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Chilled Zucchini and Avocado Soup
Inspired by a recipe from Gourmet magazine
Zucchini and avocado together–who would have imagined that these two ingredients could be partners in such a culinary triumph?! The creamy, nutty avocado plays off perfectly against the bright earthiness of the zucchini, and the buttermilk ties it all together with a perfect, comforting zing.
INGREDIENTS
1 medium zucchini, cut into 1/2-inch chunks
1 California avocado
1 cup buttermilk
3/4 cup ice cubes
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
1 1/2 teaspoons minced chives, or other herbs for garnish
1. Steam the zucchini until very tender, about 10 minutes.
2. Halve, peel and chop the avocado and add to a blender with zucchini, buttermilk, ice, lemon juice and cumin.
3. Puree the soup, adding more ice cubes until the desired thickness is achieved.
4. Pour into bowls and garnish with chives or herbs.
Serves 2 to 4
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add your comment »you could use plain soy creamer, like for coffee, or in baking adding a tsp of apple cider vinegar to a cup of soy milk is a nice buttermilk alternative.
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Dian, in one of my baking books, an alternative to buttermilk was to mix 3/4 cup of yogurt with 1/4 cup of milk. You can try that with the soy yogurt and milk or with rice milk and see how that tastes. I think the essence is to get that creaminess and tang of the buttermilk. I haven't tried the non-dairy yogurts yet so I'm not sure about that "tang".
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i ameant toadd a cucumber to that smoothie and needed to address the rice as rice dream to plend together
viva la vegan!!!!
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these tow green machines are also great in a smoothie adding rice or soymilk to blend them in with garlic and real salt to taste its quite satyfying!!! yummmmmm!
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I am also a vegan and will try it out with soy milk.
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It does sound great but as a vegan the buttermilk is a challenge. Any suggestions for alternatives?
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Sounds great.................
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