Guacamole dip

I had never had an avocado before I was 29 years old and living in Santa Barbara.  I not only fell in love with avocado, but also lived across the street from an avocado orchard.  The owners allowed us to have any avocados that fell to the ground, so we trained our dogs (there were four dogs at the time) to go fetch the avocados without biting into them.  Needless to say we had an endless supply of guacamole!

We also looked forward to the annual Avocado Festival in Carpenteria, about 8 miles south of Santa Barbara.  You can find amazing Hass Avocados at this festival—and anything avocado you can think of. Ever tried avocado ice cream?   

I usually double this recipe and add a bit of salt so I can nibble too!

Guacamole Dip

Ingredients

1 avocado
1/2 Roma tomato, finely diced
1 tablespoon finely chopped onion (preferably walla walla)
4 sprigs cilantro
1/2 small lime

Scoop flesh out of avocado and place in mini food processor.  Add diced tomato and chopped onion.  
Pull parsley off vine and add to other ingredients in the processor.
Squeeze the juice out of a 1/2 small lime over the ingredients.  Pulse just enough to break up the avocado and mix with other ingredients.  
Serve as spoonfuls, or smear some on a piece of whole wheat pita bread.  For the adults, add salt to taste. Oh, and margaritas to taste :)