Imagine that you are having a party, the atmosphere is great, the music is good, the drinks are classy, exotic and the people are having fun. All sounds great, but something is missing from this picture: the food. For this I'm going to help you learn how to make guacamole from scratch so you can serve your friends with a tasty dish.

Learning to cook guacamole is easy but you will need a few things: 3 or 4 ripe avocados - they should be soft when squeezed, with a dark-green skin - 1 or 2 minced garlic cloves, about a quarter of a cup of lemon juice, 2 tablespoons of minced chives, one small tomato cut in cubes, salt so it may be tasty, salsa and tortilla chips.

Now that you have all the ingredients you are ready to learn how to make guacamole from scratch. First, cut each avocado in half working around the smooth pit. Take the halves of the avocado then take out the smooth part of it and scoop the avocado flesh out of the skins. Now, mash the avocado with a fork until smooth, but don't forget you don't learn how to make guacamole from scratch perfect from the first time, so  some chunks are OK. Maybe use a food processor for large amounts of avocado. The next steps are to add the minced fresh garlic, the lemon juice - make sure it's freshly squeezed, the chives and the cubed tomato. Make sure you mix these ingredients into a smooth composition and the add the salt and salsa for taste. Now that you have done all these thing all remains is to serve immediately with tortilla chips.

Because you want to learn about fresh guacamole recipes I'm am going to give you a few tips that were very helpful for me. First, if you know you won't be able to ripe the avocados, plan ahead and buy unripe avocados a week before so they have a chance to ripen themselves. Also, if you have problems mashing the avocados try using a potato masher. Second thing you should know: while learning how to make guacamole from scratch try to experiment with the recipe to find the version that you like the most. That means you can also add chopped cilantro, fresh garlic, jalapeno chiles or chile powder. The last thing there is to know on how to make guacamole from scratch and probably the most important thing is to know how to serve it. For this just get a cold beer from the fridge or maybe some margaritas if you are up for it and you should be good.

Now that you have learned about creating guacamole from scratch, go enjoy the party with your friends and  this tasty dish. Bon apetite !