Guac This Way

Homemade Guacamole is really easy to make, extremely nutritious and very
delicious. It's definitely important to have ripened avocados, so try to buy them a day in advance since it's often hard to buy them ripened just enough. If you need the ripening process to happen faster, you can put them in a paper bag with a
banana and they'll ripen overnight. Unfortunately, we didn't even have time for that and our guacamole turned out a little
chunky. Nevertheless, chunky guacamole is still good guacamole. This is a simple recipe, you can always add tomatoes and
extra spices like cumin or cilantro, if you want to. Guacamole makes a good dip for vegetables as well as an accompaniment
for spicy meats or, say, a Taco Salad.

This whole meal has, what, maybe 3 net carbs? Not surprisingly, taco salad is an apparent staple of many low-carbers; novice and veterans alike. How can you resist a salad that combines
everything from crisp lettuce to spicy meat and gooey cheese? The tortilla part of taco salad is rendered obsolete.
Everyone knows the real prize is the meat, cheese and all those fresh vegetable toppings. I ate this with a healthy dose of the homemade guacamole. I can't get enough of that stuff. Hot peppers are also a great way to add a lot of flavor with
hardly adding any carbs.

To go with the Mexican theme I decided to share a super-simple recipe for Hot Cocoa. Hot
cocoa is one of those things that I'm baffled has an instant version. There are only 3 ingredients, plus water! You have to be hard-pressed for time if you need an instant cocoa fix. It's not uncommon for me to drink 3 cups of cocoa or more a day during the winter. Everyone knows it's a perfect warm-up when you come in from the cold. After the crazy snowstorm we had today, I think I earned this one.