Lazy Guacamole

Hello again,

Avocados. Who doesn't love avocados. They taste great, you can do a lot with them and they are very good for you. Not that I care most about the health aspect as I do about the taste.

I cannot remember how many nights I had tortilla chips with avocado for dinner and it wasn't even sad because it tasted great and I knew it wasn't doing bad things to my body. If it happened to be a Friday night, I was making nachos that would have otherwise been incomplete without the ever so important guacamole.

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Guacamole can seem complicated, but really all it is is mashing up some avocados and tomatoes together.

Here's what you'll need:

• 3 Ripe avocados
• 1 tomato
• Squeeze of lime
• A dash of salt & pepper

Here's what you gotta to

1. Add avocados in a food processor.
2. Cut tomato in four and add it in.
3. Add a bit of lime juice along with some salt and pepper and mix well until preferred texture.
4. Enjoy with tortilla chips or anything else you feel like.

Notes: The most important thing about this recipe are the avocados. You must make sure they are ripe meaning they are soft and easy to squeeze. If they are too ripe, they will look a bit brown. You can still eat them but it wont be as pretty and green as you would expect one to look like.

Secondly, the lime juice adds a bit of zest to the mix but its main purpose is to prevent the dip from going brown. Needless to say it will still happen if you leave the guacamole out for a while. Best thing to do would be to eat it fresh as soon as possible.

I do not expect you guys to have pricey appliances that take up a lot of room to make guacamole or hummus. You can get a manual food processor for $ 20 that is also easy to clean. I bought mine at Canadian Tire and it works great. I also use it to make hummus. If you're really in a pickle you can mash the avocados with a fork and chop the tomato into really small pieces. 

http://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/starfrit-food-processor-0422932p.html

Finally, feel free to add anything else into that you think would make it better and make it to the consistency you prefer. Whether you prefer your guacamole smooth or chunky, make it to your own.

Enjoy!