So the theme of the week has been cleaning out my fridge. I had a rotisserie chicken from Costco in the fridge. After cutting the meat off the bones in chunks, my cousin and I tossed the chicken rack in a large stock pot with 1 large chopped onion, a few chopped carrots, mushrooms, half a chopped cabbage, cucumbers and a small handful of broccoli. A few hours later, voila! Chicken soup. What did I do with the chopped chicken meat? I sauteed it with blanched broccoli and sliced mushrooms before sliding it into some tomato sauce (store bought tomato sauce, finely chopped rosemary and thyme, 1.5 chopped tomatoes and 1/2 can of tomato paste). Add to that some rigatoni, toss together before sliding into a baking pan and covering in cheese. Bake under Broil for about 10 minutes until the cheese is nicely caramelized. For a detailed recipe, see my previous post on Easy No Fail Pasta. Today, while rearranging the fridge, I see that there are two nicely ripe avocados. Conveniently, I have all the ingredients needed to make guacamole while simultaneously cleaning out my fridge and not wasting food (of utmost importance! money is precious to the unemployed).
Recipe for Easy Guacamole
2 avocados
1/4 large onion (or 1 small onion depending on what you have) finely chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
1 ripe tomato, finely chopped
2-3 limes, juiced
salt and pepper to taste
1. Half and scoop ripe avocados into mixing bowl and mash (with fork or whatever mashing tools you have on hand)
2. Mix in chopped garlic, tomato, onion and half of the lime juice
3. Add salt and pepper, and remaining lime juice to taste
4. Either chill for half an hour or if you're impatient like me, start digging in immediately!!
Tune in next time when I use either the beef in my freezer for Beef Bourguignon (yay!!! Finally using my Julia Child cookbook) or the fish for Panko Crusted Fish with leftover salsa =)
Cheers,
Shlieka
