Cold Cucumber Herb Soup
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Recipe type: soup, cold soup, summer food, blender soup
Cuisine: paleo, vegan, vegetarian, whole30, simple
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Serves: 3
 
This amazing blender soup is filled with herbs, greens, and superfoods. It is so cooling, healing and delicious... and it's so simple!
Ingredients
  • 1 long seedless cucumber, unpeeled, cut into chunks
  • 1 garlic clove
  • sea salt and black pepper, to taste
  • 4 mint leaves
  • 4 basil leaves
  • ¼ cup plus 2-Tbs cilantro
  • ¼ cup plus 2-Tbs parsley
  • 1 cup arugula
  • ½ cup extra-virgin olive oil
  • 2 Tbs red wine vinegar
  • ½ a lime, with rind, cut up
  • 3 scallions, with roots, cut up
  • 1 cup dill
  • Garnishes: generous amounts of hemp seeds, halved grape tomatoes, chopped mint, lime zest, hot red pepper flakes (all optional... or, add whatever makes you smile)
Instructions
  1. Put all of the ingredients, except the garnishes, into your blender.
  2. Whiz it up until it's not completely smooth, but mostly smooth.
  3. Ladle into bowls and garnish as you like.
  4. Enjoy!
Recipe by Kitchen of Youth at https://kitchenofyouth.com/cold-cucumber-herb-soup/