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Guacamole

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As my summer herb garden continues to thrive, It's time to make my guacamole and use some of that cilantro! Here's a recipe I have tweaked to SCRUMPTIOUS. Jill's Guacamole 3 avacados 1/2 med. red onion chopped 1 fresh lime 1/2  jalapeno pepper (next to bell peppers in produce section) 1 lg. tomato seeded and chopped 2 TBS chopped fresh cilantro or to taste (with fresh herbs in the produce section) salt and pepper to taste The most important ingredient in guacamole is the avacado If the avacado isn't the perfect ripeness, the guacamole will be bland. Select avacados by squeezing in the store. If they're hard, you can buy them for guacamole later in the week. If the fruit is overly mushy...don't buy it! A soft, but not mushy avacado is perfect. Start by cutting it lengthwise and twisting it around the large pit. Remove the pit... and scoop the pretty green stuff into a mixing bowl. Do this with all three avacados. Squeeze in the juice from one fresh lime. Avacados...