A couple years ago I had a really bad experience making homemade salsa.  To make a long story short, it was late, I burned my eyes, burned my hands,  ruined 2 pairs of contacts, and had to wear glasses (which I don’t like) for a month..  I love homemade salsa, but since this incident, I’ve shied away from cutting hot or acidic foods.

Shortly after this incident, avocados and Ro-Tel were on sale.  I don’t know what prompted me to check out the can because I had never used it before.  A typical guacamole recipe contains tomatoes, chilies, cilantro, lime, onions, avocados, and maybe some spices like garlic, salt, and pepper.  Ro-Tel Mexican has all the fix-ins for guacamole except for the avocados… and thus began my recipe experiment!

World’s Easiest Guacamole Recipe

2 avocados – peeled and mashed

1 can Ro-Tel Mexican – spoon into mashed avocados, until it tastes right to you.  You can drain the lime/spice juice or add in a little or lot, depending on what you like. Mix it up.

Enjoy!

And now for the experiment part…

How to Grow an Avocado from Seed

Did you know you can take your avocado seed and grow it? Yep!  Mine is currently about one foot tall and starting to get woody at the bottom of the stem.  It’s taken about one year to reach this point, so it will definitely teach your kids about patience, as it did with me.  I truly am an impatient gardener!

Score the seed a couple times

Insert 3 toothpicks evenly spaced around the seed

There’s a spot on the flatter side of the seed – this needs to face down

Place the seed spot-side down at the top of a glass filled with water.

Let it set.  When the water gets murky, pitch it and get fresh water.  (Or you can use bits of charcoal).  In 2-6weeks, you’ll get a root!  (Mine took about 1 month.)

At this time you can plant it in a pot and let it take off!  When it reaches 1 foot, pinch it back to 6-8 inches.

If you want more information, be sure to check out the Garden Helper, who is the one who gave me the idea to try this out.

Have you planted any unusual seeds (from food or otherwise)?  Did it grow?

If you’re interested in more recipes you can check out my food and recipes pages.  If you want to know what I’ve been up to this week, visit my front page!

I’m also participating in the following carnivals today!  You can find many more recipes here:

• Finer Things Friday @ The Finer Things in Life
• Food on Fridays @ Ann Kroeker’s blog
• Foodie Fridays @ Designs by Gollum
• Friday Feasts @ Mom Trends
• Fight Back Fridays @ Food Renegade
• Homemaker Monday’s @ 11th Heaven’s Homemaking Haven
• Mouthwatering Monday’s @ A Southern Fairytale
• Tasty Tuesday @ Balancing Beauty and Bedlam
• Tempt My Tummy Tuesday @ Blessed with Grace
• Tuesday’s at the Table @ All the Small Stuff
• Tackle it Tuesday @ 5 Minutes for Mom
• Works for Me Wednesday @ We Are THAT Family
• What’s Cooking Wednesdays @ Tales from the Fairy Blogmother
• What Did You Bake Today @ The Krazy Kitchen