Hello all, a few things to explain off the top.
1. Sorry the colour in the photo is kind of off. Ive been inspired to work on my photo setup but my first foray didn’t work out. Better things to come down the road, promise.
2. I got a Blackberry and have been MIA from the interwebs as I’ve been struggling to get it setup. A $55 phone call to RIM later I’m all ready to go!
This one is another Barefoot Bloggers pick this time courtesy of Meryl at My Bit of Earth. What a perfect summertime pick! Fresh produce and no stoves or ovens to heat up. Sold. Plus I enjoy gazpacho. I’m not sure when or where I first had gazpacho but I kind of love it.
This was definitely an under 15 minute meal. The fruits/veggies just have to be roughly chopped by hand and then coarsely chopped individually in the food processor. Everything gets thrown into a bowl a with some liquid and you’re done. As Ina would say, “how simple is that?”
I followed the recipe exactly except that I topped the finished product with avocado. Why not?
Delicious, easy and wonderful. I served this with some garlic bread for a lightt dinner.
Gazpacho
Ingredients
- 1 hothouse cucumber, halved and seeded, but not peeled
- 2 red bell peppers, cored and seeded
- 4 plum tomatoes
- 1 red onion
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 23 ounces tomato juice (3 cups)
- 1/4 cup white wine vinegar
- 1/4 cup good olive oil
- 1/2 tablespoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
Directions
Roughly chop the cucumbers, bell peppers, tomatoes, and red onions into 1-inch cubes. Put each vegetable separately into a food processor fitted with a steel blade and pulse until it is coarsely chopped. Do not overprocess!
After each vegetable is processed, combine them in a large bowl and add the garlic, tomato juice, vinegar, olive oil, salt, and pepper. Mix well and chill before serving. The longer gazpacho sits, the more the flavors develop.
(Recipe via Foodnetwork.com)
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I topped mine with avocado as well – such a perfect delicious summery dish.
Avocado is a good addition. The soup was awesome.
So glad you enjoyed it! I also did the avocado, and it was really nice!
I have to agree. Mine came out pretty good as well. Though there was sooo much of it that I’m probably going to end up tossing at least part of it.