Guacamole

The Super Bowl is on Sunday February 5. It is one of the biggest sports event in America and people usually have parties on that day where family and friends gather to watch football and eat.

Amongst the party food, guacamole (eaten with corn chips or tortillas) is one dish (snack?) that will most likely be served. Maybe that is the reason why I see so many avocados in the supermarket lately.

I bought some avocados yesterday as they looked really fresh and ripe for eating. When choosing avocados, check for ripeness by gently pressing into it. If it's hard, then it's not ready to be consumed. If it's too soft, it is over-ripe and will not taste good. Look for one that gives in a little when it is lightly pressed. Traditionally, raw onions and cilantro are added in guacamole. However, I left them out as I do not like its taste.

 Guacamole
3 ripe avocados
1 jalapeno pepper, remove seeds and diced
1 tomato, diced (I used about half a box of cherry tomatoes)
1 lime
sea salt

Method
1. Cut avocados in halves, remove seeds and mash them up in a large bowl.
2. Season with sea salt (to taste).
3. Squeeze juice from lime over the mixture.
4. Add diced tomato and jalapeno and mix well.

Serve with corn chips or tortillas.

*On a side note, I would like to recommend the green kitchen utensil you see in the photos above. It is an avocado slicer/scoop/cutter. This is how it looks like.

This is the first time I am using it ever since picking it up at the supermarket when it was on 50% off. I paid about $2 for it. It is very useful. It can be used to cut an avocado into half by using the serrated edge. Then use it to remove the seed and the rounded part to scoop out the avocado from its skin. It can also be used to mash the avocados. Now I can cut, scoop and slice avocados using one utensil!