Cool Cucumber Soup

A chilled cucumber soup recipe for summer. Cooling cucumbers combine with fresh dill, onions and garlic for a smooth creamy cold cucumber soup that is vegetarian, vegan, and very refreshing.

Ingredients:

• 2 tsp vegetable oil
• 5 cucumbers, chopped
• 3 cloves garlic
• 2 onions, diced
• 2 1/2 cups vegetable broth
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh dill
• pepper to taste
• 1 cup soy milk

Preparation:

In a large saucepan, heat the oil over medium heat and sautee the cucumbers, garlic, and onions until onions are transparent, about 6 minutes. Add the broth and simmer until the cucumber is soft, about 15 to 20 minutes.

Remove the soup from the heat and transfer to a blender or food processor and blend until smooth. While the mixture is still warm, stir in the dill and season with pepper.

Chill. Stir in the soy milk just before serving.

Reprinted with permission from The Compassionate Cook Cookbook.

More Vegetarian and Vegan Soup Recipes:
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Quick and Easy Tomato Rice Soup
Cream of Carrot Soup
Easy Pumpkin Soup Recipe
Vegan Cream of Asparagus Soup
Easy French Onion Soup
Cheesy Potato Soup
Basic Miso Soup Recipe
Red Pepper Gazpacho
Basic Gazpacho
Spinach and Mascarpone Soup
Pumpkin and Coconut Soup
Watermelon Gazpacho
Vegetarian Bean and Barley Soup
Vegetarian Lentil Soup
Gingered Carrot Soup
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Fat-free Cucumber Dressing

Use fat-free yogurt to make this cool cucumber fat-free salad dressing. Super quick, super easy and super healthy!

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cucumber, peeled
• 3/4 cup plain fat-free yogurt
• 5 fresh mint leaves
• 1/2 tsp lemon juice
• 3 ice cubes

Preparation:

Process all ingredients in a food processor or blender until smooth.

Serving size: 2 tablespoons

One serving fat-free cucumber dressing provides approximately:
Calories: 13, Calories from Fat: 0
% Daily Value:
Total Fat: 0.0g, 0%
Cholesterol: 0mg, 0%
Sodium: 15mg, 1%
Protein: 1.1g
Vitamin A 1%, Vitamin C 1%, Calcium 5%, Iron 1%

Looking for more fat-free salad dressing recipes? Here are a few to try:

• Quick and easy fat-free dijon vinaigrette
• Fat-free raspberry vinaigrette dressing
• Fat-free vegan red wine vinaigrette dressing

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Cucumber and Hummus Sandwich

In his recent book Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease, Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn shares this healthy and high-fiber recipe for a vegetarian and vegan hummus and cucumber sandwich. Dr. Esselstyn recommends using a no-tahini hummus in this recipe.
See also: More vegetarian sandwich recipes

Ingredients:

• whole grain bread
• no-tahini hummus
• cucumber slices
• chopped fresh parsley or cilantro
• roasted red peppers

Preparation:

Toast whole-grain bread and spread with lots of no-tahini hummus.

Cover no-tahini hummus with a layer of peeled cucumber slices, slightly overlapping.

Sprinkle chopped parsley or cilantro over sliced cucumbers. Top with roasted red peppers.

Dr. Esselstyn says, "This is a little messy to eat, but worth the drips! Roasted red pepper all by itself is also good."

Scroll down for more vegetarian sandwich recipes to try.

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