Cold Summer Soup Perfection: Cucumber Avocado
Avocados were first used by the Aztecs and since have been highly sought after for their health benefits. Avocados are high in healthy mono-unsaturated fats such as oleic acid. They also have anti inflammatory properties and are high in potassium, magnesium, and fiber.
As such, they make a perfect ingredient for any most meals and fit most diets, including the keto diet. They also work beautifully for a cold soup, as they add thickness and creaminess that you seek for a good summer soup.
Here we combine avocado with popular cold soup ingredient cucumber, rather than featuring each solo. They truly are better as a duet, especially with the other ingredients and overall flavor. This cold cucumber avocado soup can even be turned into a dip, when you use less water, for chips or cut-up veggies.
Why is this avocado soup good for the keto diet and even high protein diets? Well, each 309 calorie serving offers 25 grams of healthy fats alongside 11 grams of protein and just 5 net carbs (total carbs minus fiber). Those are nearly perfect macros for the ketogenic diet.
Key Ingredients for a Cold Summer Soup
Hot soups are out when summer arrives, but that doesn’t mean you need to do without soup altogether. Instead, start making some cold soups for your lunch or perhaps as a starter for dinner.
Maybe you’ve made or tried gazpacho or cold cucumber soup? These are both longtime cold summer soup faves, but cold avocado soup has been trending.
Here we blend the latter two into one delicious cold soup: cucumber avocado soup. Ingredients include:
- Avocado: One of the most nutrition-packed foods on the planet, avocados are rich in fiber, vitamin K, folate, vitamin C and potassium, plus plenty of heart-healthy fats.
- Cucumber: A great detoxifying food, cucumbers contain compounds called cucurbitacins, which are known to support digestive function.
- Celery: Celery is high in antioxidants and beneficial enzymes, as well as fiber and certain vitamins like vitamin K.
- Lemon juice: High in vitamin C, it balances out the flavor with a little sour taste.
Other ingredients include sea salt, black pepper and fresh herbs like basil and parsley. Lastly, some crumbled raw cheddar or goat cheese on top. Yum!
How to Make Creamy Cucumber Avocado Soup
Place all the ingredients on your counter. Get out a cutting board and a good sharp knife. Peel the cucumber and chop roughly and place into a high-powered blender or food processor.
Next, scoop out the meat from a full avocado after removing the seed. Place into the blender. Chop up five stalks of celery and add to the blender.
Lastly, add the squeezed lemon juice, water, sea salt and black pepper. Blend thoroughly and pour into two soup bowls. Top with shredded raw cheddar cheese or goat cheese, along with fresh herbs. Enjoy!
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Creamy Cucumber Avocado Soup Recipe (or Dip!)
- Total Time: 35 min
- Yield: 2 1x
- Diet: Vegetarian
Description
Go beyond guacamole and use the mighty avocado for this delicious (and easy!) Creamy Cucumber Avocado Soup. It can also substitute as a great dipping sauce.
Ingredients
- 1 ripe avocado
- ½ cucumber, peeled
- 5 stalks celery
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice
- ½ cup water
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- 2 ounces raw cheddar cheese or goat cheese
- fresh herbs, such as basil or parsley (optional)
Instructions
- Place all ingredients (except the cheese) together in a high-powered blender or food processor.
- Blend thoroughly and place in refrigerator for at least 30 minutes
- Serve chilled and top with fresh cheese and fresh herbs.
Notes
You can also use this as a dip for chips or fresh veggies, use less water in the recipe so it’s nice and thick.
- Prep Time: 5 min
- Category: Soups, Side Dishes, Lunches
- Method: Blending
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bowl
- Calories: 309
- Sugar: 3.1g
- Sodium: 745mg
- Fat: 25.1g
- Saturated Fat: 9.1g
- Unsaturated Fat: 12.3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 13.6g
- Fiber: 8g
- Protein: 11.4g
- Cholesterol: 30mg
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13 Comments
Great read start to finish
Thank you for the reminder.I have pretty much always paid attention but as I now read this I will read more carefully the labels.Thank you also first the recipe I will try.I so appreciate your all your information.
There is no nutritional info for the cucumber avocado soup. Where would if find this?
We will be adding soon … in meantime, try MyFitnessPal
Made this for dinner tonight. Light & refreshing. My teenage niece thought it made a good chip dip. Thanks for all the great info and recipes!
If you leave out the water and thicken it up I bet it would make a great sauce over salmon
hello Doc. can i substitute lime for lemon. we don’t ave lemon in my country(Nigeria)
Yes!
Hi Josh
Your recipes are in general very good and have try many of them long time ago.
Thus wonder one small thing,,,have you checked out Dr. Ann Wigmores recipes!! You should try out mix with wheat grass juice, that is the juice no.1. Also wheat grass is mixed into many different recipes, together with avocado. Raw food is excellent food and more natural can’t be. However we need meat and fish also and together with a good salad, the mix is acceptable.
Thanks.
Antiinflammatory….. What about the cheese?
Avocado’s have anti inflammatory properties. Some people can do dairy fine in small amounts and not have an adverse reaction.
Love all the Great Recipes!
Thanks Darlene!