Basic Guacamole

Growing up we had to eat traditional food at least 4-5 nights out of the week. But over the weekend, she use let us pick whatever we wanted to eat. I always responded with I want "American food" night. "American Food" meant non-traditional cuisine. Obviously, my sister and I took turns, but when it was my turn to pick a cuisine, I always picked for "Mexican Food".

As we got older, she felt that we should at least know how to make our favorite foods. This was one of my first and favorite recipes that she taught me. Over the years, I have perfected it to the "T". I can make it in my sleep.

Ingredients:
1 medium avocado
1/2 red onion, diced
1/2 roma tomato, diced
1-2 garlic cloves, diced
1/2 jalapeno, diced
1/4 cup of cilantro, diced
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon salt (to taste)
1/4 teaspoon black pepper (to taste)
1/4 teaspoon cumin (to taste)

Directions:

Cut the avocado in half. Use a spoon to scoop out the avocado into a bowl.
Note: Keep the seed. It helps the guacamole from browning until you're ready to serve.

Combine diced red onion, tomato, garlic, jalapeno, lemon juice, salt, pepper, cumin powder, and cilantro.