Perfect Quick Guacamole

Wings Market had some soft avocados for 69 cents each on Tuesday so I purchased two of them with an eye to making guacamole.  When I got home I realized that I had already used the jalapeno pepper so I couldn't make the guac that day.  Yesterday was too busy...not one moment left.

Early this morning (3 AM arising this time!)  I was scanning guacamole recipes to see the variations that are out there.  Tonight I decided to go ahead an make ours before the avocados went by. 

Perfect Quick Guacamole

This is what I did:

2 ripe avocados
1 medium yellow onion, finely diced
1 teaspoon chopped cilantro
2 teaspoons lime juice
1/2 teaspoon coarse sea salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/3 cup prepared mild salsa

Place diced onions and avocados in a medium bowl..glass being the best material.  Mash them together, leaving the avocado slightly chunky if you like it that way.  Add chopped cilantro,  lime juice, sea salt and freshly ground black pepper.  Stir in  prepared mild salsa and mix well. 

Serve immediately with fresh tortilla chips.  Really yummy.

Kale is the best!

Sauteed kale with onions and garlic is a real treat.  This is what I did:

Start with a 12 inch well-seasoned cast iron frying pan/skillet (preferably one which has been in the family for generations so you can smile with love of family while you cook).  Add 1-2 tablespoons canola or olive oil and heat over medium heat until oil is hot. In the meantime, peel one yellow onion.  Slice it into moon-shaped slivers and put into frying pan.  Stir with a wooden spoon to break up the onion slivers into individual pieces.  Peel and smash then finely chop 2-3 cloves garlic and add to the sauteing onions.  Stir well to keep onions and garlic from burning.  When onions are partly translucent, add enough chopped kale to reach the top of the pan.  Stir continuously until kale is completely coated with cooking onions, garlic, and olive oil and is a lovely dark shiny green.  This will take about 4-5 minutes.  Cover pan and turn off heat.  Let sit an additional 5 minutes then serve with coarsely ground sea salt and Tajin original seasoning, if you can find it.

In our house this serves one person...as no other person will eat it.  Sad for them.  Happy for the one!  Of course, the one is not likely to eat all of this at one sitting.