Happy Hour Kitchen - VIDEO RECIPES

Never buy store bought – yuck! – making it yourself is just too easy and enough can be made to share for with friends under $5. Plus guacamole has endless pairings. Super healthy – avocados are low in calories, high in protein, and high in good fat!

Ingredients

1 avacado
Juice from 1/2 lime
1/2 cup of diced tomatoes (cherry or grape tomatoes prefered)
1 clove minced garlic
Salt and pepper to taste
1 small red onion (optional)
1 tbsp finely chopped cilantro (optional)

Tools

cutting board
spoon
sharp knife
butter knife
garlic press (optional)

Prep Tips

You don't see it in the video, but lots of people like red onion and cilantro in their guacamole. To add, finely chop a small red onion and a tbsp of cilantro and fold in at end of recipe. See "How to Chop & Dice an Onion" for help with that red onion.
Cherry and grape tomatoes are best because they are sweeter and play off the other salty ingredients well.

Step by Step

Cut your avocaod in half and twist to open.
Remove seed by striking with a knife and spinning it out.
Hold half of avocado in hand and "graph paper" it with a butter knife - cutting sets of perpendiular lines into the avocaod without piercing the skin. Repeat with other half.
Spoon out the cubes of avocado into bowl.
Squeeze lime juice (or lemon) of half a lime onto the avocado to prevent browning while you prep other ingredients.
Mince garlic and add to bowl.
Mush ingredients together with fork to desired consistency. (It's ok that some like it smooth and some like it chunky!)
Add diced tomatoes, fold in.
- HOW TO: Dice a Tomato
Sprinkle of salt and pepper.

Serving Suggestions

As a dip, with blue corn chips, tortilla, pita chips, or nachos.
As a dip, with veggie sticks.
As a dip for quesadillas.
Spread onto your tortillas when making fajitas or burritos.