RECIPE: Sweet Pea Guacamole

You recoiled, didn't you, when you read Pea Guacamole?  Well, you're not alone!  I did, too, but everyone who tasted this loved it, and so will you.  It's a way to have "guacamole" when avocados aren't available.  No photo yet.  I'll be making it again next week and will add a photo (if I remember to take one!).  Trust me...it looks just like guacamole....

The first time I made this, I didn't want to add 2 T. of olive oil (high in omega-6) to the recipe, so I left it out, and it tasted terrible!  I added some fresh avocado and rescued the recipe.  In retrospect, avocados are high in fat (healthy omega-3) so I now use avocado oil instead of olive oil and I no longer need to use fresh avocados.  I'm getting the same healthy fat without buying avocados in winter.  (Winter avocados, grown in Mexico, fund Mexican drug cartels.  Summer avocados, grown in California, don't.)

I use Chosen Foods Organic Avocado Oil because LeadSafeMama recommends it.

Original recipe: Sweet Pea Guacamole

Sweet Pea Guacamole

Makes 2 cups

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 pound of frozen peas, preferably small ones, defrosted 
• 2-4 cloves of garlic, minced
• 1 t. Himalayan pink salt
  
• 2 t. cumin seeds, toasted and ground (or 1 t. ground)
• 1 small jalapeno*, seeded and minced (use 1/4 green pepper if you can't handle heat) 
• 2-4 T. avocado oil or 2-4 T. EVOO or 1 avocado
  
• Juice from 1 lime, about 2 T.
• Optional: 1/4 cup chopped cilantro leaves or microgreens 
• Optional: 2 T. minced red onion
• Optional: 1/2 cup cherry or grape tomatoes, white centers removed and then chopped.

INSTRUCTIONS:

In a mortal and pestle, pound the garlic with the salt until a paste forms.  Add the lime juice. 

Mash the peas, add the cumin, jalapeno, 2 T. avocado oil, and the garlic-salt-lime paste.

Taste and adjust seasoning, adding more avocado oil if it isn't as rich as avocado guacamole.

Stir in the tomatoes, onions and cilantro and serve as you would guacamole.    

*If you want to bother, you can roast and peel the jalapeno first.