Avocados! Finally!

During the Summer of 2008, we received a box of fresh avocados in the mail every couple of weeks from April's friend in California. Unfortunatley, there was a problem with their tree in 2009, so we have gone without them for nearly 2 years. Recently, we received a surprise package in the mail. We opened it to find 6 medium avocados! They were not ripe yet, so we had to wait to enjoy them. It was a tough 4-5 days but when they were ripe, I got to make my favorite guacamole.


In 2008 I developed a simple recipe for guacamole. It has been received with rave reviews from friends, etc. I wanted to record the recipe here and post some pictures of the avocados along with pictures of the guacamole itself. If you can't get fresh, home-grown avocados, it will still taste good, but these avocados actually taste and feel like the creamiest butter ever. They are amazing.

This recipe will create a pretty large amount of guacamole that can be shared by 4-6 people. You can eat it with chips, or apply it to sandwiches, etc.


1. Finely chop one small-medium red onion. (You can use white, but I like the color of the red onion).
2. Finely chop one large chili (I use a red jalapeno, but you can use any chili).
3. Finely chop 6-8 cloves of garlic (This is what makes this guacamole unique. It has a very stong galic flavor. You can lower the amount if it is too strong).
4. While the chopped garlic is still on the cutting board, add 3/4 teaspoon of coarse sea salt to the garlic. Then with your knife, smash the garlic and salt together, dragging the mixture across the cutting board to create a salty garlic paste.
5. Cut and scoop the fruit from 3 medium-large avocados.
6. Add all above ingredients into large bowl.
7. Squeeze the juice of 1 whole lime onto items in bowl. (Not only does this give it a stong, unique lime flavor, it also keeps the avocados from browning).
8. Crack about a tablespoon of black pepper into bowl.
9. Mash all ingredients in bowl with a potato masher until a creamy, uniform consistency is obtained.
10. Top the mixture with the zest of the lime you juiced into the bowl.