With so many One Simple Tricks, it’s easy to be wary of another simple trick. Here, however, is one that really is easy to do and, if you ever make guacamole you can try super easily. And if it doesn’t work, you can go back to not doing it.

What’s the One Simple Trick to never letting your guac go brown again? Water.

Oxidation At Work

I’m told it’s oxidation that turns your guacamole brown, so it makes sense that covering it in something airtight would work. But it doesn’t. You’ve got to seal plastic wrap directly onto your guacamole, then cover whatever container it’s in, ensuring no air gets in.

For me, this has never worked. The most recent trick I tried to keep anything avocado-related from turning brown was onions. Cut up a couple slices of onion and leave it in with the avocadoes. Did not work. And considering any good guacamole has a ton of onion in it I can assume the onion trick doesn’t work for guacamole.

Beat Out Oxidation

So how do you beat the oxidation? People suggest lemons or limes. I say, number one: give your guac a good blast of lemon or lime before eating, not before putting it away for the night. And number two: nope. Limes and lemons, at least for me, haven’t worked on keeping the brown down.

The new trick on the block is water. I suppose it makes sense, even though water has oxygen in it, keeping the guacamole underwater lets no “air” touch it.

Make Sure Your Guacamole Doesn’t Go Brown

Step One: make a delicious guacamole.

Step Two: when you’re done enjoying it for the evening, level out the guac in it’s container.

Step Three: cover your guac with ½ an inch of water, cover, and refrigerate.

Step Four: when you’re ready to eat it again pour the water out and stir your guac. Enjoy!

What’s There To Enjoy?

Well, avocadoes need no explanation as to why you’d want to enjoy them: full of healthy fats and vitamins E and C. Your body has a hard time getting unsaturated fat, which lowers bad cholesterol and blood pressure. One avocado gives you almost 20 grams of monounsaturated fat.

If your guac is full of tomato and topped up with lime or lemon, you’ll get some vitamin C too. If you make your guac with one avocado and one small tomato, and the juice of a lime, you’ll get nearly 50 milligrams of vitamin C, around half the recommended daily intake for men, and close to two-thirds of the recommended intake for women. Vitamin C makes your skin healthy and strengthens your blood vessels, tendons, ligaments, and connective tissues.

Each avocado used in your guacamole has 4.16 milligrams of vitamin E, more than a quarter of your daily recommended intake. Vitamin E is essential for good health because it slows oxidative damage to your cells. This damage is associated with aging and disease, so you won’t only be healthier, you’ll look it too. Muscles weakness and nerve damage are also associated with a vitamin E deficiency, so eat lots of guacamole or find other ways to get avocado into your diet.

Holy moly go enjoy your guacamole. And now you can enjoy it as much the second night.

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SOURCE: http://greatist.com/eat/stop-guacamole-from-browning-video