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Serve this cold soup as a light entrée, a lunch dish, or as a first course.
Start to Finish: 20 minutes
3 large ripe red tomatoes, cored, seeded, and cut up
2 medium cucumbers, seeded and cut up
2 medium orange sweet peppers, seeded and cut up
1 jalapeño, seeded and cut up
1 clove garlic, minced
1/3 cup lime juice
2 Tbsp. honey
2 Tbsp. fresh cilantro leaves
1 1/2 tsp. grated fresh ginger
1/4 tsp. sea salt
Ice cubes
Lime wedges and green onions
1. In a large bowl combine tomatoes, cucumber, orange sweet peppers, jalapeño, and garlic. In a food processor process mixture, half at a time, with several on/off turns until you have large chunks. Place all of the mixture in the food processor bowl. Add lime juice, honey, cilantro, ginger, and 1/4 teaspoon sea salt. Cover and process with several on/off turns until the mixture is just a little chunky. If desired, season to taste with additional sea salt.
2. To serve, place 2 to 3 ice cubes in each of four shallow bowls; ladle soup over ice. Serve with lime wedges and green onions. Makes 4 (1 1/4-cup) servings.
Per serving: 114 cal., 1 g total fat (0 g sat. fat), 0 mg chol., 114 mg sodium, 28 g carbo., 4 g dietary fiber, 3 g protein. |