June 13, 2011 - Guacamole

This morning I realized two things: I have an avocado that needs to be consumed, and I have garlic and onions.  I thought to myself that maybe these had something to do with one of my very favorite things to eat ever, guacamole.  So I looked up some recipes and they all needed tomatoes (yikes!) instead I searched for no tomatoes and found a couple so I decided to make a hybrid of these to see if it works out (FOOOODSPERIMENT!)

The ingredients:

• One avocado
• 1 clove garlic
• ¼ cup red onion (chopped)
• Splash of lemon juice
• Pinch of kosher salt
• Cumin powder
• Curry powder

Let the adventure begin! So I learned how to chop onions pretty finely, or not but it’s still a work in progress.  I was right, the avocado was pretty much at the exactly right place.  I cut it in half, pitted it, and cut it into square pieces right in the skin.  Then I spooned it out.  On top of the avocado delight I put in the chopped onion (actually a little less than ¼ cup) and the chopped garlic.  Then I sprinkled on the cumin powder, curry powder, salt, and mixed the whole thing around, being careful to smoosh but not thoroughly crush the avocado and mix well.   Then I splashed in the lemon juice, because that seemed logical (aka I forgot about it before…lesson learned put all ingredients out before you start cooking). 

I grabbed some Tostitos c/o my roommate Shady and dug in.  WOW what they say about Guac is correct, simple IS better.  I’m sure it could have used tomatoes but I also don’t have a fondness for them so it’s ok.  I LOVE it, I can taste the garlic, maybe I’d use less next time except I LOVE garlic.  My roommate liked it too, she liked the texture the most.

Overall I’m going to give this made up recipe +7 for being made out of ingredients I already had, +5 for being easy to clean up, and I’m giving my roommate Shades +5 for offering tortilla chips. It’s a good thing I’m going to go to dinner at a Mexican restaurant…so I can have a marg to finish this delightful dish off right!  Arriba!