Guacamole

For the longest time we turned up our noses at avacados, and when you live in California that is near sacrilegious! You only think I exaggerate! But then we discovered the little yellow barn that served delicious mexican food and accidentally tried quacamole. We liked it. Then we tried Baja Fresh's guacamole and we were totally hooked.

Did I mention there is no Baha Fresh up here? Yet we still moved. Go figure! :-)

Well, last week in the CSA box we got 2 avocados. I seriously thought about swapping them out. But I decided to try one more time to make quacamole. Don't ask about the first time, it is one of those "we shall never speak of it again" things.

This time I started with Alton Brown's recipe, you know, the guy from Food Network whose stuff is always good? Who is a mix between a science geek and Julia Child? He is the kitchen authority around here. If I say it is his recipe everyone tries it.

My recipe ended up looking like this:

• 2 avocados, halved, seeded and peeled
• sprinkling of fruit fresh to keep avocado green
  
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/2 medium onion, diced
• 3 Roma tomatoes diced
• 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro
• 1 clove garlic, minced

And I basically just mashed the avocado with a fork, added the fruit fresh and mashed some more. Added the seasoning and mashed some more, added the onion and mixed, added the rest and folded/gently stirred together. Per the directions I did let it sit on the counter for about 45 minutes, but it was blazing hot, so that was it, and then I put it in the fridge.

The verdict? We hope there are more avocados in the next box....and we need more chips.

What do you like to do with avocados?