Garden Guacamole

Avocado & the garden, mashed chunky · lime does double duty — flavor, and it keeps it green

~2 cups · 10 min

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3 ripe avocados
1–2 limes, juiced
½ small onion, fine dice (or ¼ cup)
1 jalapeño or serrano, seeded & minced
1 handful cilantro, chopped
salt, to taste
optional: 1 small tomato (seeded & diced) or a spoon of leftover pico · 1 grated garlic clove · pinch cumin
to serve: the pico's tortilla chips

What you need

3 ripe avocados

1–2 limes, juiced

½ small onion, fine dice (or ¼ cup)

1 jalapeño or serrano, seeded & minced

1 handful cilantro, chopped

salt, to taste

optional: 1 small tomato (seeded & diced) or a spoon of leftover pico · 1 grated garlic clove · pinch cumin

to serve: the pico's tortilla chips

Mash with lime & salt first. Halve, pit, and scoop the avocados into a bowl; add the lime juice and a good pinch of salt right away, and mash to your texture — leave it chunky. The acid brightens it and slows the browning, so it goes in before anything else.
Fold in the garden. Stir through the onion, chili, and cilantro (and the tomato, garlic, or cumin if using) with a few gentle turns — overmixing turns it to paste.
Taste & rest. More lime, more salt — ripe avocados need a surprising amount of both. Let it sit 5 minutes for the flavors to marry, then serve cold with the chips.

Steps — tap one to keep your place

1. Mash with lime & salt first. Halve, pit, and scoop the avocados into a bowl; add the lime juice and a good pinch of salt right away, and mash to your texture — leave it chunky. The acid brightens it and slows the browning, so it goes in before anything else.

2. Fold in the garden. Stir through the onion, chili, and cilantro (and the tomato, garlic, or cumin if using) with a few gentle turns — overmixing turns it to paste.

3. Taste & rest. More lime, more salt — ripe avocados need a surprising amount of both. Let it sit 5 minutes for the flavors to marry, then serve cold with the chips.

Low salt — salt at the end and taste as you go; broth, cheese, and canned goods already bring salt.