I love Mexican food! Do you? I love to make it at home (Tacos, Enchiladas, Tortilla Soup, Quesadillas) and I love to eat it at restaurants (Don Pablo's, Qdoba, Chipotle). Our families love for mexican food is so strong that we even eat it on Christmas!
Every Christmas Eve we go to church with my husband's family and then go to their house for a serious taco spread. My mother-in-law even makes that sweet and tasty corn cake. Oh my!
With all of this taco love I think it was about time I learned how to make Pico and Guacamole!
Pico de Gallo
4-5 roma tomatoes
1 onion
1 lime
3 jalapenos
1/2 bunch of cilantro
Dice the Jalapenos, seeds and all, into small pieces
(It's surprisingly not very spicy with this amount)
Dice your tomatoes too.
Finley chop your onion.
Chop up your cilanto too.
Mix it all together
Squeeze in the juice of a lime
How easy is that?
So I've heard from some people, like The Pioneer Woman, that you can just mash up avacado and throw in some pico to make good guacamole. But I'm not so sure about that. The best guac that I have ever had was made by my good friend Jennie. She has kindly allowed me to share this recipe with you! Thanks Jennie!
Guacamole
3 ripe avacados
2 cloves of Garlic (1 Tbl minced in a jar)
1/4 red onion
1/2 bunch of cilantro
4 dashes of Tabasco
2 tsp worschester sauce
1 tspSalt
1 lime (not pictured)
1 serrano chile (also not pictured. hmm?)
Cut open the avacadoes and take out their pits.
Scoop out the avacado into a bowl.
Mash them up.
Finley mince the serrano chile.
Chop up the onion.
Then chop the cilantro
Mash all of the ingredients together and squeeze in the lime.
Enjoy!
Store it in the fridge with plastic wrap completely covering it and touching the top.
I have mentioned how much love my Tupperware Quick Chef???
It was given to me as a Christmas gift by my good friend Abby a few years ago. It has quite litterally changed my life...in the kitchen anyway! [Check out Abby's blog here.]
My family and I like our onions chopped very finely.
You could even describe it as...pulverized.
Do you have any idea how long it takes me to chop onions this small with a knife? Oh the crying! Chopping them this way is quick and easy and the whole thing goes right in the dishwasher.
Come back tomorrow for Welcome Home Wednesday. I'm going to share my thoughts on chores for kids.
Recipies for printing...
Picco de Gallo
4-5 roma tomatoes
1 onion1 lime
3 jalapenos
1/2 bunch of cilantro
Dice it all up, squeeze in the lime and enjoy!
Guacamole
3 ripe avacados
2 cloves of Garlic (1 Tbl minced in a jar)
1/4 red onion
1/2 bunch of cilantro
4 dashes of Tabasco
2 tsp worschester sauce
1 tsp alt
1 lime
1 serrano chile
Mash it all together, sqeeze in the lime and enjoy!
For tips on picking a ripe avacado click here.
