Eat Well: Summer Soup Roundup

Nothing says summer like soup... JK! Nothing says summer like COLD soup. SO! I've rounded up my favorite summer soup recipes, lifted from the archives of WWW's Eat Well posts. Enjoy!

WWW’s Cold Zucchini Soup (6 servings)

6 medium-large zucchini, cut into chunks

1 large onion (or two small ones)

1 teaspoon curry powder

4 cups vegetable broth

1 ½ cups buttermilk, yoghurt, or kefir (from humanely raised cows, of course!)

1 teaspoon salt

pepper to taste

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Chilled Cucumber-Yogurt Soup (Modified from Moosewood)

4 cups peeled, seeded, chopped cucumber

2 cups yogurt

1 clove garlic

2 teaspoons fresh mint leaves

1-2 Tbs. honey

1-2 teaspoons fresh dill

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Carrot and Orange Soup (modified from The Silver Palate)

4 T butter or olive oil

2 cups finely chopped yellow onions

2 lbs carrots, peeled and chopped

3 cups vegetable stock

1 cup fresh squeezed orange juice

salt and pepper to taste

grated fresh orange zest to taste.

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Wendy’s Gazpacho

4 vine-ripened tomatoes

1 large sweet cucumber (Japanese or hot house cucumber)

1 small red onion

2 stalks celery, strings removed

1 red bell pepper, cored and seeded

1 seeded and finely chopped jalapeno pepper (if you like it spicy)

2 cloves garlic, minced

3 cups R. W. Knudsen Very Veggie juice (or tomato juice)

¼ cup red wine vinegar

¼ cup good quality olive oil

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

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Russian Cabbage Borscht (two ways)

2 T butter or olive oil

1 chopped onion

1 ½ cups thinly sliced potato

3 large beets, thinly sliced

1 large sliced carrot

1 stalk chopped celery

½ cabbage, chopped

6 cups vegetable stock (more if needed)

salt to taste

black pepper

½ tsp dill weed or 1 T fresh dill

2 Tbs. apple cider vinegar

2 Tbs. honey

1 cup tomato puree

Toppings: sour cream and dill

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What about you guys? What are some of your summer soup go-tos? Are you a cold soup fan? (ED: Hal and I have been devouring the Trader Joes Gazpacho because we're too lazy to make our own. It's pretty good, I think. Nowhere near WWW's, obviously, but decent.)

xo,

GGC & WWW