¡holy moly guacamole!

sadly i must report last night's first major cooking failure - guacamole. that little sucker sure is difficult and was a lot more effort than i had anticipated. i must also note i did not take a photo of this bad boy, so nothing for me to forget in the morning...

it goes like this: last night i thought i would whip up some guac before dinner, as a little snack to hold me over because the husband was at some work happy hour (hence causing a delay in dinner time). promptly after leaving work, i headed over to the local Fresh Market. wow, let me just tell you what a little slice of paradise this place is - soothing music and fresh fruit & veggies - and a plethora of organic food to feast the eyes of all the bripple hippies. man, was i excited when i left that place. i thought to myself, "self, you have so many great memories ahead of you in this place - you are going to make so many awesome, healthy and hearty meals that people will love". but low and behold, it all came crashing down.

smashing that darn avocado takes way more effort than the guac mix package led me to believe and soon my dream crumbled - avocado chunk by un-smashable avocado chunk. perhaps i will investigate the "proper" way to "mash" an avocado - because my meat tenderizer, large spoon, small spoon, food chopper and hand mixer didn't work. i toyed with the idea of using the actual blender, but my sliced and diced pieces were taking over the entire kitchen that i simply needed to surrender and call it a night with the cheese sauce.

ill keep you posted if i battle this thing again - perhaps next time with a mortar and pestle ...