*Addictive* Guacamole

Essentials:

- 1-2 Avocados (ripe, but not-quite-dead/icky-squishy)

- About 1/6 of one juicy lime (give or take a little)

- Mrs. Dash (how could we surive without this stuff?!), to taste

- Seasalt, to taste

- Your favorite tortilla chips

Optionals:

- 1/4 Cup Minced Onion

- 2-3 Cloves of Garlic (squished through This, Our Favorite Gadget)

- Diced roma tomatoes (1/4 cup)

First, slice the avocado in the middle, like so, and remove the "seed" in the middle.  (Trick:  Try quickly spearing/whacking the seed with your knife, to snag it on the blade - then pull gently.  Beats trying to dig it out any other way!)

Then, we recommend you slice them in half, until you have this shape.  Then, peel the skin off easily.  (MUCH easier than shoveling the pulp out with a spoon.  Trust us.)

Next, take about this much lime, and squeeze it until there is no more juice.  (You can obviously adjust the size your slice - all limes are not equally juicy.)

Finally, sprinkle about two shakes of Mrs. Dash, and a few pinches of salt (again, adjust for your own taste), and TA-DA.... you have this!

Rice. Beans. Peppers. Tomato. Avocado.

This is another staple meal in our home - we consume this at least once a week, sometimes twice or three times.  You can tweak the ingredients, or serve it with chips, or inside a warm tortilla.  *cravings begin here*  These amounts serve four-ish adults.

You'll need:

- 2 Cups cooked brown rice 

- 2 cans of beans, drained (any non-white kind -- kidney, navy, black, salad/mixed...) 

- 1 yellow pepper, diced (or red, or green, if you prefer)

- 2 avocados, diced (Costco always has amazing ones, if the commissary has none)

- 3 Roma tomatoes, diced

- Salt, pepper, Mrs. Dash, lime/lemon juice, cheese, whatever  =)

Ok, combine it all.

. . . .

Yup.  That's it!  No joke.

It'll look like this, at first...

And like this, after you stir it up...

And it is truly amazing.  We crave it.  I'm craving it right now.  Soooooooo tasty. 

Of course, you can add spices (minced garlic is great), and other veggies (corn is a favorite) and cheese (any variety), if you want...

But, the above, simple, affordable, 5-ingredient, nutritionally-complete option is stand-alone delicious.