Quacamole...Ole~

I love easy, delicious food. Especially in the summer when most of a meal can be gathered out of the garden. One of our faves is salsa, quacamole & bean dip with fresh tortilla chips. Simple, fast & sooo yummy. Also healthy with all of those veggies. We made this yesterday & piled it altogether into a taco salad of sorts.

All of the colors were so pretty & bright that I decided to photograph everything & make a pictorial of it. Now most folks on here, I'm sure, already know how to do all of these things but you can just enjoy the pics. On the off-chance that you learn something--well, that's just a bonus!

I'll start with the quacamole. Now, I am a white girl but I do make really good quacamole . The first part to good quacamole is getting your avocado prepared. I have seen avocados reduced to mush in this step. My own mother used to employ a sort of 'peel & smush' method. Not pretty. Here is the true way to prepare your avocado:

1. Slice around the middle of the fruit, lengthwise

Then you twist the 2 pieces apart.

2. Smack a sharp knife into the pit, effectively 'grabbing' it with the knife

3. Pull out the pit

4. Using a large spoon, slip the spoon between the skin & the fruit & scoop out the fruit

5. Leaving you with a whole, unmolested 1/2 avocado

 

6. Ready to be sliced into pretty wedges suitable for use as a garnish

If this is how you always prepare your avocado--wonderful! If you are a member of the peel & smush party--step away from the avocado!! Practice & employ this new method & avocados everywhere will thank you.

So now your avocado is ready to become guacamole. (The highest honor that can be bestowed upon an avocado.)

Using a fork, mash up your fruit until it is nice & chunky

Add fresh lime or lemon juice

Salt to taste

Mix well & Voila! Yummy, fresh, delicious guacamole.

We round that out with fresh salsa & bean dip.

Add some ground chevon (goat) with onions & fresh garlic (or ground beef if you aren't a goat eater )

Fry up some fresh tortilla chips

Top it off with some grated cheese & there you have it

A delicious, healthy, easy, light meal perfect for hot summer days! Enjoy!

Blessings.