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Summer Soup

VegetarianSummerNo-Cook

Time: 50 minutes

Yield: 4 servings

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It's refreshing, it's delicious, and it stretches the definition of soup quite a bit! This Summer Soup is a cooling mixture of cucumbers, melons, and celery with a little pleasant warmth from the chiles. This emerald salad has a lovely accent of bright lemon yogurt to add extra tang and creaminess. The Summer Soup might be a little more chunky than other soups, but wow, it sure does impress!

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Ingredients

  • 4 hot house cucumbers, peeled and cut into a medium dice
  • 2 green onions, chopped
  • 1/2 honeydew melon, peeled and cut into a medium dice
  • 1 serrano chile, finely chopped
  • 1 rib celery, finely chopped
  • 1/2 cup rice wine vinegar
  • leaves from 2 sprigs fresh mint, chopped
  • leaves from 1/2 bunch fresh cilantro, chopped
  • extra-virgin olive oil, to taste
  • salt, to taste
  • 2 tablespoons low-fat yogurt
  • juice of 1 lemon
  • 1 tablespoon fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped

Directions

Step 1 -In a large bowl, combine the cucumbers, the green onions, the melon, the serrano chile, the celery, the vinegar, the mint, the cilantro, the olive oil, and the salt.

Step 2 -Put the bowl in a large pot of ice water to chill for 30 minutes.

Step 3 -In another bowl, combine the yogurt, the olive oil, the lemon juice, and the parsley.

Step 4 -Refrigerate the yogurt mixture until ready to serve.

Step 5 -Spoon the soup into bowls and top with the yogurt mixture or mix the yogurt into the soup.

Step 6 -Serve.

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