My comfort food for football season is guacamole. A great Margarita provides further assuagement.

Here are my recipes for both. The guac is my variation on a theme from a restaurant near Santa Fe and the margarita recipe was found somewhere in Alabama. Yep, Alabama.

Randy’s Guac Recipe

Ingredients:

3 avocados (make sure they are soft)
1 or 2 limes
2 cloves garlic minced (be careful not to overdo)
3 Roma tomatoes diced (not mush)
5 or 6 green onions diced
2 or 3 oz. cilantro chopped fine
6 oz. sour cream

1. Peel, remove core and mash the avocados into a smooth mush in a medium mixing bowl. Cut and squeeze the fresh lime juice all over the avocados. Add the minced garlic and stir thoroughly.
2. Cut the Roma Tomatoes into a medium dice and stir in.
3. Cut the green onions into a fine dice and stir in.
4. Add the chopped cilantro and sour cream and stir in.
5. Cover with saran wrap and refrigerate for 30-60 minutes.
6. Enjoy. I like it with Tostitos scoop chips.

Randy’s Signature Margarita Recipe

Ingredients:

4 lemons
12 limes
48 oz. water
1/2 cup Splenda or sugar (or to taste)
Harlequin Orange Liqueur
Your favorite Tequila

1. Squeeze lemons and limes into a large jar. Add water.
2. Stir in Splenda or sugar and mix well. That gives you the margarita mix.
3. For each drink, add 4.5 oz. margarita mix in a separate mixing container.
4. Add 1.5 oz. Tequila.
5. Add .5 oz. Orange Liqueur ( I prefer Harlequin, but Grand Marnier or in a pinch, even Triple Sec will do)
6. Stir well and add to a margarita glass with ice and salted rims if preferred.
7. Enjoy responsibly.

Question: What is your favorite comfort food and/or drink for autumn?

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