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If You Like Guacamole...

Moonchilde — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 22:03:26 GMT

I discovered a new (to me) tasty snack. It's made by Sabra, the hummus people. A single serving snack pack with a generous amount of fresh guac and tiny rolled up Tostitos that look like teeny-weeny taquitos, except with nothing in them.

Perfect "little" snack that's pretty healthy - no cholesterol, low saturated fats, reasonably low sodium for a snack food, and only 20 carbs. I'll be buying it again.

And to keep this thread in general interest - who likes guacamole and who doesn't?

In CA I grew up with avocados and guacamole, but didn't start consuming either until I was 18 or more; young kids rarely appreciate avocados. Now, you could put it on just about anything and I'd love it.

Re: If You Like Guacamole...

tansy — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 22:18:58 GMT

I like chunky homemade guacamole without any added goodies like chopped tomato.

Having said that, I liked a recipe I used to have where a layer of sour cream topped the avocado and was mixed in right before serving. 'Course I'm a freak for sour cream🙂

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MickD — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 22:23:19 GMT

@MoonchildeThese look great!

I am trying to eat as much preservative free, non-processed food as possible right now. I've read that Americans have weight probs due to all the preservatives in our food. We cannot digest the stuff properly due to all the gunk, etc.

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Moonchilde — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 22:27:59 GMT

@tansy wrote:
I like chunky homemade guacamole without any added goodies like chopped tomato.

Having said that, I liked a recipe I used to have where a layer of sour cream topped the avocado and was mixed in right before serving. 'Course I'm a freak for sour cream🙂

Homemade is always best :-)

Plenty of onion, a little garlic, I do like some tomato, a little bit of cilantro, a squeeze of lemon. I prefer my guac without chiles or hot sauce or only a tiny bit of green chiles.

Whenever I have taquitos, nachos or a tostada, I like to keep my sour cream separate from my guac, don't know why. But I love 7-layer dip!

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x Hedge — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 22:31:03 GMT

Love guac, so glad I don't have to make it from scratch anymore! But I'll admit it, it would take several of those tiny portions to make me happy.

I'm inspired (and hungry) now.

Fortunately I have an 8oz pouch of guacamole in the refrigerator. Think I'll go open it.

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Ms tyrion2 — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 22:33:52 GMT

I love guacamole. Love avocados in general. I ,like my guac very chunky with tomatoes, green onion, cilantro and a squeeze of lemon or lime juice.

Those snack pacs look great for on the go.

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Tissyanne — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 22:36:22 GMT

I do like guacamole, a lot. The WW Smart Points for the Sabra Guacamole snack is 7. My daily total is 30, so not doable for me. I'm sure that I would like it though. Wholly Guacamole sells a smooth or chunky snack pack for 3 SP , but no chips are included. Everyone enjoy.

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Bri36 — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 22:56:44 GMT

I love guacamole. I like it chunky with tomatoes, jalapeños, cilantro, salt, and fresh lime juice.

We eat avocados probably every day with something.

When my kids were babies, I would mush up avocado and feed it to them.

Re: If You Like Guacamole...

Moonchilde — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 22:58:12 GMT

@x Hedge wrote:
Love guac, so glad I don't have to make it from scratch anymore! But I'll admit it, it would take several of those tiny portions to make me happy.

I'm inspired (and hungry) now.
Fortunately I have an 8oz pouch of guacamole in the refrigerator. Think I'll go open it.

The most challenging part of making it is finding enough avocados perfectly ripe when you want them to be. I like TJ's ready-to-eat guac. I don't like ones that have a heavy processed/preservative taste. The snack does have a little of that, but not so much I dislike it.

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Moonchilde — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 23:05:20 GMT

@Bri36 We lived in one house where we had an avocado tree in the back yard AND one across the fence in the neighbor's yard. They pollinated each other and we had avocados all year round. All summer we'd pick avocados, go buy the teeny bay shrimp, gallons of Thousand Island dressing, and voilá, instant dinner without cooking or heating up the kitchen. Soooo good!

I lovelove avocado slices on burgers. A Big Boy with avocado, all through HS and my 20s. No one outside SoCal will know what a Big Boy was. Only one place you can still get them.

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Noel7 — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 23:07:15 GMT

My mother made mashed avocado sandwiches for me ever since I was a little kid and now my daughter makes them AND guacamole at least a couple of times a week.

My mom also made onion sandwiches, mild, when I had a child. They are pretty high in vitamin C.

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Bri36 — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 23:07:29 GMT

@Moonchilde, I had an aunt from California that had avocado trees and lemon trees in her backyard. I would be in heaven!

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suzyQ3 — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 23:21:00 GMT

@Bri36 wrote:
I love guacamole. I like it chunky with tomatoes, jalapeños, cilantro, salt, and fresh lime juice.

We eat avocados probably every day with something.

When my kids were babies, I would mush up avocado and feed it to them.

@Bri36, get outta my head.

Only fresh, simple guac. Your list is our recipe.

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DiAnne — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 23:21:47 GMT

@Moonchilde

Bob's Big Boy is sure a blast from the past for me. My Dad loved that place and we ate there often. Even his grandchildren used to complain they knew the menu by heart. They had a chef's salad on the menu that was my favorite. I did not know they were still open.

Back to the guacamole. I make it with garlic, a little tomato, a little jalapeno, and a squeeze of lime. I like it chunky.

There is a Mexican restaurant near where I go to the movies that makes it table side. Sometimes we will go get an order of guacamole and tortilla chips for lunch!

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sgraham30 — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 23:42:28 GMT

There's a local grocery store called Tony's that makes fresh guacamole & pico de gallo in various heats daily. Whenever I'm near there, I stop & pick up 3 containers of mild pico de gallo (love that stuff) & one of their big containers of freshly made guacamole. I use the guac as a dip for carrots, celery sticks, & I put it on sandwiches instead of mayo or mustard.

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Ms tyrion2 — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 23:45:40 GMT

I visited Hawaii three years ago. We were on the Big Island driving through a residential neighborhood filled with huge trees.

We suddenly heard a huge bang and felt something hit the roof of the car. We stopped and found it was a gigantic avocado. About the size of a grapefruit.

We took it back, to the resort with us and sliced it up for breakfast the next day. It was delicious!

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Moonchilde — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 23:49:12 GMT

@Noel7, my grandmother used to make both avocado sandwiches and onion sandwiches for herself. At that age when she was doing it, I wasn't interested. She also used to make, and my mother said she took to school often during the Depression, mashed baked bean sandwiches. Yum!

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Moonchilde — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 23:56:27 GMT

@DiAnne wrote:

@Moonchilde

Bob's Big Boy is sure a blast from the past for me. My Dad loved that place and we ate there often. Even his grandchildren used to complain they knew the menu by heart. They had a chef's salad on the menu that was my favorite. I did not know they were still open.

Back to the guacamole. I make it with garlic, a little tomato, a little jalapeno, and a squeeze of lime. I like it chunky.

There is a Mexican restaurant near where I go to the movies that makes it table side. Sometimes we will go get an order of guacamole and tortilla chips for lunch!

@DiAnne, Bob's was our HS drive-in and I went there from junior high well into my 20s.

As far as I know, the last Bob's is the oldest, in Burbank.

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Noel7 — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 23:57:38 GMT

@Moonchilde wrote:
@Noel7, my grandmother used to make both avocado sandwiches and onion sandwiches for herself. At that age when she was doing it, I wasn't interested. She also used to make, and my mother said she took to school often during the Depression, mashed baked bean sandwiches. Yum!

@Moonchilde

My mother made leftover baked bean sandwiches, too. In fact... I still make them with picnic leftovers, delicious.

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Moonchilde — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 23:58:32 GMT

@sgraham30 wrote:
There's a local grocery store called Tony's that makes fresh guacamole & pico de gallo in various heats daily. Whenever I'm near there, I stop & pick up 3 containers of mild pico de gallo (love that stuff) & one of their big containers of freshly made guacamole. I use the guac as a dip for carrots, celery sticks, & I put it on sandwiches instead of mayo or mustard.

@sgraham30, I too love mild pico de gallo, and have been known to put some in my guac to save time.