Guacamole

I've been craving some fresh guacamole so I looked up a few recipes for basic ingredients and did my own thing. This is great for summer picnics, Jersey Shore Thursdays, fire nights, good with beer or margaritas... etc. You will need:

• 2 Avocados
• 1/4 of a medium onion
• 1 garlic clove
• salt and pepper
• 1/2 a lime (juice)

First slice your avocados in half (long ways) and remove the pit. You can do this by quickly taking the knife and making like you're going to slice the pit. Instead the knife will get stuck in the pit a little, so just twist the knife so the pit turns as well and then remove the pit out. The pit will easily come off the knife as well.

Then grid your avocados with the knife so that when you take a spoon to scoop the avocado out of it's shell, it's already in pieces and is easier to mash up. Do this and put it in a bowl.

Finely chop the onion and garlic and add that to the mixture.
A trick to chopping garlic and to remove it of it's paper like cocoon is to take the clove with the back of a spoon on top. You could use the side of your knife as well for this. Apply enough pressure so that the garlic opens and is easier to work with.

Add some salt and pepper and squeeze the lime of all it's juice.

Take a potato masher and mash it all together.

Taste test and add more ingredients as you please or leave as is.
Voila!

Serves about 4-6 people for a light snack.
Cost: $10