Do you know how many April Fools Day jokes I fell for yesterday?
About every last one of them.
::sigh::
Much to my dismay, I’ve always been a gullible person who wants nothing more than to trust what people tell me. I was probably one of those kids that actually looked up “gullible” in the dictionary just to make sure it was there. I’m so pathetic.
Thankfully, we’re not a practical joke kind of family over here in our home of two (+ one fur baby). I was thinking about playing a practical joke, but the only thing I can ever think about to do is to tell people I’m pregnant. And, well — now, that’s just not so funny anymore — ha!
So instead of playing any kind of joke on my husband, instead I made us Mexican food. A lot of Mexican food. I want to eat nothing but Mexican food for the rest of my life, including this guacamole.
I actually couldn’t remember if I had a guacamole recipe posted anywhere. So instead of looking, I just made one. Because you know what they always say — two guacamole recipes are better than no guacamole recipes, right? Right.
For real though, guacamole is by far one of the easiest and most delicious foods to make on this planet. All you need is a couple of avocados, a tomato, an onion, some spices, and some lime juice. Write that down. Go to the store. Make this guac.
Unfortunately, it’s almost gone now. Incredibly tragic. Another incredibly tragic point? Spring break is over. Yes, I’m allowed to complain even though most hard working adults don’t get spring breaks anymore.
Perfect Guacamole (makes 1 cup)
- 2 ripe avocados
- 2 tbsp. chopped onion
- 1/2 tomato
- 2 tbsp. cilantro, chopped
- juice of 1/2 lime
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1/4 tsp. granulated garlic
- sprinkle of crushed red pepper flakes
Directions
- Begin by cutting your avocados in half. Remove the pits (I do the “stab with a knife, twist, and remove” method), and scoop flesh out with a spoon into a medium sized bowl.
- Using a fork, mash the avocados until they are chunky. Don’t mash too much because you’ll be adding and mashing more as you continue to make the guac.
- Chop and add your onion, cilantro, lime juice, and tomato to the bowl and stir well to combine.
- Finish by adding your spices, and add more to taste if needed.
Enjoy!
Oh, and just so you know — this isn’t the only Mexican recipe you’ll be getting this week. Just so you know…
Question: Did you fall for any April Fools Day jokes yesterday?
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You are too cute girl!
You must get your innocence from being surrounded by little ones all day.
That guac does look near perfect. Happy Monday!
haha I’m glad I portray an innocence!
This does look perfect! And my joke was to tell people I am pregnant, too. Some people believed it and I cried from laughing so hard. Then I scared myself into thinking that bad karma will make me get pregnant before I really want to… shoot.
hahaha - I wish it worked like that. Maybe I should have said I was pregnant then!
Teaching is hard, tiring work… we need those breaks! Sadly, I don’t have an official spring break, but I do have this coming Thursday, Friday, & Monday off!
No official spring break? That’s sad!!! When is your last day then?
June 7th… not even that early.
I was so glad that April Fools fell on a Sunday- I know my kids are going to try to carry it over to today. I’ll probably have fake spiders & snakes in my desk and all sorts of crazy stuff!…. I’m also super gullible too- but when it comes to the kids, I know it’s all pranks so I won’t be able to fall for any of it.
Yummmm! Mexican, the more mexican food the better! Bring it on! Happy Monday!
Thankfully none of my kids got me with any jokes!
My hubby fell for a joke from his sister’s husband yesterday. I knew better. She’s preggers and the baby’s due next month, and somehow my husband believed him when he said “figured out why Amanda’s been feeling so much pressure…TWINS!” haha
haha oh my gosh! I think they would have figured it out before 8 months, right?
Oh man this looks gorgeous..such pretty photos! I love guacamole, especially as a salad topper! No pranks played on me but I did the classic “salt in coffee” trick to my mom! Yes I am 23 going on to 12
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haha oh my gosh, I hope you made her a new mug!
I could eat guac everyday, twice a day. NO shame. This looks awesome
You and me both!!!
I didn’t really receive any jokes to fall for haha…which is good because I’m fairly gullible myself! And wow does that guac look awesome. I haven’t had any in a while. I feel a craving coming on
That guac looks so good! I think I’m going to have to get some Chipotle for lunch now…
Chipotle was my craving, so I made a burrito bowl with this!
I made guacamole this weekend, too … and it was my first time making it! Husband loved it so much that it was gone in about 20 minutes. Then I made a black bean and corn salsa on Sunday, and that was also gone in less tha 30 minutes! We love our Mexican food as much as you do!
I’m glad we’re not the only ones!!
The guac looks amazing but the pics are just as amazing!
I have never made my own guac, but once I have a real kitchen soon I hope to be making lots of stuff!
Happy Monday! <3
I’m so excited for you to have your new kitchen! It looks gorgeous in the pictures!
LOL! Our only April Fool’s joke is to tell people we’re preggo and that’s so not funny anymore!! I’ve never made my own guac, but this recipe looks simple enough for me!
I’m so gullible too! I hope you had a good weekend.
You too friend! Miss you!
Looks yum! How long does it last without going brown?
I’m so gullible it’s unreal luckily enough everyone around me forgot it was April Fools yesterday!
Well, I made it Sunday around 12 and today at 12 it wasn’t brown yet! If you don’t want it to brown, you could stick an avocado pit in the gauc and that will keep it nice and fresh!
Ooh great tip thanks chelsey!
I was a complete zombie yesterday and honestly didn’t realize it was even April fools until just reading this post. Guacamole is by far, my favorite dip to make! So easy and delicious!!
I hope you didnt fall for anything!
I’m right there with you. I totally forgot it was even April Fool’s so I was like “WTF is going on in the blog world???” Haha, oh boy . I need this guacamole.
hahaha! I was thinking the same thing!
I didn’t fall for any jokes except Julie’s on PB Fingers when she said her dog was pregnant. I’m going to chalk it up to it being the first post I read yesterday and I didn’t know the date
I managed to trick everyone on Facebook by telling them the vet said my cat Henry was actually a girl. I was surprised so many people believed me, his manhood is offended!
haha I fell for that for about 2 seconds!
Yum, looks great!! I tried a few April Fools’ tricks, sadly to no avail - my friends are just too smart
This guac looks amazing Chelsey! I usually love my mom’s but she uses some sort of seasoning packet that’s chock full of MSG. I’ll have to spring this one on her.
I also fall for every April Fool’s joke. I was happy to be on Spring Break and not at school or work for this year’s jokes, traveling kind of insulated me
Tis the season for guac!! So exciting.
eee! I know, right?
I love some homemade guac! It would be dangerous in my house though because my husband isn’t a big fan and I would want to eat the whole thing before it turns brown! Ha
There is nothing wrong with that!!!
oh my goodness, i just love you for so many reasons. for one, i am so glad to hear i’m not the only incredibly gullible person on this planet. i pretty much fell for all the april fools jokes yesterday too. i am pathetic. my husband loves to take advantage of the fact that i’m gullible all the time too… nice guy, right? sheesh.
for two, you already know how much i love mexican food too. you know what we’re eating if we ever meet in person! for three, i can’t get enough guac! i just made some the other night, and i licked out the bowl. no joke. i need to try out your version this week! yum!
We should meet up and go for mexican. at least once a week. Deal? deal.
That looks so good! I could easily eat that entire bowl by myself. I love Mexican that much…and I’m not ashamed
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I was already thinking about making some guac this week because I somehow came home with an entire bag of avocados from Trader Joe’s this weekend and now I am craving it like crazy! I usually make a recipe pretty similar to yours, so simple and quick.
April Fools sure did sneak up on me. I cannot believe it’s already April.
Your guac looks ahhhmaahhhhzinng. (Happy Endings Penny voice). I look forward to your next Mexican recipe this week. Happy Monday aka first day back from Spring Break
I can’t believe it’s April either! Where is this year going?
Julie had me fooled for like .5 seconds with her Sadie is having puppies post, but then I realized what day it was. We actually got engaged on April Fool’s 7 years ago. My parents thought it was a joke when we told them, that was awkward.
Our original dating anniversary was on April 1!!
Yum, that looks fantastic! And looking forward to more Mexican recipes- I am lover of the Mexican cuisine and men… hehe (My husband is from there)
And I am super gullable like you. I only fell for silly fb statuses… but a friend of mine’s husband had her get dressed-up to go on a date and ended at Jack-in-the-Box! Finally told her April Fool’s when they were about to order, too funny!
haha I love the “and the men” comment - hilarious!
Perfect looking guac and not sure if you changed your header just slightly lately? But your site looks great! Maybe it’s the green from the guac making things look especially good
I actually didn’t change anything! I haven’t, however, posted a recipe in quite some time, so perhaps you are just taken aback from that!
LOVE guac! I am so gullible too, so not fair. I want to trust what everyone says, therefore people laugh at me all the time. That doesn’t seem right now does it?
No, it doesn’t! We should be able to trust people. Argh!
Our friends told us they were having another baby (would be baby # 3) I was in the kitchen making something so I couldn’t see her face so I totally fell for it
I would definitely have fallen for that!
Ugh I am not a fan of April Fools because like you, I’m incredibly gullible. Growing up with two older brothers I fell for EVERYTHING- and never seemed to learn my lesson! Luckily no jokes were played on my yesterday either thank goodness! I’m with you- -I’d much rather celebrate with Mexican food!
I know so many people with birthdays on April fools so I never seem to get the chance but do anything but celebrate birthdays (instead of plan pranks) on that day! But, oh well, and I did not get April fools-ed yesterday but one day I hope to…just because I think it’d be fun!
haha you’re too funny - I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you for next year!
Oh that Guacamole looks SO good..Now you’ve got me craving mexican food, I may have to have some for dinner tonight. Also, I fell for every April Fool’s joke too, so you’re not alone
the whole “if you say gullible really slow it sounds like oranges” thing?
yeah….um….that one took me an embarrassing long time to get.
haha I don’t think I ever fell for that one!
I don’t mind the gullible pranks, it’s the mean ones that get to me. Anything that scares me or attempts to dump gross stuff on me. I can do without those.
haha me too!
Oh. There is nothing I love more than guacamole. I didn’t really fall for any pranks. Except my husband’s,”Do you want to go to Starbucks?” Rude. Lol.
MEAN!
I am not a fan of april fool’s day. like at all. that’s all i’m going to say about it.
This guac however, yes, please!!! I love making fresh guac, but have never thought to add a tomato to it, genius!!!
It gives it some great flavor!
I wish that I liked avocado! I think it’s a texture thing. They are so good for you though, I might just hold my nose while I eat it.
Really!??! The Husband doesn’t like it either. He claims the texture freaks him out too!
I got fooled by none and fools nobody yesterday! The day kinds just went unnoticed as 4/1. Oh well, yummy guac! I can never get enough of that stuff.
Lucky you!
I fully believed that my friend and her bf were engaged!!!
haha!
Id be more than thrilled to eat nothing but guacamole and Mexican food for the rest o my life too!
Mmmm that sounds yummy! I’m looking forward to more Mexican recipes!
I am too in love with guacamole. This made my day! And I keep hearing about all these April Fools posts yesterday but I didn’t read one
. How did that work? Ah well, I guess it saved me from looking as gullible as I really am!
haha maybe you thought they were real and didn’t even realize they were jokes?
Looks delicious — I love guacamole! Sadly, I’m the only one in my household who does, so I don’t have it very often.
On the bright side of April Fool’s Day — at least it was a day off school! I know I was quite happy that both April Fool’s Day AND St. Patrick’s Day (no pinching for non-green-wearing students!) fell on weekends. Bonus!
I make my guacamole with a similar recipe! It really is the perfect guac.
I have been craving some guac. I can’t wait to make this recipe!
Guacamole is one of my favorites! <3 What a great recipe, Chelsey!
I love love love guacamole. I have some avocados but unfortunately none of them are ripe yet!
I fall for every single april fools joke, and I hate it, haha! So dang gullible!
theres no such thing as too much avocado in my book, so keep em coming…
i actually kinda lose respect for people who say they don’t like avos. it doesnt make sense. theres something fundamentally wrong with them. seriously. <-whoa, judge-y much??
I’m just glad April Fools wasn’t on a school day. I fall for high schoolers’ pranks every year…
Love the guac!
I actually didn’t have ANY pranks pulled on me yesterday. I was shocked. Maybe all of my friends forgot about the holiday? Who knows. But, being that I’m extremely gullible, I wasn’t complaining.
And I’m definitely not complaining about this recipe either! I can’t believe I’ve never made homemade guacamole…bad vegan. It’s so simple! You can bet it’s going to become a staple in my kitchen this summer.
I did not get fooled, but we fooled my dad. My sister and I have been doing it for over 20 years now - it’s like a national holiday in our family! Look OUT!!
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