Daddy’s Guacamole

Avocado

13 Oct

We are fortunate that our home in Hong Kong has an Avocado Tree in the front garden. We love making the Chocolate Mousse out of our Avocados but Daddy’s Guacamole is also a firm favourite. Not only is it guaranteed to be Gluten Free and Dairy Free but it has an amazing flavour to it that you just don’t get from shop purchased Guacamole.

Daddy

This serves our family of 6.

Ingredients:

500 g avocado

7 cherry tomatoes

2 tsp chilli

Squeeze of lemon

Seasoning of Salt and Pepper

Optional:

Clove of garlic

Coriander

Method:

Slice the avocados in half, remove the pit and skin and place in a mixing bowl.

Mash the avocado with a fork until you have the consistency you like. We prefer chunky.

Add the remaining ingredients and stir together. I have made the garlic and coriander optional as not everyone likes the taste.

Taste and season as required.

Additional Notes:

Make the guacamole your own. Add lime instead of lemon or more chilli, less garlic and extra coriander.

Add Cayenne or Cumin spices.

Bacon, Chorizo can taste amazing in your guacamole.

My youngest likes chopped apples, mango and other fruits for a level of sweetness.

Add nuts for a crunchy addition.

Equipment Used:

Serving Bowl.

Freezing Notes:

You can use frozen avocado in this recipe. Simply defrost before use.

Recipe courtesy of Gluten Free, Dairy Free Family.

Gluten-FreeDairy-Free

Emma Alexander-Cook

My name's Emma. I've been living gluten-free for over 25 years, and I've been dairy-free for over five years.

Health and Auto-immune Diseases

I have auto-immune diseases and expected to be on medicine for the rest of my life, but I didn't want to live like that. My rheumatology Doctor was so supportive of the change I wanted to make, and with their help, I now manage my auto-immune diseases by being strict with my diet.

It can be quite frightening when you first find out you have to change the way you eat but for some of us' Food is our medicine.'

I have several websites, write blogs, and I'm currently in the process of writing a book.

I trained to be Holistic Health Coach, Meditation and Mindfulness Teacher and Certified Gluten Free Practitioner in order to heal myself, my family and others who find themselves on the same journey as myself.

Websites include:

www.emmaalexandercook.com

www.savemoneyfreezefood.com

www.livefreelovelife.com

www.cooksprojects.com

Photography

Our love for photography started on our travels. We wanted to capture images of the areas we travelled to both for our own records and for our family back at home. Some of these images were reproduced as watercolours. Our favourite images we display at home and friends often asked where we had purchased the pictures! Now you can purchase them online directly from us.

Coaching and Consultancy

Previously an IT Manager my skill set has come in very handy as I am both a Health Coach and also offer consultancy for small business starts up and fellow Health Coaches. This has included building websites and online profiles.

Our Family

Family is everything to me! We have a family of four boys where the age difference between the youngest and the eldest is 18 years. Two of our sons are also Gluten Free and Dairy Free. Emma is a Health Coach who specialises in helping individuals and families achieve their health and wellness goals. Ian runs his own business which began developing a Race Timer for diecast model cars.

http://www.glutenfreedairyfreefamily.com

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