Guacamole, spicy,and how to grow your own avocados

Guacamole

Ingredients:
3 avocados, preferably with thick skins
1/2 cup + 1 tbsp mayonnaise
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp fresh pepper
1/2 tsp Dill
1/2 tsp Dill
1 tsp avocado oil (optional)
2 tbsp Cholula hot sauce (optional), not too hot, or your favorite hot sauce

   Cut the avocados lengthwise all around using the pit as a guide.

  Twist the avocado a little and separate as shown.

   Using a chef's knife, hit the pit, a little hard, it will easily stick in.  Twist the knife turning the avocado, and pull the knife and the pit out easily.

  Wash and save the avocado pits. 

  
Use a tablespoon to remove the avocado flesh. 
Place into a mixing bowl.

 Mash with an old fashioned masher or fork.  I prefer it mashed, but not completely smooth.  I like the pieces of larger avocado in it.  You could also just cut into chunks and serve it that way too.

   Add in mayonnaise, oil and herbs.

 Now it's time for the saved avocado pits.  Many people add lemon to their guacamole to keep it from turning brown. 

 An amazing tip is to use their own pits back into the finished guacamole, it'll keep it green for hours.  I usually put them back into the guacamole in a pretty pattern, then put cling wrap on the bowl, allowing the cling wrap to stick closely to the surface of the mix to eliminate as much air as possible.  Then it can be refrigerated for hours, and looks exactly the same.  The pits will even keep it green while out on the table for your entertaining for hours.

 Try Growing your own avocados.  Now this will take years to get the tree big enough, but we did this years ago on a whim, and now it's a 25 foot tree in our back yard.

 Take 2 wooden skewers and stick into the pit on each side as shown.  This will not be hard. Place over a bowl of water, making sure part of it is touching the water.  Wait a few days until a root comes out of the bottom, and then it's ready to plant.  That's it.