Snacks Your Mom Would Approve Of

Hola,

It's summer!  Still!  I know, I already made a big deal about summer and it's luscious fruits.  Although, I really shouldn't.  It's basically summer all the time in Los Angeles and the rest of the country seems pretty pissed about the whole thing, so.....

Yay, air conditioning!  Better?  Great!

Today, I want to talk about snacks, healthy ones.  Sorry if I misled you, but the title should have been a give away that we weren't talking Doritos and cupcakes, which may or may not be my dinner once in a while. 


Yay!  Dinner!

I have a couple of very simple and healthy snack ideas that have proven successful.  We'll start with the one that my friends love so much you would think I sprinkled crack & diamond juice on top of veggies, but really it's just limes.


I make life taste good!

 You'll need:

1 yellow bell pepper
1 orange bell pepper
1 red bell pepper
2 avocados
2 cucumber
1 lime

Get ready for the bull-shittiest recipe ever.  It's not even a recipe, it's a snack idea, and some of you might say, "duh" and to you I say, "shut it". 

Thinly slice your peppers, avocados, and cucumbers, squeeze the juice of one whole lime over the top, add sea salt and/or cayenne pepper, if you'd like a salty and/or spicy zing to your healthy treat.  Commence face stuffing.  It's easy, it's yummy, and it takes about 10 minutes to prep.  I make stuff from scratch, I plan menus for days, I cry from fear and excitement when Thanksgiving rolls around and my friends have never made a bigger deal over something served at my table...except my guacamole, which is equally "duh" worthy but delicious.

Which brings me to....

Guacamole (Healthy, except for all the tortilla chips you'll eat)

6 avocados
1 roma tomato
2 jalapenos
1 small white onion
5-6 cloves of garlic
2 limes
cilantro
sea salt
pepper

Alright kids, everyone thinks they make good guac.  Seriously, every person I've ever spoken to who has at some point in their life assembled guacamole thinks they are king of the mutha f**kin guac kingdom.  I think mine is decent, however, let the record show that the last time I made guacamole for some party guests, it was gone before I had finished setting out the rest of the party snacks.  Long live the king of MFGK.


King of lameness

Begin by finely dicing your onions, garlic, and jalapenos*, throw those in your mixing bowl and juice one lime over the diced ingredients.  While they mingle, slice, peel, and pit your avocados, finely chop a handful of cilantro (yes, that's my real measurement), and dice and deseed the roma tomato.  Add salt & pepper to taste and mix.  Begin the mixing process with a fork to mash up your avocados, once they're smashed to your pleasure, add the juice of your second lime and stir until you're happy.  I mix my guacamole until almost completely smooth, but chunky is good.  There's no judgement here, this is a safe place.

A couple of additional notes about this particular guacamole.  First, regarding the jalapenos, I completely deseed them.  I love spicy, but in my opinion, too much heat takes away from the guacamole.  Next, I use very little salt in my mix and a lot of lime juice.  Tortilla chips are almost always salted, so you don't need extra, but you can never have too much lime....unless you've done too many tequila shots and limes now make you puke.  Seriously, I know a guy.*

So those are my picks for quick, delicious, summertime snacks.  Enjoy responsibly.

Footnotes:

*Be careful deseeding jalapenos and for the love of Jesus do not touch your face until your hands have been washed.  I learned this the hard way.

*I know no such guy.

Peace, love, and snacks,
Mel