Guacamole

I have a wonderful, and easy, recipe for guacamole. When we have Taco Night for one of our weekly family dinners I am always asked to bring this. It is super easy and super delicious.



Ingredients:
6 haas avocados
1 cup red onion, diced
3 limes, juiced
1 1/2 Tbsp minced garlic
dash or pinch of salt and pepper to taste




I have some pictures to do a little step-by-step if you are unfamiliar with avocados.

1. Slice the avocado from top to bottom all the way around to get the pit out. You can push the knife in until it hits the pit then just rotate the avocado around until the cuts meet.

2. Hit the pit with your knife blade, twist and then pop the pit into a nearby garbage bowl or can. DO NOT grab the pit and take it off your knife, unless you want to lose a finger. You can also slide a spoon under the pit to pop it out.

Stick the knife into the pit pretty hard to "grab" onto it

Still stuck to the knife

3. Make slits in the avocado horizontally and vertically. Then take a spoon and dig out the flesh of the avocado and put it into a bowl. Once the avocado is in the bowl put a bit of the lime juice on it so it won't turn brown.

Crosswise slits in the flesh

Avocado with lime juice

4. Continue 1-3 until you all the avocados cut up.

5. Add the onion, garlic, salt and pepper, and any remaining lime juice and just mash it like crazy. Use a spoon, use a fork, use a meat chopper, even a potato masher would work nicely. Work it to a consistency that you enjoy. I like mine to be a bit chunky.

This is about 1/2 of what the recipe will make

6. Serve with some chips, or with Taco Night!

Enjoy, and please leave me your comments!
And as always, hold the nothing!
-Johnny