There is no better meal in my week than Saturday lunch. Without any pressures of work, it is very much wind-down time; the morning chores have been completed (today's involved taking a very unhappy cat to his check-up at the vet - and the more pleasant task of booking some flights to the sun...) and evening commitments are a long way off. I have always preferred eating at home to eating out, finding the formality and expectation of a meal out sometimes enough to ruin perfectly good food, but Saturday lunches epitomise casual, homemade and delicious meals at their best.
For today's lunch, I made a family favourite of gorgeous guacamole with a good salad of local salad leaves, fresh bread and good cheese. The recipe below is tried and tested and is sure to be appreciated by all - adjust the chilli to suit those eating.
2 ripe avocados
1 clove of garlic
2 ripe tomatoes
Half a red onion
Juice of half a lime
Fresh red chilli to taste
Generous bunch of coriander
A glug of olive oil
Salt and Pepper
Peel and chop the avocados and put into mixing bowl. Chop and de-seed the tomatoes, dice the onion and crush the garlic; add to the avocado. Add the lime and a generous glug of olive oil, followed by the coriander, roughly chopped. Add chilli to suit, and season with salt and pepper.
Serve in a pretty bowl with crisps, crudités or pitta bread.
