Stuffed Avocado

Stuffed Avocado by Cork and Barrel Fort Myers.

This stuffed Avocado is stuffed with Lump Crab tossed, Juilienne Cucumber, Mango Spicy Mayo and Topped with Parmesan Reggiano Cheese. Cork and Barrel Tapas Restaurant in Fort Myers offers some of the best local ingredients in this Tapas style stuffed avocado.

Avocado

Lump Crab

Juilienne Cucumber

Mango

Spice

Mayo
Parmigiano-Reggiano Cheese

 Avocado is Loaded With Heart-Healthy Monounsaturated Fatty Acids. In fact, 77% of the calories in it are from fat, making it one of the fattiest plant foods in existence. But they don't just contain any fat… the majority of the fat in avocado is oleic acid.

What Is Oleic Acid?

Oleic acid, or Omega-9, is a pale yellow, oily liquid with a lard-like odor. It is also a monounsaturated fatty acid. Fatty acids are the main components of food fats, oils and fat deposits in animals and man. Besides the work they do inside the body, monounsaturated fats like oleic acid are less susceptible to spoilage than some other fats, which makes them useful in food preservation.

Oleic Acid Health Benefits

Oleic acid reduces blood pressure, increases fat burning to help with weight loss, protects cells from free radical damage, may prevent type 2 diabetes, prevents ulcerative colitis and generates brain myelin.

Avocado Health Facts:

You might be inclined to call it a vegetable, thanks to its green hue and savory taste, but the avocado is technically a fruit, and even more specifically, a single-seeded berry. A fruit is "the matured ovary of a flower," according to University of California Agriculture & Natural Resources. Fruits consist of a tough outer layer (the skin or rind), a middle layer we typically think of as the flesh of the fruit and a casing around a seed (or seeds). Avocado is further classified as a fleshy as opposed to a dry fruit, and a berry rather than a drupe, which has tough pits or stones, like peaches.

An Avocado Has More Potassium Than A Banana

A single avocado has 975 milligrams of potassium, while a banana, well-known for being loaded with potassium, delivers just half that, with 487 milligrams per large fruit.