This recipe for zesty lemon and herb guacamole is perfect as a healthy snack with vegetable sticks or tortilla chips. Full of lemon juice and zest, fresh coriander and spring onions, it’s a great way to eat healthily!
Well, after all the chocolate during Easter and my children's birthdays, things have been a bit quiet bloggingwise over the last few weeks. I've eaten far more cake and chocolate than is sensible. So, now is the time for me to make a healthy new start.
One of the ways I plan to do this is by making healthy snacks to take the place of all that cake I've been eating! This yummy lemon and herb guacamole is one of those healthy recipes. I realise I should have served it with vegetables sticks to be truly healthy but who can resist guacamole and tortilla chips! It also gave me a chance to use the beautiful Ooma Bowl that I've just received from UncommonGoods.
The ooma bowl is perfect for dips as it has two sides. I served tortilla chips in one side and guacamole in the other side. It would be just as good for houmous and all sorts of other dips. It rests on your legs quite easily and although I ate some of my guacamole outside on the decking, it would be equally good to curl up with on the sofa while watching a film. It's so much easier to have everything in one bowl, don't you think?
I plan to eat more vegetables and fruit over the next month. I am even tempted to challenge myself to eat 10 potions of fruit and vegetables a day for a week. Well, that's only an idea at the moment. In the meantime, another way of consuming more fruit is in juices and smoothies, which I'm also hoping to make more often.
I've made a lovely watermelon and orange juice which I find really refreshing and the children love too. It's simply a mixture of freshly squeezed orange juice and fresh watermelon. This time I chose to experiment with my Watermelon Keg Tapping Kit, also from UncommonGoods. It's a really simple device that allows you to attach a tap to the side of a watermelon and serve drinks inside. I'm sure it would make a great present for someone!
I know it would be fantastic at a party for adults with a little (or possibly a lot of) vodka added but as I'm trying to get my children to be healthier too, I kept it alcohol-free this time! Letting the children serve themselves from the watermelon keg is a great way of getting them interested in drinking fresh fruit juice too. Mine have an annoying habit of happily drinking juice from a carton but rejecting my own freshly made efforts!
If you do get one of these watermelon tapping kits, make sure you pass the juice through a sieve to get rid of any pulp before serving. Otherwise it can block up the tap. I discovered that the hard way!
More about uncommon goods
Uncommon Goods is an ethical independent retailer based in Brooklyn in the US. However they do ship around the world. They provide a marketplace for artists and designers to sell beautifully crafted goods made in harmony with the environment. Around 50% of their products are handmade and around a third incorporate recycled or upcycled materials. I found loads of things on their site that I would like and I do think they have some great birthday present ideas.
As well as the ooma bowl and the watermelon tapping kit, I was also tempted by these fun Mr Food Face Plates as I think they'd be a great way to encourage fussy eaters to try new foods.
My recipe for lemon and herb guacamole
If you're also trying to eat healthily this spring then do have a look at my zingy lemon and herb guacamole recipe below. As well as being great with dips it's also lovely with my homemade chicken fajitas!
By the way, if you are not looking for a lemon guacamole then I do have a classic guacamole with lime too!
More easy dip recipes
I love making dip recipes like this guacamole and this baba ghanoush and have quite few more that you might like too:
Recipe
Zesty Lemon and Herb Guacamole
Ingredients
- 2 ripe avocados
- 1 lemon
- 1 clove garlic crushed
- 1 spring onion finely sliced
- 15 g small handful of coriander cilantro leaves, roughly chopped
- Pinch Salt optional
Instructions
- Remove the avocado skins and stones.
- Grate the zest of the lemon onto the avocado. Squeeze the juice from one half of the lemon over the avocado. Mash well with a fork.
- Add the garlic, spring onion and coriander and stir in.
- Season and squeeze over a little extra lemon juice to taste.
- Serve with tortilla chips.
Notes
Nutrition
Disclosure: This is a sponsored post and I received free samples of the products mentioned. However, all opinions are my own.
Ray
Ah guacamole always causes controversy in our household. My wife likes the addition of red onion, garlic, Tabasco , jalapeño, and lemon juice plus seasoning. Whereas I go lime juice, red chilli, spring onion, NO GARLIC and coriander leaf and seasoning. After 17 years we have learned to compromise....
Corina
Some things are so hard to compromise over aren't they!
Kirsty Hijacked By Twins
Yum, yum, yum! I love avocado and guacamole is a definite favourite of mine! This looks and sounds perfect. Thank you for sharing with #CookBlogShare x
Corina
You're welcome and thanks for hosting! x
Ashley @ Big Flavors from a Tiny Kitchen
I love citrus in my guacamole - this one looks fantastic!
Corina
Thanks Ashley! I usually add lime but it turned out really nicely with lemon and this was the first time I'd added the zest too.
Eb Gargano / easypeasyfoodie.com
I am such a fan of guacamole and yours sounds such a delicious recipe 🙂 Love that cute little bowl too! Eb x
Corina
Thanks Eb! I'm sure I'm going to be using that bowl a lot now when I make things either for the blog or not! x
Eleonora
I love guacamole, cannot wait to try your recipe!
Corina
Thanks! I hope you enjoy it
Shaheen
I love guacamole and sadly dont make it enough, would love to tuck into this this evening when we sit and watch a movie. The watermelon keg has me curious too.
By the way, if you make a recipe with green vegetable or fruit like this one - please do consider sharing it with #EatYourGreens challenge that I am hosting
Corina
Thanks for the reminder Shaheen! I'm very happy to share with #EatYourGreens and will look forward to seeing all the recipes in the round up later.
Kate - gluten free alchemist
LOVE a good Guac! and what a cute bowl.... x
Corina
Thank you Kate x
Jo @ Jo's Kitchen Larder
Love your recipe for guacamole. It looks so fresh and vibrant with added coriander and spring onions. The Ooma bowl is so handy and pretty too!
Corina
Thanks Jo!
Annemarie @ justalittlebitofbacon
What a cute bowl! Perfect for holding that yummy looking guacamole and a little stash of chips or celery sticks. And I'm with you on wanting to eat more fruits and veggies.
Corina
It is a great bowl, isn't it? And I think guacamole is one of my favourite dips so I was very happy with this!
Kim @ Three Olives Branch
I LOVE a good guac, it looks so delicious! And that bowl is so cute and perfect!
Corina
Thanks Kim. I really am fond of this bowl at the moment - I love the way you only need one bowl for the dip and the sides!
Bintu - Recipes From A Pantry
Bookmarking this dish, love the addition of lemon and coriander. A perfect dip
Corina
Thanks Bintu! I hope you enjoy it.
Debra C.
Watermelon keg? I love it! What a fun way to enjoy watermelon and your guac looks absolutely amazing! You won't even have to tell the kids they are eating healthy, they will gobble it all down, as would I, YUM!!
Corina
Thanks Debra! I only got a small watermelon to try out the tapping kit but I'm looking forward to trying it again with a larger one soon and yes, anything that can get the kids eating healthily is a good thing!
Helen @ Fuss Free Flavours
I much prefer delicious and healthy snacks to cake, so this is a great recipe idea.
Loving the face plates from uncommon goods, I imagine all kinds of messy food fun with these.
Corina
Indeed! Kids just love being messy, don't they?