Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Things I Love: Summer Soups

I love soups. In the winter I really enjoy making soups, it is one of my favorite things to do on a cold Sunday. Chilled summer soups are also a favorite of mine. When I was at the gym the other day, I started craving a chilled cucumber soup. I used some ideas from several recipes to concoct my own hybrid version. Mots recipes I found used Greek Yogurt, I ended up using half an avocado to make my soup raw and vegan have a creamy consistently. I will be making this often during the hot summer.

In the mix: one peeled and chopped English cucumber, 1 celery stock chopped, 1/2 avocado, approximately just less then 1/4 cup chopped red onion, one garlic clove, small handful of cilantro, one seeded and de-veined jalapeno, lemon juice and Himalayan salt to taste. All blended until smooth.
I also made some fresh salsa to stir into my soup. One tomato, one garlic clove, 1/4 cup red onion, cilantro and half a jalapeno, lemon juice and Himalayan salt to taste all thrown in my food processor.
Finished soup:
Topped with salsa and chopped cilantro.
I always feel so clean after eating things like this!

12 comments:

  1. Wow, that looks amazing! Sounds de-lish.

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  2. I've been craving soup a lot lately, but I've never had a cold soup before. Maybe I'll have to try this one!

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  3. I've never tried cold soup before, that looks quite nice!

    Suzy

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  4. I swear the day after I eat cold veggie soup- particularly avocado Gaspacho- My workouts are 100% more effective. My pilates class and I have talked about this before - it totally is true.

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  5. This looks fantastic...I want to make it this weekend! I've been wanting to incorporate more clean/raw food into our diet!

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  6. this looks amazing!! i definitely want to try it... and i totally know what you mean about certain foods making you feel clean :)

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  7. Fantastic recipe! Perfect for the summer :) I am filing this away...

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  8. Oh man, I love food and this summer soup looks so delicious!

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  9. even your soup is gorgeous! how does one make soup look that good/!?!

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  10. oooh sounds cool! I should try this!

    <3

    http://vivalabreee.blogspot.com/

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  11. This looks like it is right out of a magazine. I love cucumber soup.

    :) Marcie

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  12. This sounds so good and refreshing! I just got some Himalayan pink salt from Sustainable Sourcing https://secure.sustainablesourcing.com and I think I'll try it out in this recipe. Thanks for sharing!

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