Chilled Cucumber & Avocado Soup W/Mango Salsa (Vegan & No Cook)
Recipe: #23379
April 07, 2016
Categories: Avocado, Mango, Cucumber, Appetizers, Gluten-Free, Heart Healthy, Low Cholesterol, No Eggs, Non-Dairy, Vegan, more
"My fondness for particular ingredients seems to run in spurts. Right now I'm into recipes using oats, corn flakes & AVOCADO. I was in the middle of a full-on avocado spurt when I stumbled over a series of recipes using it. This is the 2nd that I promised to share here at Zazz. - Found at FOOD52dotcom & credited to Gena Hamshaw who every other Thurs shares satisfying & flavorful recipes that also happen to be vegan on her blog Choosing Raw. She gives green soups their moment in the spotlight w/this refreshing & creamy soup that comes together w/a flip of the switch on your blender & was also a contest winner. Now we're not vegan, but we do love to entertain & I try to target light starter courses that are make-ahead & easily served. This recipe certainly meets those goals. This is a NO COOK recipe & 20 min was allowed for the ingredient & soup/salsa prep. Enjoy!"
Ingredients
- FOR CHILLED CUCUMBER & AVOCADO SOUP
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- FOR MANGO SALSA
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (348.8 g)
- Calories 186.9
- Total Fat - 9.6 g
- Saturated Fat - 1.4 g
- Cholesterol - 0 mg
- Sodium - 232 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 27.8 g
- Dietary Fiber - 7.6 g
- Sugars - 10.3 g
- Protein - 4.1 g
- Calcium - 87.2 mg
- Iron - 1.9 mg
- Vitamin C - 50.5 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Blend all soup ingredients together in a blender till smooth, adding enough water to achieve a perfectly creamy texture (about a scant 1/2 half cup, but use your judgment).
Step 2
Toss the salsa ingredients together in a sml bowl.
Step 3
Transfer soup to 4 serving bowls, top each w/a half cup of the mango salsa & serve w/a wedge of fresh lime .. OR .. Store in a container & refrigerate for use the next day.
NOTE FROM ME & not a part of the recipe: My creative nature kicked in & it occurred to me that this would be ideal as a starter for a Tex-Mex meal. For that purpose, you could design another salsa - A combo of black beans & corn w/sml dice red onion, tomato & black olives sprinkled w/cilantro for example
Tips
- Standard blender, but a hand-held blender would be my choice