Sprout & Pea

On Sun­day, my room­mate and I hosted an Oscar party at our apart­ment which excited me not only because it was an oppor­tu­nity to get dressed up, but because it was a great excuse for me to try out some new recipes for my friends. I’m a sucker for some good gua­camole, and a fiend for Greek yogurt in any recipe, so when it came time to make some party dips, I decided I would try a lit­tle some­thing dif­fer­ent and com­bine the two.

Pic­tured here: Oscar party guests, includ­ing the lady behind my favorite gua­camole recipe

All this involved was mak­ing my favorite, super basic but fla­vor­ful gua­camole recipe, and mix­ing in some Greek yogurt — easy as pie (or eas­ier)! The result was deli­cious, light and smooth– a nice depar­ture from the chunky kind.  As I often do, I toasted up some Ezekiel tor­tillas and made some chips for dip­ping. The dip was gone by the end of the night and from the look on James Franco’s face, he was wish­ing he was in our liv­ing room enjoy­ing the good com­pany and tasty treats. Here’s how to make it…

2 ripe avo­ca­dos
1/​3 cup Greek yogurt
Juice of 1 lime
1/​2 medium red onion chopped
Adobo and gar­lic pep­per or salt and pep­per to taste

Peel avo­ca­dos and dis­card seed. In a medium bowl, mash the avo­cado. Add Greek yogurt and lime and mash again until smooth. Stir in onion, lime and Adobo (or salt and pep­per) to taste. I also added a sprin­kle of gar­lic pep­per. Serve with chips or sliced veggies.