Fresh Guacamole

I love freshly made Guacamole! Whenever I make a big batch it never seems to last very long. It's so delicious, easy, and healthy!! I like to add a little red onion and red bell pepper to my Guacamole for some color and flavor. Grab a bag of good tortilla chips and this is a great snack for any movie night, taco night, picnic, or any other reason you can find to make it!!

4 Avocados
½ of small red onion (finely diced) 
½  of a small red bell pepper (finely diced)
1 clove of garlic (grated or minced) 
½ sour cream
Pinch of Cayenne pepper (optional)
The juice and zest of one Lime (or lemon)
Kosher Salt and Blacker Pepper
 

To prep the avocado, take a knife and pierce the skin of the avocado and cut down until you can feel the pit inside. Carefully cut around the avocado, keeping your knife down to the pit. Once you've made your cut, twist the avocado and pull apart. Now to remove the pit from one half of the avocado. With a little bit of force, hit the pit with the blade of your knife. Hold the avocado and pull back on the knife and the pit should easily pop out. Carefully remove the pit from the knife and scoop the flesh of the avocado out into a mixing bowl.

Immediately after the place the avocados in the bowl, add the fresh lime or lemon juice to them and mix together to make sure all the avocados have a coating of the citrus juice. This will prevent them from browning. Now add your diced onion, bell pepper, sour cream, zest, garlic, and your seasonings. Mix everything together very well until the avocados are smooth and all the ingredients are incorporated. Serve with tortilla chips (I love the blue corn tortilla chips) and enjoy!!