Hi Friends!
Happy Monday! Hope everyone had a fantastic weekend! Let me give you a quick recap of mine. I barely touched my computer all weekend. Which explains why last night I had 150 unread posts in my google reader.
Instead, I did some other fun things:
We had a garage sale all day Friday
We went out for happy hour drinks with friends
We stayed out for post-happy hour drinks with friends
We took lots of fun pictures in the sunbeam that was shining on our table
We had a garage sale all day Saturday
We found a garage sale mascot
We brought the boys out into the garage to hang with us
We had a cookout with my in-laws
I played with all the photography apps I have on my phone
We rode our bikes to get coffe on Sunday morning
I discovered the blur function on instagram
We donated all our garage sale leftovers to charity
I made a menu plan for the week for the first time in about a year
We played in our Sunday night sand volleyball league
And we won 🙂
Oh, and then this happened:
Yep…I put fruit in my guac. And I’m in love. Here are the recipes that inspired last night’s dinner:
I had ripe avocados…and I snagged a container of strawberries while we were out running errands on Sunday…but I also bought my first bag of peaches of the season! SO PUMPED. They’re my favorite fruit. Then, when I got home and tried to make the salsa, the avocados were too ripe. So I made guacamole instead. And since I was planning to put goat cheese in my quesadillas…and fruit goes well with goat cheese, I just went ahead and threw some strawberries and peaches into the guac!
So basically, use your favorite guac recipe, add fruit and voila!
Sweet & Spicy Strawberry Peach Guacamole
Prep Time: 5 min
Keywords: appetizer healthy avocado strawberry
Ingredients
- 2 ripe avocados
- 2 Tbsp cilantro, minced
- 1/4 c red onion, diced
- juice from 1 lime
- 1 jalapeno, minced
- 1 c strawberries, diced
- 1 c peaches, diced
Instructions
Mash the avocados in a bowl.
Stir in the cilantro, lime juice, onion and jalapeno Mix well.
Stir in the fruit.
As you can see, this isn’t so much a recipe as a summer guac modification!
Before we went to volleyball, I sauteed some onion, garlic, red and green peppers and black beans in a large pan with some cayenne pepper and paprika. I diced a sweet potato and microwaved it for 1 minute before adding it to the mix. Then I stuck the mixture in the fridge. When we got home, I pulled out the veggies, scooped them into tortillas with some mexican cheese and some goat cheese and tossed them on the George Foreman. When the cheese was melted, I topped them with guac and dug in! SOOOO GOOD!
The perfect summer weeknight din!
Enjoy!
–Lindsay–
oooh see? I always say I DONT LOVE THE GUAC.
With strawberries Id love the guac!!
ahhh that looks soooooo yummy!!!! AWesome combination!! And your weekend sounds fabulous. Love that the weather is getting warmer and we can spend more time outside!
Mmmm! Looks soooo good! I want me some fruity guac!
That sounds like a great weekend! I love garage sales.
I made pear-pom guac once and loved it. I am excited to try this now that peaches are coming in season!
who woulda thought?? yum!
That is SUCH a good idea — I love making guac but never thought to add fruit! And I always have salad with avacado and strawberries in the summer but yet I still never thought to marry the two flavors in guac! Love it.
PS. really glad you chose to disconnect this weekend, it is SO needed now and then, right??
I just do not know about this!! But it’s certainly nutritious 🙂 I’m sure it’s great.
Man, you are crushing the recipes lately! I literally want to make every single one you post!!
YUM! Strawberries and peaches are my two favorite fruits. The quesadillas sound awesome too. Can’t wait to give them both a try Friday night for a summer gathering 🙂
I kind of can’t believe I’ve never thought to put fruit in my guac considering all the other modifications I’ve made to it before! Genius, Lindsay!
you’ve got me craving quesadillas now!
Love this idea! My mom adds fruit to her guacamole as well, so this reminds me of home meals!
I’m so weird about fruit being mixed into things…I have this problem with fruit on salad too. I love everything separate! But, my love for avocados, strawberries, peaches and your review might just make me do it:)
This sounds great and looks like you had an awesome weekend!
What a fun idea – fruit + guacamole. I made a really basic one this weekend (really basic – mixed with salsa) — I obviously should have been more creative. 🙂
What an awesome idea!! I love love love my guacamole. I may need to try this variation soon!
Yum! I’ve been toasted corn in my guac, but never fruit! Love it!
looks delish! i’ve never had peaches in guac before. yum!
Now that sounds like a fun weekend, Lindsay! Except maybe the garage sale part. I’m pretty horrible at that 😉
I have never ever even thought of making guac sweet. Hmmm…I’m making guac tonight, maybe I should experiment 🙂
What a perfect weekend! It’s so nice to take a technology break, too. And wow- that guac looks divine! Can’t wait to try it- especially the peaches, mmmm!
umm yes PLEASE! that guac sounds awesome. it’s very intriguing to me… it’s something i don’t think i’ve ever seen before!
Ok this seriously looks awesome. Needs a little goat cheese 😉
Oh yum! This really is a recipe that I would love, love, love to try! I pinned it to make sure I remember to make it, because guacamole is kind of a favorite of mine, I never thought to add fruit!
Yummmmmmm! I added this to my favorite recipe folder. Thanks.
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This looks so yummy! Have you tried mangoes in your guac? We add it to the salsa and then mix it together. I love summer and all that fresh (and inexpensive) fruit!
Love me some sweet/salty/spicy combo, this sounds so good and refreshing, can’t wait to try with some “Late July” tortilla chips.
Quac is an addiction. Definitely going to try that!