Real Nourishment: Frozen Avocados and Guacamole

Somewhere along the way I found that you can freeze avocados and they make AWESOME guacamole. You'll often find the best deal on buying avocados is when you buy a big bag of them and personally with all the nutrition in there you should try to keep them around the house. Again, like spinach you can put avocados in lots of things! Throw them in your smoothie, soup or today make up some guacamole. So the trouble with buying those big bags of avocados is that you wait and wait for them to ripen and then all of a sudden you have 6 avocados all ripe at the same time and I find that the perfect window of goodness for avocados is about 2-3 days. So of course I do what I can to eat them up but then I cut the rest in half, leave the pits in and throw them in a freezer bag. Then the next time I want them, I have them.

Here are my frozen avocados and dinner is coming a little too quickly...

So if your short on time and want to speed up the process a bit, throw them back in the bag and into a bowl of warm water.

When they thaw out they will look a little sad and brown...

BUT under that very thin layer of brown is bright green goodness...

The avocado will be soft enough that you can just stir it up with a spoon, no mashing with a fork is even needed. I don't really have a recipe to give you because I honestly taste test it out myself. But my go-to ingredients for a great guacamole are fresh lime juice (why is my lime so yellow? It really is a lime!), cilantro, salt, cumin, garlic powder and some chili powder. Make it to your liking and if you need a little direction here is a recipe as a reference: http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/blog/best-ever-guacamole-again

This recipe by Whole Foods is way fancier than I ever whip up because I make guacamole usually in the middle of while I'm making supper. So if your feelin fancy there you go. I sometimes throw in raw red onion or tomato depending upon time and what I have on hand.