A Refreshing 55-Calorie Snack

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A Refreshing 55-Calorie Snack
Fri, 05-02-2008 - 8:23am
A Refreshing 55-Calorie Snack


With warm weather just around the corner, it's the perfect time to freshen up your ideas about soup. Either as a light lunch or a prelude to dinner, cold soup is great for cooling down and filling up your tummy—especially after a workout. How does ripe, juicy vegetables, rich olive oil and a kick of garlic sound? Exactly. For an itty-bitty number of calories, gazpacho delivers big, big, big on the yum factor.


GAZPACHO


Ingredients:


  • 3 cups tomatoes, red ripe, seeded and diced
  • 2 cups red bell pepper, diced medium
  • 2 cups red onions, diced medium
  • 1/2 cup celery, diced medium
  • 2 cups cucumber, diced medium
  • 1 teaspoon garlic, minced
  • 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
  • 2 cups organic vegetable juice
  • pinch cayenne
  • 1 teaspoon cumin

    Directions:


    1. Mix diced tomato, peppers, red onions, celery and cucumber together in a medium bowl. Divide the mixture in half and separate in two bowls.


    2. Add garlic to one of the bowls and empty into blender. Add vinegar to the blender and puree until smooth.


    3. Add the vegetable juice, cayenne and cumin to the blender. Blend. Add the puree to the bowl of diced vegetables.


    4. Refrigerate overnight. Garnish with lemon and cilantro.


    Makes 8 servings.


    Nutritional Information: PER SERVING - 55 Calories, 1g fat, 2g protein, 13 g carbohydrate, 237 mg sodium

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