Holy Guacamole! (Blog #4)

Your stomach is growling like a lion or a tiger. You know you need to eat, and soon. Unfortuately, it's too late for lunch, and too early for dinner. You need a snack! You could just head to the gas station and buy a candy bar or some other unhealthy prepackaged item, but where's the fun in that? If you're looking for something that is simultaneously healthy and delicious (plus quick and easy!), homemade guacamole is a good way to go.
The most important ingredient in guacamole is avacados. They mash up beautifully and are a lovely green color. You will need three of them that aren't too ripe, but not too hard either. But set these asside until the end. The other necessary ingredients are: half of any kind of onion, two Roma tomatoes, a teaspoon of minced garlic, three tablespoons of cilantro, the juice of one whole lime, a pinch of cayenne pepper, and salt to taste if desired.
You could dice up each ingredient by hand; however, that would take much longer. It is easiest to use a blender or a food processor. To avoid getting the processor all messy and sticky from the beginning, start off by dicing up the onion. If you first chop it into medium sized pieces, you can then throw it into the bowl of the processor. Next add in the cilantro. Pulse it until the pieces are somewhat evenly diced. Empty the mixture into a container. Next chop the tomatoes into similar sized pieces as the onion. Then add those into the bowl and pulse until they are diced as well. Empty them into the container. Now you can add in the minced garlic and the cayenne pepper. Then cut the lime into four pieces, to make squeezing out the juice easier. Stir until it's all combined. Right now it should resemble something like pico de gallo. The final step is to blend the avacados. The easiest way to open an avacado is to first cut it all the way around with a knife. Hold one half firmly without squishing it, then pull the halves apart. Scoop out the pit and then scoop the green fruit into the processor bowl. Do this for each avacado. Finally, blend the avacados until they are more of a paste. Add it to the "pico" and stir everything together until it's well combined. If you want to, add salt. Enjoy your snack with some tortilla chips or on a quesadilla and you're good to go!