Classic Margarita and Guacamole

Recipe by Catherine Pla

Makes 1 cocktail

Classic Margarita

Use a good quality tequila and you won’t need to add sugar, other than the sweetness in the orange liqueur.

Salted rims

• Lime wedges

• Kosher salt

Cocktail

• 2 oz good-quality blanco tequila

• 1 oz Cointreau or triple sec, or any orange liqueur

• 11⁄2 oz fresh lime juice

• Garnish: lime wheel

Salt the rims of the glasses by placing salt and on a plate. Wet rims of glasses by running a lime wedge around the edge. Roll rims through the salt. Set aside.

Fill a cocktail shaker halfway with ice. Add tequila, Cointreau, and lime juice and shake vigorously for 20 seconds. Strain into the prepared glass filled with fresh ice. Garnish with lime wheel.

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Recipe by Catherine Pla

Serves 8

Classic Guacamole

Delicious, nutritious, and vegan.

• 4 ripe avocados, peeled and seeded

• 1 small tomato, seeded and chopped

• 3 T minced red onion

• 1⁄2 jalapeno, minced (leave seeds in if you want more spice)

• Juice from two limes

• Zest from half a lime

• 1 garlic clove, minced or pressed

• 1 t kosher salt

• 1⁄2 t cumin

• 1⁄8 t cayenne (optional)

• 1⁄4 c loosely packed cilantro leaves, plus more for garnish

• Kosher salt and black pepper

Mash the avocados with a fork. Stir in tomato, onion, lime juice and zest, garlic, salt, cumin, cayenne, and cilantro. Add a couple of grindings of black pepper. Taste for seasonings. Serve with chips or vegetable crudités.