Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Guacamole for Cinco de Mayo

 
For  our Cinco de Mayo celebration, I've used some bright orange fabric as a table runner and my straw placemats to go with the sombrero.  I'm serving guacamole in a margarita plastic "glass" from Walgreens.

 
I lined the sombrero with plastic wrap and filled it with chips.


I made the chile pepper napkins with the easiest mitered corner, following the directions, found here.  These turned out great!  The only difference from the tutorial is that I lined mine, so that they are two-sided.
 

My taste in guacamole is very simple. All that's needed are the avocados  and a few other ingredients.    If you want more, add some chopped onion and tomatoes.  Here's how I make it:
 
3-4 ripe avocados
fresh lemon or lime juice ( I prefer lime)
garlic salt to taste, but I'm now adding the McCormick's Chile/Garlic salt (LOVE that stuff!)

Peel the avocado, take out the pit and mash, leaving some chunks for texture, unless you like it smooth.  Squeeze in some lemon or lime juice and add the garlic salt to taste.  Enjoy!

 
I'm serving one of our favorites dishes to accompany this, which is Hot Mexican Chicken Salads. 
 
Happy Cinco de Mayo!  
 
I am sharing this with:


 




26 comments:

  1. Perfect timing, Kitty- thank you!

    Looking pretty danged festive over there, my friend! I'll grab the tequila mix and be right over!!

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  2. Your Cinco de Mayo meal looks great Kitty! Love that you lined the napkins and I'm still enjoying that salt too! I was pleased to see Walmart restocked it last week. Have fun Sunday:@)

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  3. This is making me really hungry...we are having chicken enchiladas for dinner tonight...I can't wait until Cinco de Mayo, gotta have my weekly fix!
    Love the napkins.

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  4. It's not a fiesta without guac! Love your chips served up on your sombrero and fun chile pepper napkins :)

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  5. I am getting my appetite back, and guac will be on the menu tomorrow!! Love the napkins and the festive sombrero!

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  6. Kitty, love the napkins!!! She does show a neat way to sew that mitred corner! So impressed. Thanks for sharing that. Loving the recipe for the salad! That is going to be made in the near future,.... of course served with Guacamole - isn't that our national cure all dish? Great idea with the sombrero. Can you believe I don't have one??? yep! Gotta fix that pretty soon. Have a blessed week.. xo marlis

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  7. I love guacamole! Yours looks delish. Your Cinco de Mayo table is wonderful!

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  8. Love using the sombrero as a chip bowl! Just add guac.

    - The Tablescaper

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  9. I knew I could count on you, Kitty! So far, there's only a couple of people who seem to have done anything for Cinco de Mayo! I didn't want to be the lone wolf out there!

    OK, so why don't you use fresh garlic in your guac. I'm not criticizing...just asking because you're such a great cook and I thought you might be a "guac snob." :-) Do you know if there is a salt-free version of the McCormick's Chile/Lime Garlic salt? Well, I guess that wouldn't really be a salt. Maybe there's just a Chile/Lime Garlic Powder. Ramon & I really have to watch our salt intake. Salt makes EVERYTHING taste good, but we (especially him!) have to watch ourselves very closely. Sucks to have high blood pressure. :-(

    I have a few avocados in the fridge right now just waiting to be hammered into submission. Oh, no, wait...I'm the one who's gonna get hammered...on all those margaritas!!!!! :-) I'll just very simply and gently MASH the avocados.

    You served up the chips in high style! Love the bright orange table runner!!!!!!! It really adds some kapow!!! Have a great week, Kitty!!!

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  10. Oh so gorgeous post!
    Love the colours.
    Thanks for sharing.
    Hope to see you on my blog:)

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  11. Yum, yum! What a neat idea to serve the chips on the sombero! I just love your food creativity, Kitty. I know it's a pretty sure thing that when I visit you, I'm going to come away with at least one good recipe to try. This is a wonderful party idea. Thanks for sharing and now I'm going to check out the hot Mexican chicken salad recipe.

    Blessings,
    Sandi

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  12. Really cute idea, Kitty. Wish I had some of that right now. '-) Yum!

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  13. Where's the margarita?? ;-) Everything looks delish (as usual) and very festive! I'll have to check the directions for the napkins. I love that they are lined ~ duh! I would not think to do that. You are so creative!

    xo
    Pat
    P.S. Going to look for the chicken salad recipe now! :)

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  14. Cute idea! Thanks for the reminder about Cinco de Mayo---I wanted to do something fun for homeschool to celebrate! :) I'm visiting you from Sandi's HOME party. Hope you're having a nice week. I've posted the new Homemaking Party for the week and would love to have you link up, if you'd like!

    Blessings,
    Mrs. Sarah Coller

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  15. Clever idea to use the sombrero to hold chips. Your chile pepper napkins are perfect for this table. I love a good Guacomole dip, but I'm not very good at picking a ripe avocado. That close up shot of your dip made me want to stick a chip in it. laurie

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  16. We love guacamole! The mister is in charge of preparing it for us...I will share this with him.

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  17. Your photos are just beautiful, Kitty. The guacamole looks delish!

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  18. YUM! I heard that if you leave the pit in the guacamole it will help to keep it from going brown.... Of course so does the lemmon. :) Fun table!

    ~Liz

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  19. So festive and charming, Kitty! Thanks for including it at Foodie Friday!

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  20. Kitty - I love everything about this post. From your cleverness of using an actual hat to hold the chips...the lovely homemade napkin....to the 'glass' you chose to display your guacamole. Everything sounds delicious. I love Mexican food and would sooo love to sit at your lovely table and share with you (or you with me=). Enjoy a great weekend Friend.
    And thanks so much for sharing at Weekend Potluck.

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  21. Very Cute.(love the sombrero) Very festive. Very yummy!

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  22. Two more winners from Kitty's Kozy Kitchen! Thanks for the recipes. Cherry Kay

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  23. We love guacomale at our house and this is the way I love it. too. Sometimes I add tomatoes. One of our favorite Mexican restaurants is Gloria's at Firewheel and I even talked my husband into eating on the patio. They have the best black bean dip and serve it when they bring the chips. Our favorite Tex-Mex is the El Fenix on NW Highway at Hillcrest and has been there forever. Cinco de Mayo is a fun celebration and a great time to try a wonderful Mexican dish or place. I love your sombrero with chips. By the way, have you tried chicken verde tamales? I have bought them at Market Street but I was told Fiesta had some good tamales. Love your table celebration and have a wonderful week!

    Pam

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  24. I love homemade guacomale! Yours looks so good! Found you on Make it Pretty Monday. Newest Follower. You can find me painting, decorating and baking on HickoryTrail

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  25. I love quac Kitty. So cute how you put the chips in the hat! Thanks for sharing with SYC.
    hugs,
    Jann

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  26. I am not a quac eater, but I LOVE those napkins!

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