Ambitious Deliciousness – Dont Eat Lazy.

As a follow up to my last post, I wanted to share with you an easy recipe for guacamole. The name guacamole is derived from two Aztec Nahuatl words: ahuacatl (avocado) and molli (sauce). Traditionally, guacamole was made using a mortar and pestle to mash the ingredients together.

Fortunately, guacamole is a very versatile recipe even without a mortar and pestle (I don’t have one). I love my guacamole with a kick from green chilies, along with lots of garlic and cilantro!

Just in case you’re wondering – I left the avacado pits in there to keep the guacamole from oxidizing and turning brown. This works just long enough for your guests finish the big bowl of guacamole at a party. Do you have any tips for keeping guacamole from browning? (Pressing plastic on it doesn’t work for me.)

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This photo is from the next day, using fresh fish instead of pan fried fish all because I did not like any of the photos I took earlier. (For those of you who care about that sort of thing!)

Inspired by this month’s cover of Food & Wine magazine, I have been hankering for some tacos lately. Not just any tacos (though I must confess Taco Bell every once in a while is my guilty pleasure), but those made from our friends who reside in the sea.

This post is a compilation of two separate days, consisting of two different kinds of tacos – first with shrimp, and then with pan fried sole. I also had the opportunity to make this for some friends who were at my place, helping me with a special project. But more on that in a future post.

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I picked up some cilantro, some yellow squash, red heirloom tomatoes and zucchini from my favorite place ever (the farmers market) the other day. =) I can’t wait to see what great autumn produce they have this week!

While reading Serious Eats, I had bookmarked this recipe for pico de gallo with Tilapia and thought I’d give it a shot. I ventured out to a Chinese grocery store in my ‘hood. It was about 9 pm, which clearly means that the fish is not as fresh as it would be earlier in the day. However, I decided to take my chances (I’m such a rebel) and chose to go anyway.

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