Mexican Guacamole Recipe: It’s An Easy Superfood for Taco Tuesday

Whether you’re getting ready for a Game Day crowd or it’s Taco Tuesday, this Mexican Guacamole Recipe is so fresh and quick to throw together! It adds a little flare to any Mexican meal, whether you’re enjoying tacos, burritos, or another favorite dish. It’s also the perfect dip for scooping up with your favorite chip! When we make this Mexican Guacamole Recipe, we love adding Blue Chips and Rice Krisps. Just having a good guac recipe means you can have it mixed up fresh in a matter of minutes. It can add tremendous flavor and nutrients to any snack or meal!

How Do You Know When an Avocado is Ripe?

Usually, a green avocado’s skin will turn blacker the more ripe it becomes. You want to catch it when it’s starting to feel soft to the touch. On the inside, you want an avocado that’s soft to the touch and green, without a lot of gray spots.

If it’s too hard and crunchy, it’s probably not ripe enough. This can be frustrating when you are ready to make some guac and you don’t have a ripe avocado to use. One thing I’ve tried before is to put the avocado in a paper bag and add a banana. This can speed up the ripening process. Another trick is to put the avocado and other ingredients into a food processor and blend together. This can make the whole guacamole a lot smoother. Most of the time, when you’re making guac, it can be better to just let the avocados ripen a few more days rather than fighting with avocados that aren’t ripe yet.

If the exterior of an avocado is starting to cave in on itself and is easy to press, your avocado may be past it’s ideal ripeness. If you open it up and it’s mostly gray, then it’s no longer at the ideal stage. Sometimes you can salvage parts of it that are still completely green, depending on how much green is left inside the avocado. If it has a fermented smell inside or is starting to wilt before you even cut into it, you can just toss it in the trash.

Will This Mexican Guacamole Recipe Last in the Fridge?

Air turns avocados into a dark color. If you can seal guacamole where it is air-tight, that can help it last a day or two in the fridge. I like to put it in an air-tight container or tuck saran wrap down into a bowl so that it’s tight directly on top of the leftover guac (not at the top of the bowl but touching the guac itself). It will always be best when it’s fresh. If your refrigerated guac is starting to turn dark on the top layer, you may still be able to scrape it off and find bright green guac underneath that’s still good. Definitely don’t eat the part that has changed to the darker color.

Other Ways to Store Avocados

What do you do if you don’t eat a whole avocado? A lot of times, I’ll use half of an avocado on my egg sandwich or salad. When I only want to eat half of it, I literally cut it in half. The part that I don’t use I leave inside the shell. I cover it completely around with saran wrap and pop it in the fridge. It lasts a couple of days in the skin like this. It’s a great way to save the part you don’t eat so you can enjoy it later!

Why Should I Eat Avocados?

Avocados are a superfood. They’re an excellent source of healthy fats. They’re also full of antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals. It’s one of the foods highly recommended by Dr. Anthony Balduzzi, founder of the Fit Father Project. Check out his short instagram video on avocados he recorded with Dean Pohlman (founder of Man Flow Yoga). Avocados are highly recommended by many health professionals. Making guac is just one way to add more of them in your diet.

What Are Some Great Ways to Enjoy This Mexican Guacamole Recipe?

Of course, any meal that would qualify as a Mexican-type meal would be great with this guac. We enjoy this Mexican Guacamole Recipe for tacos, quesadillas, rice burritos, and taco salads. My kids like it with chips and salsa and cheese dip. It’s a great way to get them eating more avocados without even realizing it! You can also put it on Ezekiel bread or other toast.

If you’re making yummy dips for Game Day, you can make a Mexican chip platter or have some chips you love with several different dips to go with it! You can also top grilled chicken with cheese and homemade guac. There are so many ways to enjoy a good guac recipe!

What Are Some Other Ways I Enjoy Avocados Besides This Mexican Guacamole Recipe?

To be honest, guacamole isn’t the only way I enjoy eating avocados. They go really well with eggs as a breakfast item too. I love adding an avocado with a little salt and pepper to my egg sandwich. I used to always add mayonnaise. Now, if I haven’t already made healthy mayo, I just add half an avocado instead. Chopped up avocado is also delicious over salad. Once again, you can add everything bagel seasoning, pepper, salt, and other spices to make it the way you like it.

Why Should I Try a Homemade Mexican Guacamole Recipe?

You can pick up guac at most grocery stores, but when you make it fresh, you can make as little or as much as you want. You can enjoy it when it is truly fresh. Also, you know exactly what’s in it. When you add the ingredients, you know you’re avoiding the preservatives, sugars, and other additives that you don’t want in your food. You’re also getting to flavor it the way you prefer. Feel free to experiment and play around with the amounts and types of spices you use.

Remember, every time you eat fresh guac or an avocado, you’re adding a superfood to your family’s diet in a way that can be both fun and delicious! The more we do this over time, the better our health will be in the long run. A healthy lifestyle is small steps on a daily basis that gradually become a healthy life!

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