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An easy recipe for simple fresh guacamole you can make at home.

This week we celebrate Earth Day, a day when we show our support for environmental protection through events and simple sustainable acts to help our environment.  Little Lady and I are hard at work on a container garden that will give us fresh fruit, vegetables, and herbs this summer.  

I want to share with you our progress along with some tips on gardening with kids.  I’m also sharing my absolute favorite, and easy, simple fresh guacamole recipe with you.  By the end of the summer I should be able to use ingredients from my garden to create this delicious dish.

My family and I strive to live a simple life, which goes hand in hand with living green.  The more we can take on ourselves, the less we rely on outside services.  We spend less and create less waste while enjoying the fruits of our own labor.  

This year we decided to start gardening, for real.  We’ve done a few pots of tomatoes in the past but nothing substantial.  Our soil is not the greatest so we decided to do small containers on our deck and grow our favorite and most used fruits and vegetables.

Tips for gardening with kids

Little Lady and I are doing most of the planting.  I’ve learned quite a bit working with her this past week.  If you are thinking of gardening with your kids, keep the following in mind:

• Start small.  Kids respond well to a small project they can wrap their heads around and see-through from start to finish.
• Let them get their hands dirty and get involved in every aspect of gardening.  Picking out seeds and pots, planting, and regular watering.
• Plant a variety of fruits and vegetables.  It’s amazing what a child will eat if she has a hand in growing and harvesting it.

Notice the painted plastic chair and pot are still in awesome condition from last year!

It’s mid-April in Wisconsin so our garden is just getting started.  Until my herbs and vegetables come in I need to rely on my local grocery store for these foods.  I am not growing enough to sustain my family completely, far from it, this is a hobby garden that will produce side dishes for a couple of meals each week.  

One of my favorite snacks year-round, but especially in warmer months, is guacamole.  There is nothing quite like fresh-made guac!

My simple fresh guacamole uses just a couple of ingredients and can be tailored to your taste.

Simple Fresh Guacamole

Ingredients:

• 3 Avocados
• 2 Cloves of Garlic
• Juice of 1 Lime
• Chopped Onion
• Salt
• Fresh Cilantro

Mashed garlic is key to a delicious and not overpowering guacamole. To do this chop 2 cloves of garlic on a cutting board, then cover in salt. Let the salt sit on the garlic for a few minutes. Then come back with the side of a large knife and smash the garlic and salt until a paste forms.

This technique softens the bite of the garlic and creates a smooth palatable taste.

In a small bowl use a fork mix avocados, garlic, onion and lime juice to your desired consistency. I like to leave a few chunks of avocado.

Finally, add chopped cilantro and stir, topping with a few sprigs of cilantro. Then serve with your favorite tortilla chips.

Hungry?  Be sure to pin this for later so you can make your own batch!    

To start my container gardening for the year I pick up a cilantro plant in the organic produce section.  This is the one plant that will live on our kitchen counter.  I am already enjoying picking a leaf here and there for cooking.  I am looking forward to using this along with onions from our garden later this year to make our favorite guacamole.

Do you have a garden?  Tell me about your favorite fresh recipe.

Thanks for visiting!

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