We love avocados around here. Usually I'll just split one in half, remove the pit, sprinkle it with salt and give the girls one half each, along with a tiny spoon. When I could eat bread (*sigh*) I used to love toast with smashed avocado and salt on top for breakfast. And, of course, I am passionate about guacamole.
I picked up this little guacamole kit from Trader Joe's, and I have to say I ended up with the best homemade guacamole I've ever made. (We'll pretend that my earliest attempts did NOT include mayo. I know. Shameful.) The recipe is simple enough, and could certainly be modified, but it's nice to pick up all the ingredients in one little box -- and the three times I've bought the kit, the avocados have always been perfectly ripe.
The kit has a shallot, garlic, jalepeno, tomato, lime, and two avocados. We had more around so I added a third. Check out the itty bitty avo that was in the bag with the others. It's hard to tell in the picture just how little it is; smaller than an apricot.
The kit directions call for dicing the avocado, but I like it mashed up. I dice the shallot and garlic really fine, seed the pepper and tomato, squeeze every last bit out of the lime, and mix it all up. Easy-peasy, and very, very good.
