Fresh Homemade Guacamole

This guacamole is a summertime staple in my house. It is probably one of the more time consuming recipes I make regularly, but only because of all the chopping, but it is definitely worth it. My family eats a TON of it, and make ourselves feel better by telling ourselves how healthy it is for us, but really it just tastes amazing so we can't help ourselves.

A lot of the recipes I find are through Pinterest or Google, but this is a family specialty. The measurements are going to be guesses because we pretty much eyeball it--this recipe is all about personal preference. Depending on who I'm with I might make it more spicy or more sweet... My advice would be to keep some chips handy and take a few taste tests along the way to see what you should add.

This picture so does not do this dish justice.

Famous Phillips Guacamole

Ingredients:

• 6 avocados
• Lemon and/or Lime juice (I usually squeeze the juice from about half of each. You don't want it to be too watery, but the acidity keeps the avocados fresher longer)
• 3/4 to a full Red onion, diced
• Tomato, diced (usually we have cherry tomatoes and we quarter 6-10, probably adds up to maybe one medium tomato... Maybe a little less)
• 1 Bell pepper (orange or yellow)
• 1 fresh Jalapeño (depending on how spicy you want it, and make sure you chop it up very small)
• 1 Tbsp Cayenne pepper (or to taste)
• 1 Tbsp Crushed red pepper (or to taste)
• 1-2 cloves minced garlic or a sprinkle of garlic powder
• Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

Mash up the avocados, chop all the vegetables (smaller = more flavors in each bite, bigger = chunky... both are equally delicious, just depends on your time and level of skill), mix everything together in a large mixing bowl, grab some chips and stuff yo' face ;)

Sorry for such complicated instructions.....