Recipe Thursday: Chilled Cucumber Avocado Soup

I made this last week and it was AMAZING! So good and refreshing! Feel free to play with adding different herbs or other seasonings...just try not to add a lot (if any!) sodium! Enjoy!

Chilled Cucumber Avocado Soup


Nutrition Info
Calories: 95.0
Fat: 7.0g
Carbohydrates: 6.7g
Protein: 2.3g

Ingredients
1 chilled cucumber
1 avocado
2 scallions, chopped
1/4 cup mint leaves, chopped (can be left out)
1/2 cup well-shaken low-fat buttermilk
1 1/2 cups cold water
salt and pepper to taste

Directions
1) Cut cucumber into 3 equal pieces, then coarsely chop 2 of the cucumber pieces. Coarsely chop half of the avocado.

2) Blend together the chopped cucumber and avocado and the mint leaves, scallions, buttermilk, and water until smooth. Taste and season with salt and pepper as needed.

3) Chill soup, uncovered, 15 minutes.

4) Cut remaining cucumber and avocado in 1/4 inch pieces and stir into soup.

Number of Servings: 4