Note: During this time, I am trying to post more regularly in the hopes that in my small way, I can help people cope with a crisis. As I usually do – through food. I am trying to fulfill the requests for pantry-focused meals that are wholesome to the mind and the body. You can find all the recipes here. Wishing everyone all the very best from NYC!
Let me just disclaim that there is NOTHING authentic about this guacamole, but it’s ADDICTIVE.
When I was a little kid growing up in NYC, maman and I would go to the Park Slope Food Co-op and buy organic corn chips and avocados and Newman’s Own salsas. She would mash the avocado and stir in salsa, and we would eat an absolutely inconceivable amount.
As I wrote recently, now that we are home, we have re-instituted apero at 5 or 6 o’clock. This is what I make almost every night. I mash the avocado, season it well with salt, and stir in some fresh pico di gallo I get from Fresh Direct. It’s a big step up from jarred salsa if you can get it, but both are delicious. On devilish days, I eat it with corn chips. And on virtuous ones, with baby carrots. Either way, I can’t stop.
Addictive Lazy Guacamole
serves 2
INGREDIENTS
1 ripe Hass avocado
¼ cup salsa, preferably fresh (like pico di gallo, but you can also use fun varieties, like green tomatillo or mango or corn)
METHOD
Scoop out the flesh of the avocado, season with salt, and mash it up completely. Lightly drain the fresh salsa (don’t bother with this step if using jarred) and mix completely into the avocado.
Serve with corn chips or, if feeling virtuous, baby carrots.