Everyone loves a good party, especially if that party comes with good food. Today we have one of our quick recipes, Easy Guacamole for Your Cinco De Mayo Party. We are going to do two versions of our Easy Guacamole, the smooth and the chunky.

With as many people as we have coming and going on our farm, there are many different tastes. Some of us like our guacamole smooth and savory. Some like it chunky or hot or both.

You can tweak the recipe to get just the texture and flavor you want in your kitchen. There is no need to go out and buy that ready-made stuff.

Another advantage to Easy Guacamole for Your Cinco De Mayo Party is that you have fresh ingredients and you know exactly what you put into it so there are no surprises as to ingredients or preservatives.

Making your own Guacamole does not seem like a big thing or a survival skill, but it is one more thing you can make for yourself with your ingredients.

Of course, you may need to buy the ingredients if you do not grow them for yourself but if you buy fresh from your local farmers market, you still know what you’ve got.

The two versions of Easy Guacamole are basically the same. Both start with avocados, spices, lime juice, and herbs. The difference is that the chunky version adds in diced tomatoes for the chunky.

So to make Easy Guacamole for Your Cinco De Mayo Party the smooth version.

You will need:

Avocados

little green onions (approx 2 Tablespoons)

cilantro (approx 3 Tablespoons)

garlic salt (approx 3 Tablespoons)

lime juice (approx ¼ of a cup)

black pepper (approx 2 teaspoons)

chili pepper (approx 2 Tablespoons)

This recipe is very flexible. The measurements are all subject to how much you like each spice, herb, and flavor. But it is advisable to start on the low end and add more if you want to change the flavor. You can always add more, you can not take it out if it is too much.

If you like it hot add more black pepper and chili pepper. If you like a lot of citrus flavor add more lime juice. It all just depends on what you like or what flavor you are going for.

Start by washing and peeling your avocados. It may seem unnecessary to wash the avocado but it is not. The last batch of avocados that we bought from the grocery had a lot of sand and “stuff” on them. Not sure how or why. But when you are handling the avocados to peel and cut them, you do not want “stuff” falling into your mix.

The avocado peelings go to the mulch bucket and the seeds to the seed starting table. We try to grow most seeds that come from things we eat. This will help us not have to buy too many things, as we can start growing what we use the most.

Note: DO NOT give avocado peelings or seeds to your chickens or other farm animals. Avocados can be toxic to them and will make them very sick or may even kill them.

Slice the avocados and then cut them into small pieces.

With a potato smasher, squash them into mush.

Stir and press until you get the smooth texture you want. This is, of course, subjective to your personal liking. Set the avocados in the fridge to chill.

In a bowl add the little green onions, cilantro, and garlic salt.

The little green onions are ones that we grew and put into the freezer ourselves. Little green onions are very easy to grow, we have another talk on that. The cilantro we dried and ground also. We are doing a talk on how to make your own Cilantro Seasoning. The garlic salt, we also made by drying the garlic bulbs and making the mix. There is also a talk on How to DIY Homemade Garlic Salt.

Add the lime juice to the bowl.

Continue to add the black pepper and chili pepper to the bowl. Be careful with the peppers, they can cause personal issues if you get too cozy with them.

With a spatula, mix all the ingredients in the bowl to a well-blended paste.

Add the smashed avocados to the bowl and stir to mix.

You can see all the pretty colors in the mix, dark green herbs in the light green avocado. This is the difference between homemade with fresh ingredients and that ready-made stuff you get at the grocery.

Put the guacamole into a sealed container and put it in the fridge to chill.

There you are, you have made your own Easy Guacamole for Your Cinco De Mayo Party in a smooth texture.

Version Two:

So to make Easy Guacamole for Your Cinco De Mayo Party the chunky version.

You will need:

Avocados

Diced Tomatoes

little green onions (approx 2 Tablespoons)

cilantro (approx 3 Tablespoons)

garlic salt (approx 3 Tablespoons)

lime juice (approx ¼ of a cup)

black pepper (approx 2 teaspoons)

chili pepper (approx 2 Tablespoons)

Start by washing and peeling your avocados.

Again, peelings go to the mulch bucket, NOT the chickens. The seeds are put into water to start them growing, hopefully.

Slice the avocados and then cut them into small pieces.

With a potato smasher, squash them into mush. The small kids are really good at this part.

Stir and press until you get the smooth texture you want. This is, of course, subjective to your personal liking. Set the avocados in the fridge to chill.

Next are the diced tomatoes. If you use fresh tomatoes, chop them and set them aside for a minute.

If you use canned tomes, open the can and drain the extra juice.

As we have mentioned in other talks, we LOVE our safety can opener. Not only can you re-use the cans intact but you will not cut yourself with a sharp lid.

We only had canned tomes as it is not the veg season here yet. And the toms in the fridge were growing hair so they went to the mulch pile. Otherwise, we would have used toms from our own garden.

We had more diced tomatoes than we needed for this recipe so we saved the rest to make Quick, Easy, Made to Your Taste Homemade Salsa. This is another favorite recipe for Cinco De Mayo Parties.

In a bowl add the little green onions, cilantro, and garlic salt.

Add the lime juice to the bowl.

Continue to add the black pepper and chili pepper to the bowl. Be careful with the peppers, they can cause personal issues if you get too cozy with them.

With a spatula, mix all the ingredients in the bowl to a well-blended paste.

Add the diced tomatoes and mix.

Add the smashed avocados to the bowl and stir to mix.

You can see all the pretty colors in the mix, the red tomatoes and the dark green herbs in the light green avocado. This is the difference between homemade with fresh ingredients and that ready-made stuff you get at the grocery.

Put the guacamole into a sealed container and put it in the fridge to chill.

And again, you have made your own Chunky Easy Guacamole for Your Cinco De Mayo Party.

As with most recipes and homemade foods, you can tweak it to your own personal tastes. So add lemon instead of lime if you want. Mix and match spices and herbs to get a flavor you really like. Go chunky, smooth, savory, or hot. It is all up to you to make a masterpiece in your kitchen.

Now go throw a Cinco De Mayo party. Ask your friends and family to bring their best and favorite Mexican dishes and you are set for a good time and great food.

We hope you have enjoyed this recipe for Easy Guacamole for Your Cinco De Mayo Party. Try out both versions and do some experimenting. Find out what you like and make your own, new favorite dip at home.

Thank you for visiting and please come again for another edition of Out Standing in the Field.