The great guacamole experiment: the reveal

Based on examining a few recipes, I came up with this:

Spicy Guacamole

Ingredients:

• 1 ripe avocado
• 1 plum tomato (diced)
• 3 Tbsp tomato salsa
• 1 clove garlic (minced)
• 1 Tbsp onion (minced)
• 1 Tbsp lime juice
• pepper (a few turns of the grinder)

Directions:

1. Mash avocado in shallow bowl.
2. Stir in remaining ingredients.

And Bam!, it's ready to devour.

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Leftovers should be refrigerated, in a container with a tight lid. Because most everything's fresh, this won't likely last too many days. (Not a problem in this particular household.)

Note, too, from last post's photo, that I used Herdez brand salsa. It's one of Fred's faves and contains almost no icky additives. But use whichever salsa that tickles you — mild, medium or flaming hot.

Now that I've prepared guacamole, it seems even easier than I'd thought. Certainly, the avacado was easy to mash.

And this guacamole was economical. Cost worked out to about $1.50 total, or 19 cents per oz. That's less than half the cost of pre-packaged stuff at the local grocery.

Oh, thanks go out to Andree, who forwarded her guacamole recipe via Comment. I'm going to try that version soon.h

Anyhow, looks like no excuses for this family from here on. Zero reasons to buy factory guacamole any more.

Tip: Juice from a fresh lime is best here. Besides unbeatable taste, the smell is amazing. It transported me straight back to the beaches of west coast Mexico, icy beer firmly in hand.