Cold Summer Soups
Substantial yet refreshing, this cool soup can be made in minutes. Choose a crisp, flavorful cucumber with pale green (rather than watery white) flesh for optimal flavor. Leave the peel on for extra fiber and flavor if the cucumber is organic and unwaxed. Read More→
Print This Post
Here’s a nearly-instant cold soup. Cucumbers are undoubtedly one of the most refreshing of veggies. So on a very hot day, if you want to be as cool as one, serve this lilting cucumber soup. Read More→
Print This Post
Potatoes, green beans, and quinoa make a refreshing trio in a cold summer soup. Read More→
Print This Post
Lettuce isn’t just for salads. Blending it with cucumber makes a light and delicious soup. Recipe contributed by Jennifer Cornbleet, from Raw Food Made Easy for 1 or 2 People, revised edition. © 2012, Book Publishing Company. Read More→
Print This Post
Fresh herbs add spark to the flavor of this nearly-instant summer soup. White beans make a creamy base for soups, dips, and sauces and are quite companionable with the ripe tomatoes of summer. Read More→
Print This Post
Here’s an almost-no-cook (actually completely no-cook if you like raw corn) soup that’s perfect for midsummer. Lettuces are abundant in gardens and in farm markets, and if you find yourself with too many heads, this soup will take two of them off your hands and out of your fridge! Fresh corn pairs perfectly with the lettuce in this mildly curried, refreshing chilled soup. Read More→
Print This Post
I love making cool, refreshing soups that need no cooking at all on hot summer days. This one is nothing like the classic Indian soup of the same name, but has a personality all its own. Adapted from Vegan Express by Nava Atlas. Photo from Orchard House Heirlooms. Read More→
Print This Post
