To easily peel an avocado, insert a knife into the tip end of a whole avocado until the knife reaches the pit. Rotate the knife around the pit until avocado is cut in half. Gently pull apart by twisting the two halves. Score avocado skin in thirds, cutting just to, but not into, the flesh of the avocado. Using a paring knife, pull back the center strip of the avocado peel, then pull back the two side strips of peel.