As some of you know, I'm currently on the HCG diet and have a VERY limited list of foods I am allowed to eat for the month that I am actually using the HCG injections. Needless to say I'm getting a little bored with my food choices, so I've found myself getting creative. Luckily it is summer time, so I have easy access to lots of fresh fruits and veggies.
I've been doing tons of plain sliced tomatoes and cucumbers, but I decided I wanted to switch it up some, so I did a search for cold cucumber soup recipes to defeat the boredom. Lots of the recipes look incredibly delicious, but include ingredients I can't have at this time, like avocado, and sour cream (but OMG they make my mouth water!!) I wound up modifying and combining several different recipes and came up with an amazingly tasty solution, that I'm going to share with you.
Ingredients
-3 Large cucumbers (or 6 pickling cucumbers), I used a mixture of both
-1/2 c. water
-1/2 lemon juiced
-garlic (my diet requires me to use garlic powder, but if you don't have any restrictions like that and have fresh garlic available go ahead and mince a whole clove of garlic)
-salt
Peel and dice up your cucumber and put in blender or food processor, blend until everything is smooth, and a liquid texture.
Add in the water (give or take depending on how runny or creamy you like your soup), and lemon juice.
Continue blending as you add in the garlic (I used about a 1/2 tsp of garlic), and salt (about 4 or 5 shakes).
Go ahead and taste it just in case you want to add more seasoning, and you are done. Go ahead and refrigerate it to chill before serving. The longer you can let it sit the more the flavors will come out, so keep that in mind as well, if you like it less or more spicy.
Then enjoy your yummy summer soup!!
