Holy Guacamole!

Last night my friend and I decided to do a get-together at my apartment. I thought wine, appetizers and good chatter would be perfect. I decided to make two dips..hummus and guacamole. Now, I normally don't eat either one. The hummus I don't normally like the taste, but I gave it a shot (this recipe was too lemony for me so I'm nixing adding it to the blog) and guacamole it's more of a texture issue I have with it (I'm weird like that!).  Matt was my taste tester guinea pig since he loves both. This little taste tester of mine must have approved of both since he kept dipping chip after chip! I had to eventually use my kitchen towel to shoo him out of the kitchen!

I'll have to admit, after trying the guac I became a fan. And it was super simple to put together too! My Cooking for Dummies recipe goes as:
                                  -Mash in a small bowl the flesh of 2 medium, ripe avocados                 (don't do what I did and neglect to mash the avocado first..mashing it with all the other ingredients wasn't cake. ALSO..to keep it's nice green color squeeze a little lemon juice on them)
                            add: 1 small finely chopped onion, 1 ripe finely chopped tomato, 2 tbsp chopped cilantro (I didn't have any so I just skipped that), half a jalepeno chili (seeded and minced--ps just half gave plenty of heat), and the juice and grated zest of half a lemon.   So after all the avocado and ingredients are mixed in the bowl, add salt and pepper to taste and voi la!  There you have your guacamole!

I personally love it because it's not just a smooth creamy texture (which for some reason turns me off) I like the chunks. I like that the onion is a key player and then the jalepeno comes sneaking up on you!  If there is ANY change I would make, it might be to add a tiny dash of Tobasco. Even though the chili adds the heat that sneaks up, I like to feel that immediate bite on my tongue..which I think Tobasco would do that trick.  Also, I wouldn't add more than a teeny salt since the Blue Corn chips provided that salt fix :)  But to each their own, so try this recipe! Mix it up, let me know how it is!  I'm always open for new recipes so if there's any you'd like to share and convert me to be a bigger fan of, please do so! :)