Snack: Simple and Fresh Guacamole

I love the Super Bowl. I generally do not know which teams are playing until the week of the big game. But still, I love that one Sacred Sunday each year where we all get to eat like little piggies while we watch over-the-top commercials, followed by men trying to hurt one another. I just love it. On the other hand, I can not abide Super Bowl parties without Guacamole. So, here is hoping you’ll have perfectly ripe avocados to smash together, while you laugh over those talking Budweiser horses.

2 tomatoes, diced
1/2 red onion, minced
1/4 cup cilantro, chopped (If cilantro freaks you out, like it does some people, you don’t have to add it.)
2-3 ripe avocados (keep the pits; you’ll need them later.)
lemon juice or lime juice, to taste
salt to taste
dollop of sour cream (optional)

In a medium bowl, combine tomatoes, onion, cilantro and juice. Toss and let sit for a few minutes. Add “just ripe” avocados (I am not an expert in determining when avocados are ready to eat. What irks me is when I peel a $1.50 avocado only to find out it is far from ripe…and there’s no going back). With a potato masher or fork, mash avocado with tossed ingredients until you have what looks like guacamole. Add sour cream only if you are looking for a creamier dip. I almost never add sour cream unless I am serving Guacamole with tortilla soup. Legend has it that the avocado pits keep the avocado from turning that nasty pukey color, so throw those babies in the bowl when you are finished. Enjoy.