Over the weekend, I posted on the Townhouse Pioneer Facebook page that I both eliminated food waste and made due with what I had on hand (two important pioneer values) by substituting margarita mix for olive oil in a recipe for guacamole. My friend Jenniemarie asked for the recipe, I told her I’d post it so here we go.
Oh, quick side note–I have no picture because it was a last minute substitution/decision. Also, guacamole is ugly. Delicious. But ugly.
Townhouse Pioneer Easy Margarita Guacamole
Ingredients:
2 ripe avocados, peeled and pitted
1/4-1/2 tsp salt
Juice from 1/2 lemon
1/2 tbsp jarred chopped garlic (can substitute with fresh. I don’t. I’m lazy. You can also use less if you don’t like garlic)
1/2 tbsp margarita mix (no tequila. Although I might try it next time)
Optional: finely chopped red onion, diced tomatoes
Directions:
1. Mash the avocados with salt and lemon juice
2. Add the remaining ingredients
3. Serve with crackers, chips, on thick, crusty bread or eat with a spoon from the bowl. Your call.
Note: guacamole browns pretty quickly so you’re going to want to eat this within 2 days. It probably won’t last that long but just in case.
The original recipe I ordinarily make would use olive oil instead of the margarita mix, and it also calls for fresh cilantro but I didn’t have any so I just left it out. It tasted just fine.
So that’s it. Simple, easy, and delicious. I recommend it.
How do you make guacamole?
Guac photographs so poorly but is so delicious. Good thinking on the margarita mix substitution!
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It is so delicious. And the recommendation to eat it with a spoon? I *might* have done that.
That is a brilliant substitution. So basically you have to make this again so you can get a picture? Right. 😉
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I will make it again and post a picture. Promise.
I love guac but it really does look horrible in pictures.
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I really wish it wasn’t so ugly. However, the deliciousness greatly outweighs the visual.
I’m sure that was delicious! I never put olive oil in my guac (isn’t the avocado the “oil” already?) but then again I’m a super lazy guacamole maker. Usually I just mash up the avocado, stir in some salsa and a little lime juice, and call it good.
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It might be but the original recipe I found called for the olive oil. I think guac is one of those foods that has no wrong way to make it.