Easy Guacamole

This super creamy, easy Guacamole comes together in 5 minutes. Perfect for topping tacos or dip for tortilla chips and crudites. Or on toast for breakfast of course. Try it topped with cheese and spring onions for a weird but wonderful sandwich. All you need is a food processor or hand blender, to puree the avocados into a cream. It’s a very simple version without Cilantro, for those of you who have the “soap tasting” gene. No tomatoes either, as I always feel they just water it down.

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• Why You Will Love This
• The Ingredients
• The Process
• Meal Prep

Why You Will Love This 

My Ideal Snack/Dip

I’ve made this Easy Guacamole for the last…hmmm…30 years I think. (Is my age showing?)

First discovered with my very first attempt of making tacos and I instantly fell in love. There is barely a week when I don’t have it in my fridge for all kinds of occasions. I have it instead of avocado on toast, top my pretzel Buns with it, to then take them over the top with cheese, Marmite (I know, this will split you into lovers and haters…but hey, I love it!) and Spring onions for my all-time favourite Sunday Breakfast.

Takes Just 5 Minutes

Easy Guacamole might be the quickest recipe I can give you. It literally takes 5 minutes and you have a creamy and healhy dip, thanks to Avocados and a stick blender*. No hand mashing needed.

Customizable

It’s simplicity and ease of preparation makes Guacamole so versatile and great to have around, but the fact that you can adapt it exactly to your liking makes it just utterly addictive.

My version has no overly strong flavours, as I’m not a fan of crazy chili heat, but feel free to add more, if you are. It is however nicely lemony. Which is another stray from the original. Not sure about you, but I find limes most of the time rather disappointing. At least the ones I get in Ireland. Fairly dry, need tons to get enough juice and to me most taste weirdly artificial. Is that just me?

Really Good for You

With all their creaminess you could be tempted to think Avocados can’t be good, but the opposite is the case. They have lots of healthy fats, vitamins and minerals. Magnesium and potassium in particular, which many people (including me) don’t consume enough of, contributing to incredibly annoying symptoms like “Restless leg syndrome“. I swear, I wish somebody told me and I would have avoided a year of being unable to fall asleep due to this super frustrating issue.

So if you ever needed any excuse to snack on guacamole, there it is. 😉

The Ingredients

• Avocados – Try to get good quality and ripe Hass avocados, as they give the best flavor and consistency. You can check for the perfect ripeness by gently pressing with your thumb. If there is a little give to it, that avocado is perfectly ripe. Too hard and you can leave it beside some bananas or apples to ripen. Avoid too soft ones, they can’t be saved.
• I use Lemons, as I can easily get them in good quality. If you perfer limes, use those.
• Fresh garlic cloves – for the characteristic flavor
• A hint of ancho chili powder – Or more if you enjoy the spiciness
• Salt and pepper to taste – You could add cumin if you like. I prefer guacamole without it. Or any dish really, as my body hates that stuff

The Process

Whizz until Super Creamy

Here is the main difference to most Guac recipes: I like mine really creamy and without lumps, hence employing a stick blender.

Scoop the avocado flesh out of the skin into a food processor* or use a stick blender*, add the flesh peeled garlic, lemon juice, chili and salt.
Whizz it all up with your food processor or, like me, your also 30-year-old hand blender. Yours might be newer, but I’m still in love with my trusty ESGE “Zauberstab”, which drew lots of giggles due to its name, which means “Magic Wand” in German. I’m not going to elaborate on this. Nope.
Though I think I’ll upgrade soon to the Vitamix stick blender*, to retire my old one.

Serve

I digress. And then, this is essential, serve it with a platter of all your favourite things to dip into it. Take it on the couch to watch Netflix. Don’t mind the crumbs.

Excuse the stray coriander on top. I promise, it’s not inside. Though you could add it if you enjoy it. I just don’t.

Meal Prep

While this dip is best eaten fresh, I found it stays delicious when stored in a lidded container* in the fridge for about 3 days. Give it a quick stir when taking it out.

This is My Favourite Way to Enjoy Easy Guacamole:

Alltime favourite and where it came from: Healthy Chicken Tacos

It would be great as part of the Vegetarian Mezze Feast

Or just with some fresh Sourdough Discard Naan to scoop it up.

Now I’d love to hear from you in the comments!

Have you tried this? Did you enjoy it?
What other recipes would you like to see?

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Easy Guacamole

This super creamy easy Guacamole comes together in 5 minutes. Perfect for topping tacos or dip for tortilla chips and crudites. Or on toast for breakfast of course. Try it topped with cheese and spring onions for a weird but wonderful sandwich. All you need is a food processor or hand blender, to puree the avocados into a cream.

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Total Time 5 minutes mins

Course Appetizer, Side Dish, Snack

Cuisine Mexican

Servings 6

Calories 162 kcal

Equipment

• 1 Food Processor or
• 1 Stick Blender
• 1 Lemon squeezer optional

Ingredients

  

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• 3 Avocados ripe
• 1 Lemon or 3 limes. Juiced.
• 1-2 cloves of fresh garlic
• ½-1 tsp Ancho chili powder or any type of chili you enjoy. Any amount too. Your Guac, your choice
• 1 tsp kosher salt. Or more to taste

Instructions

 

• Half the avocados and turn the halves to opposite sides to open.
• Since we don’t need picture perfect avocado slices here, you can save yourself the risk of the “Avocado Hand” (It’s a thing. You can actually google it) and simply press onto both sides of the avocado half with the stone, to just plop it out.
• Spoon the flesh into your food processor or a high sided container for blending.
• Peel the garlic, slice roughly, if you can be bothered
• Squeeze in the lemon juice, catching the pips with your hand. Or use a lemon press if you have one.
• Top with salt and chili.
• Process to the consistency you enjoy, making sure the garlic is properly pureed.
• Serve your healthy dip with any crudites you find in your fridge. And of course, tortilla chips.

Notes

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The Easy Guacamole keeps in the fridge in a glass container with lid for about 3-4 days. The lemon juice prevents ot from going brown. The fact that it’s thoroughly mixed with the avocados helps.
This makes it fantastic for food prep and to have a healthy butter alternative in your fridge.

Nutrition

Calories: 162kcalCarbohydrates: 9gProtein: 2gFat: 15gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 10gSodium: 397mgPotassium: 493mgFiber: 7gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 196IUVitamin C: 10mgCalcium: 14mgIron: 1mg

Nutrition Facts

Easy Guacamole

Amount per Serving

Calories

162

% Daily Value*

Fat

 

15

g

23

%

Saturated Fat

 

2

g

13

%

Polyunsaturated Fat

 

2

g

Monounsaturated Fat

 

10

g

Sodium

 

397

mg

17

%

Potassium

 

493

mg

14

%

Carbohydrates

 

9

g

3

%

Fiber

 

7

g

29

%

Sugar

 

1

g

1

%

Protein

 

2

g

4

%

Vitamin A

 

196

IU

4

%

Vitamin C

 

10

mg

12

%

Calcium

 

14

mg

1

%

Iron

 

1

mg

6

%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Keyword Easy, Healthy, vegan

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