Guacamole is a snack I've always loved--my mom used to make it and my friends and I would all gather around the kitchen island, scooping it up and chatting for hours. That's something I remember really vividly from my high school days, and it was always so fun. Now I make a ton of it at a time and eat it with sweet potato chips or sliced cucumbers, in my lettuce wraps with turkey, and even on my scrambled eggs.

When preparing a batch, my mom and I always just kind of make it up as we go, but as I was getting ready to have friends over last night, I thought I'd write down the ingredients so you can make it, too! (I served this with these sweet potato tortilla chips and it was delicious! Our guests loved it.) I'd say my guacamole is pretty standard, so if you make it with different ingredients, I want to know--I'm always up for a little variety!

Ingredients (makes a large bowl):

• 4-5 avocados
• 1/2 teaspoon crushed garlic
• 1/2 chopped onion
• 1 diced jalapeño (remove seeds first)
• 3 tablespoons of your favorite salsa
• The juice of 1 1/2-2 fresh limes
• One bunch of chopped cilantro (or more/less, depending on how you feel about cilantro)

Instructions:

1. Place all ingredients in a large bowl (I like to use one with a lid so any leftovers are already stored for later).
2. Use a spoon or a mixer to combine ingredients until it's the consistency you like--I prefer mine on the creamier side but don't mind a few chunks.
3. Sprinkle with extra cilantro and serve with chips or sliced veggies. Enjoy!

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Sooner or later, there comes a time in every Paleo dieter's life when nothing in the world sounds worse than eating another egg. It happens to me about every four to six months, and that's where I am now. Scrambled, hard-boiled, fried--it doesn't matter--it all sounds bad.

We eat a lot of eggs, but after several weeks of living in a hotel and having nothing for breakfast but those catered buffet scrambled eggs every morning, it's smoothie time here in the Peterson household. But, in an attempt to make scrambled eggs less boring, last weekend I took a page out of my own book and made some Paleo "pizza eggs," and the results were pretty delicious!

Ingredients (serves two):

• Five or six scrambled eggs
• Four to five tablespoons of chopped pepperoni
• A quarter of an onion, chopped
• 1 teaspoon of crushed garlic
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
• 1 tablespoon of sugar-free pizza sauce, plus more for topping
• 1 teaspoon of extra virgin olive oil
• Fresh rosemary (optional)

Instructions:

1. Saute onions and garlic in olive oil over medium heat.
2. In a small bowl, combine eggs. Add them to the pan.
3. Stir the eggs as they begin to cook and some of the chopped pepperoni, oregano, crushed red pepper, and the tablespoon of pizza sauce.
4. When the eggs are cooked to your liking, plate and top with more pepperoni, a few spoonfuls of pizza sauce, and a sprig of fresh rosemary.

Rob started traveling to Charlotte for work every week almost a month ago and I immediately turned into a small monster, watching marathon sessions of Gossip Girl and The Office while eating microwaved hot dogs off of paper towels. I don't know why, but cooking for one suddenly sounded like the lamest, most complicated use of my time, and instead of having to clean up the kitchen and do any dishes, I thought it would be easier to just start eating like a really strange college student.

The truth is that I love to cook, I just tend to be a little lazy sometimes. A couple of weeks ago, I used some PAM when grilling those peaches with goat cheese and honey, and it was a quick but beautiful one-dish recipe that cleaned up so easily, so this week I decided to do a little round-up from my recipe collection to remind myself that there are plenty of things to cook that don't make a huge mess.  Most of them only require one dish or pan (and only two of them are wrapped in bacon)!

Grilled Peaches with Goat Cheese & Honey // Paleo Pigs in a Blanket // Easy Lemon-Garlic Broccoli // Paleo Chocolate Candy Bars // Bacon-Wrapped Avocados

Now you (read: I) have no excuse. Put that hot dog down--it's time to cook something!

Leaving up to 99% less residue, PAM is your ally in the kitchen and allows you to save time during prep and clean up.

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