a knife to slice my avocados while specifically telling our clients and audience not to do what I do. It’s true, you’ll see me in so many videos telling people “Don’t do it like this!” The worst part is that we have a tool – self-proclaimed gadget queen here – just steps away that will nearly cut my risk to zero! If you would like to read check out more of my favorite kitchen gadgets, check out our foodie life page!

Enter the Avocado Slicer

This little kitchen gadget is a must have item for those of you living the avocado life. Do you love avocado toast? Avocado in your salad? In place of mayo in your tuna salad? Added to your smoothies and superfoods to make them even creamier? Living that foodie life or that LCHF (low carb high fat) life? You need this!! I promise!

This amazing little 2-in-1 gadget not only fishes the stone out of the avocado, but it also slices it into perfectly pleasing identical avocado slices that you can fan out in a pretty design. You know what I’m talking about, right? Those pretty avocado slice fans? Like this one in my sexy salad the other day…

It’s super easy to use, too! Simply use the smaller end to remove the pit. Then, use the larger end to slice the avocado into pretty little segments!

What are some of your favorite ways to add avocado to your life? Can you share it in the comments?

Oh, you too? Yay! We’re not alone! I mean…I don’t wish frustration on anyone, but at least knowing that I’m not the only one that can’t make an egg makes me feel a little less silly. We can make the perfect hard-boiled egg together!

Enter The Egg Cooker!

I love it when the hubs surprises me! He just bought me this really cool new gadget, and right away I had to try it out. I love prepping a bunch of eggs for the week, so I assumed this would help! Obviously, I was right! If you need more suggestions for weekly meal prep, you should check out our workshop! I’ll be updating the course to include this amazing rockstar! And I love that it’s small too! That’ll be perfect for RV life. In case you didn’t know, most RVs lack on deep storage for kitchen gadgets. I don’t know…I guess they assume that when you’re in an RV you want to actually not be in the RV, but rather, outside enjoying your adventure!

If you’ve ever seen my hard-boiled eggs, you know I’m not a pro. I’m probably the best person to test out this gadget, because without it, I’m pretty helpless! But, even I can make a great hard-boiled egg with this egg cooker! Let me show you just how simple and fast it is to cook up a dozen eggs. By the way, we are HUGE fans of pasture raised chicken eggs. the difference is insane – both visually and nutritionally.

Pastured eggs are richer in vitamins A and E, as well as omega-3s. Hens that get to spend time in the sun also lay eggs that contain significantly more vitamin D.

The Perfect Hard-Boiled Egg Is Easy

1. First you’ll need to prepare your eggs. This is the most important step. It only takes a few seconds, but you’ll need the pin on the bottom of the water cup. Use the pin to poke a hole in the top of each egg.

2. Next you’ll want to fill the supplied measuring cup up with water to the appropriate level. Our cooker makes several different types of eggs like omelets, soft boiled, etc, so there are several lines. Make sure you fill it to the correct line.

3. Next you’ll add all the eggs to their trays. You’ll want to make sure that all the holes are facing upwards in your eggs. The bottom tier holds 8 eggs, and the top-tier holds 4 eggs for a total of 12 perfect hard-boiled eggs when you’re finished! Don’t forget to turn the blue timer bottom to the on setting.

4. While your eggs start cooking, prepare an ice bath for them. To do this, fill up a large bowl with ice and cold water.

5. Once the super loud and annoying timer goes off, you can turn off the cooker and carefully remove the eggs with tongs. Place the eggs into the ice bath where the cold water will stop the cooking process.

6. Peel your eggs and enjoy them!

How do you use hard-boiled eggs? Leave us a comment telling us how you love to enjoy the perfect hard-boiled egg!