How to safely chop Avocados

Here is a cool way to chop up avocado that keeps the mess to a minimum (you ever wipe avocado guts off a cutting board?) and impress your friends. Warning: make sure you hold the avocado inside a mitt or dish cloth as you will, yes, you will, end up having the tip of a sharp knife graze across your palm.

1. Open up avocado, remove pit and use knife to make vertical lines through the flesh. I do not know why blogger is loading my photo sideways…do you?

2. Now make horizontal lines through the flesh

3. Use a spoon to remove all the little cubes–cool eh?!