This creamy cold cucumber soup uses avocado, as well as mint, parsley, yogurt and buttermilk, to make a refreshing green summer soup that requires no cooking.
Yield: 4 servings of roughly 1⅓ cups each
Difficulty Rating: Easy
Nutritional Highlights: Cucumbers have one of the highest water contents of any vegetable – about 95%. Plus they’re fairly low in calories and provide critical vitamin K, needed for bone health and blood clotting. Avocados are a nutrient powerhouse providing only 50 calories in one-fifth of a medium avocado, yet nearly 20 vitamins and minerals.
*Gluten-free notes: Check the yogurt’s label, as some brands are still working on clearing all ingredients in their natural flavoring to be GF. Also, some dairies add “food starch-modified” to buttermilk, which is not gluten-free, so check the label.
Tips & Notes
• Lemon or lime juice on cut avocado helps prevent browning, but don’t cut the avocados until you’re ready to pop them in the food processor.
• English cucumbers, which probably don’t need to be seeded, are perfect for this recipe. Traditional cucumbers are probably more budget-friendly.
In a large food processor bowl, combine cucumbers, avocado and green onions, and process until smooth. Add the mint, parsley, yogurt, buttermilk and lemon juice; process thoroughly. Add salt and pepper, and blend until all ingredients are thoroughly processed.
Chill at least 30 minutes. Garnish with chopped green onions or chives if desired.
Yay, a raw soup, great idea! Avocados are perfect for that (kind of like a smoothie!) but the cucumber is a great idea too. Thanks for sharing this with Sunday Night Soup Night, look forward to seeing you again soon!
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Yay, a raw soup, great idea! Avocados are perfect for that (kind of like a smoothie!) but the cucumber is a great idea too. Thanks for sharing this with Sunday Night Soup Night, look forward to seeing you again soon!
Absolutely love it. My father used to drink buttermilk in the summer; i’ve never tried it.
Bet it’s great in this soup.