Look Ma, I Can Cook!

The last time I was home, I had the opportunity to do some Super Bowl party cooking! When I say party, I mean my fam plus GC, but hey, it was an excuse to exercise my cooking skills. Okay, it was more like an excuse to find my cooking skills, because quite honestly, I did not know if I had any kitchen abilities.  I decided to go big or go home with and took on a modified seven layer dip with, wait for it, homemade guacamole.  You know, from scratch, using a real avocado, crazy right? Yeah.  After googling how to use avocados, I went to work and I was shocked at the size and weight of the seed, incredible!

I scraped the avocado into a bowl, and added in the rest of the ingredients (http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/guacamole-recipe/index.html).  I left out the onions and cilantro, but added even more tomatoes than it called for. I just love tomatoes.

After successfully making the guacamole, I created the Johns family (aka the lactose intolerance) version of the seven layer dip:

Layer 1: re fried beans - they definitely tasted better than they looked

Layer 2: mild, chunky salsa

Layer 3: the fresh guacamole

Layer 4: Black Olives

It was delicious, and I felt so accomplished!