Use a cup of the Fresh Tomato Salsa to make this easy guacamole. Mash a few avocados, stir in lemon juice and you're done! Guacamole will turn brown if allowed to sit and is best made shortly before serving.

Makes 8 servings, about 1/3 cup each

ACTIVE TIME: 10 minutes

TOTAL TIME: 10 minutes

EASE OF PREPARATION: Easy

3 avocados, diced (about 3 cups)
1 cup Fresh Tomato Salsa (recipe follows) or prepared salsa
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon salt

Using a potato masher, mash diced avocados in a medium bowl, leaving them a little chunky. Add salsa, lemon juice and salt; stir to combine.

NUTRITION INFORMATION: Per serving: 96 calories; 8 g fat (1 g sat, 6 g mono); 0 mg cholesterol; 6 g carbohydrate; 1 g protein; 4 g fiber; 108 mg sodium.
Nutrition bonus: Vitamin C (20% daily value), Fiber (16% dv).

RELATED RECIPES: Fresh Tomato Salsa | Tortilla Chips | Lima Bean Spread with Cumin & Herbs | Feta-Herb Spread | The EatingWell Cobb Salad

YUMMY!!!

Anonymous

Delicious taste, I'd like some healthy suggestions of what to eat it with. The traditional tortilla chips signifigantly reduces the "healthy for you" factor.

, Templeton, CA

It was delicious & I felt good knowing that it was heart healthy...especially considering the old recipe i had for this dish!! Whew!

Tammy

There was a comment in the recipe about the guacamole turning brown. To avoid this color change save seed of avocado and place seed in guacamole when storing leftovers or you can keep seed in guacamole to stop the browning if you aren't too picky about the seed in your serving bowl. I prefer to see the seed rather than the brown guacamole.

, Tampa, FL

To Anonymous in Templeton, CA, For a start on healthy partners with the guacamole, try the Tortilla Chips recipe at the end under Related Recipes. It is for baked tortillas. Question for Tammy: I've tried several times keeping the seed in guacamole and just in a left over half of an avocado, but it never prevents it from turning brown. Have any suggestions?

Anonymous, New York, NY

A couple more practical tips for the guac turning brown. Make certain to put lime juice in it, this adds more flavor and the acid help keep it fresh. The other more practical tip is to take a sheet of plastic wrap and put it down in the bowl of guac, if the air can't get to the guac it stays fresher and doesn't brown.

Steven, NC

Instead of chips - cabbage leaves, lettuce leaves, or in fajitas maybe?

Rebecca, Baton Rouge, LA

NO Tomato in Guacamole!!! American..... no seed. Man From N.C. RIGHT, put plastic wrap tight on top, no air no brown. Where is the frikin cilantro and lime boys and girls ?

Chef Patrick, Los Olivos, CA

If you use lime juice instead of lemon, your guacamole will keep it's bright green color longer and stay fresher, too.

Tory, Frisco, Te

So easy - and very, very good!!

Heather, Jupiter, FL