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Monday, February 18, 2013

Guacamole

Guacamole
My New Mexico friends likely already know how to make great guacamole
The avacados in the store right now are so delicious! I have come up with a recipe for guacamole that is both delicious and reduced calorie, and extremely good for you. So, try this:
Ingredients:
1 large avacado or 3 small ones (ripe-soft to a light squeeze. If your avacados are not ripe, lay them on the counter for a few days and be patient. The skin turns nearly black when it is ready, too)
About 3/4 cup of plain, Greek yogurt.
1/4 cup minced onion
1/4 cup roasted, chopped green chile
About a tablespoon of fresh squeezed lemon juice
Garlic powder (about 1/4 teaspoon, really to your taste)
Onion powder (about 1/4 teaspoon, again, to your taste)
       Cut the avacado in half, down to the seed. Strike the seed with a sharp knife and twist it out. Mash the avacado in your hand a bit to make it really easy to scoop out. Scoop it out with a large spoon. Mash the avacado with a fork until it is creamy. (If it doesn't mash easily, it wasn't ripe enough.) Sprinkle on the garlic and onion powders. Add in the yogurt and lemon juice. Then add onion and chile.
     You can make this in about 10 minutes. ---and eat it in about the same amount of time! It is so yummy! If you are lucky enough to have left overs, store it in an airtight container, and it doesn't get dark for several days. Must be the lemon juice?
     Hope you try it and enjoy it.

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