Awesome Guacamole!

When I was a little kid (I think I was in second grade) I discovered the awesome flavor of avocado! So I decided to eat nothing but rice mixed with avocado all week long. And why wouldn't I? I'd just discovered that awesome buttery flavor. I had to, I needed to eat it every day! After making my mom buy lots of avocadoes and devouring it for lunch and dinner for seven straight days, (despite my mom's best efforts to get me to eat something else) I finally got an overdose of avocado! After that week I didn't even want to smell one!

So after nearly twenty years of not eating them I decided to bring them back into my menu. Oh avocado, I'm sorry for ever letting you go. What the hell was I thinking!! May I say, I've missed you!! We are a match made in heaven. Not that long ago I posted a refreshing salad. That recipe had avocadoes in it too. It just make me love them even more! So, avocadoes are in season rith now, and what better way of paying them a tribute than by making a sinfull, luscious and awesome guacamole!! After expressing my definite love for avocadoes... here is my recipe!

Ingredients:

white onion (half of a big one or a whole small one)
cilantro
tomato (large)
avocado
lemon juice
salt
pepper

Procedure:

First gather all your ingredients. 

Now start chopping your cilantro, white onion, and tomatoes.

Separate de avocado from the skin. The best way to do it is to scoop it with a spoon:

Cut the Avocado in half, take out the seed with a knife and put the spoon between the skin and the meat of the avocado. Carefully passit all the way and the skin comes right off!

Put the avocado in the bowl where you are gonna make the guacamole. With the same spoon roughly chop the avocado.

Then add the other ingredients to the bowl and start mixing. Add lime juice to taste. The juice is important because it keeps the avocado from going brown with oxidation. Finally add salt and pepper to taste.

Finally,time to eat! You can eat it on tortilla chips, in tacos, burritos, with meat (like in the picture) or just enjoy it by itself!

Refreshing Summer Salad

I've been away for a while, but I haven't been idle. After two miscarriages I've managed to navigate my way through a succesful pregnancy and now my new baby boy has arrived. It's been a difficult, but rewarding process. Unfortunately that means I've been out of the kitchen for months. Luckily I've spent what little free time I've had thinking and planning a lot of new recepies. Now I'm getting geared up for another journey through food, and to kick things off I decided to try something healthy for my newly expanded family. So here's a new salad recipe for you guys. I decided I wanted something simple and refreshing since this new mommy is hot and VERY busy. It turned out to be a big hit with my hubby who was super excited that I was back in the kitchen! I hope it turns out to be a big hit for you guys too!

Tip:

You can add half an avocado to this recipe. Just cut it into squares and add it before putting the salt and pepper in the salad.

Ingredients:

1 tomatoe
1 cucumber
Cilantro (to taste)
Salt ( to taste)
Pepper (to taste)

Procedure:

First clean all your fruits and vegetabables. Cut the tomatoes (the fruit) in little squares.

Put them in the bowl.

Cut the cucumber down the middle (lengthwise)

Seed the cucumber and cut it in little squares

Put them in the bowl

Cut the cilantro

Put it in the bowl. Salt and pepper to taste.

Bon appetit!