Corn Guacamole

Kernels scraped from leftover corn-on-the-cob, chopped grape tomatoes, minced onion, minced garlic, diced avocados and salt. Corona on the side. Cheers.

Turkey Guacamole Wrap-Ups

Slices of turkey wrapped around guacamole. My daughter called them "turkey sushi."

Guacamole "Bee Hive"

Guacamole at Oregano's in Scottsdale, AZ - where Eat Boise is on the road for a few days. Oregano's is a favorite of ours...wish they were local for us.
The Pablo Picasso salad with fajita chicken, romaine, lettuce, cilantro, other veggies, cilantro and tossed in a chipotle cream dressing.

Cheater Guac

I've featured summertime guacamole here before, and this is my cheater winter version. Usually, I like to stir in some fresh cherry tomato salsa, but since that won't be available until tomato season in my garden, here's how I improvise:

5 avocados - 4 1/2 mashed

3 cloves of minced garlic

minced jalapeno peppers - the sliced deli-style peppers in a jar - I used 8 slices

1/4 cup of the brine from the peppers jar

sea salt to taste

Mix ingredients together and then dice the last 1/2 of an avocado and gently stir in.

This is passable until usable limes and cherry tomatoes become available.

Winter Guacamole

I wound up with four avocados sitting in the fruit bowl, so I whipped up some winter guacamole. I call it that because some of the summertime ingredients I would normally use are not available. Dice the avocados and save one-half of one that's been diced. Mash the cubes with a fork. Add two cloves of minced garlic and sea salt to taste. Mince jarred jalapeno peppers and mix in. Stir in the reserved diced avocado. In the summer, I would also stir in some fresh cherry tomato salsa. But this sacled-down version is passable for the winter.