South-of-the-Border Deviled Eggs

Ingredients

• 1 small avocado ripe peeled coarsely chopped
• 1 tablespoon ranch dressing mix dry
• 2  green onions finely chopped
• 12  hard-cooked eggs peeled
• 2 tablespoons mayonnaise 
• 0.5 cup mild salsa 
• 2 tablespoons juice of 1 mandarin (cut crosswise then tablespoon into jar over a strainer) sweet

Equipment

• bowl

Directions

1. Slice eggs in half lengthwise; carefully remove yolks, keeping egg white halves intact.
2. Mash together yolks and avocado in a medium bowl. Stir in green onions and next 3 ingredients until smooth. Spoon yolk mixture evenly into egg white halves.
3. Sprinkle evenly with chili powder, if desired. Cover and chill at least 1 hour or up to 24 hours. Dollop with salsa just before serving.
4. Cathy Dodson, Knoxville, Tennessee