Veg Cooking for Everyone--Guacamole

[Guest guest]

My phone is out at home due to a winter storm that hit yesterday, so I am

without Internet access. I'm at work today, and thought I would go ahead and

post the rest of the recipes I did from this chapter of Vegetarian Cooking for

Everyone.

 

Happy holidays everyone!

 

Karen

 

 

* Exported from MasterCook *

 

Guacamole

 

Recipe By :Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone, Deborah Madison

Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:00

Categories : Vegetarian Cooking for Everyon

 

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

-------- ------------ --------------------------------

1/3 cup finely diced white onion or scallion

(including some of the green)

1/4 cup chopped cilantro

2 medium tomatoes -- seeded & finely diced

1 serrano chile -- (to 2) finely diced

salt

3 large avocados -- preferably Haas

juice of 1 or 2 limes

 

Set aside a few tablespoons of the onion, cilantro, and tomato for garnish.

Grind or chop the remaining onion, cilantro, and chile with 1/2 teaspoon of salt

to make a rough paste. Peel and mash the avocado with a fork. Add the onion

mixture and tomatoes and season with lime juice and salt to taste.

 

If you're not serving the guacamole right away, press a piece of plastic wrap

directly on the surface to keep it from browning. To serve, heap the guacamole

into a bowl and garnish with the reserved onion, cilantro, and tomato.

 

VARIATION:

 

Avocado and Pea Guacamole:

To make a light guacamole or to extend avocados when they're scarce, replace a

portion with fresh or frozen peas. Briefly cook the peas, puree, and season

exactly as you would guacamole. This is very good in its own right.

 

Source:

" Appetizers and First Courses "

S(ISBN):

" 0-7679-0014-6 "

Copyright:

" 1997 "

Yield:

" 2 cups "

 

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

 

Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 130 Calories; 12g Fat (73.6% calories

from fat); 2g Protein; 8g Carbohydrate; 2g Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol; 11mg

Sodium. Exchanges: 1/2 Vegetable; 1/2 Fruit; 2 1/2 Fat.

 

NOTES : Regardless of the seasonings, with our without lime, garlic, and cumin,

guacamole should be a little chunky, never puree smooth. You can spread

guacamole on warm tortillas with crumbly white Mexican cheese, use it in

sandwiches, as a topping for nachos, and as a side for corn waffles.

Nutr. Assoc. : 1629 0 0 0 0 0 0