Friday recipe: gazpacho

30 Jul

Friday recipe: gazpacho

The tomatoes in my garden aren’t quite ripe yet, but when they are I’m going to be making lots of this gazpacho and every other tomato recipe I can get my hands on.

When it’s cold out, I love a big bowl of tomato soup with a grilled cheese sandwich, but when it’s hot out, gazpacho hits the spot. I was skeptical of cold soup when I first heard of it, but it’s so refreshing on a hot day!

What’s your favorite tomato recipe?

Gazpacho
4 cups tomato juice
2 cups chopped seeded tomato
1 3/4 cups chopped seeded unpeeled cucumber
1 cup finely chopped yellow bell pepper
1 cup finely chopped red bell pepper
1/2 cup finely chopped red onion
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/4 cup chopped fresh basil

Directions
1. Combine all ingredients except basil in a large bowl; cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes or up to 24 hours before serving.

2. Ladle the gazpacho into soup bowls; top with basil.

Posted in Healthy Cooking

About the author - Andrea Cooley

Andrea Cooley gets paid to post on Facebook and Twitter (among other things) to promote Des Moines University to prospective students. She is a Midwest girl at heart, but loves to travel around the country visiting friends and family. If Des Moines had mountains or an ocean she’d never leave. Before joining the DMU marketing team, she was an editor for Country Home magazine. She’s still a little obsessed with magazines, so if you want to talk about decorating, remodeling or gardening projects she’s your go-to girl.

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Posted by Master MBA on 30.07.10 at 6:50 am

Love your Gazpacho recipe! It is hard to think of my favorite tomato recipe, there are so many it would be hard to pick one. So, I guess I would have to choose any recipe that included fresh tomatoes and lots of garlic! Thanks again for the recipe.
Posted by namecheap coupon on 30.07.10 at 6:50 am

My mother still makes the exact same thing. If I don’t want to eat it as soup, it doubles as a pretty good salsa too!
Posted by Andy on 30.07.10 at 6:50 am

Hi Andrea, I tried the sweet potato fries. They were yummy!!! Thanks for such recipes. I also love tomatoes. I will try this one this weekend. Till then…. Good bye!!!
Posted by Kath Stuart on 30.07.10 at 6:50 am

can I use dried basil instead of the fresh one?
Posted by Ishita on 30.07.10 at 6:50 am

Hi Andrea your Gazpacho is a good recipe. I love it… I eagerly wait for your next recipe.
Posted by Marc on 30.07.10 at 6:50 am

Gazpacho – the name is so appealing and so the preparation. It doesn’t involve cooking rather than hand mixing and so the nutritional values remains intact. I hope the preparation will be tasty enough along with the cheesed sandwich. Thanks for this recipe.
Posted by John on 30.07.10 at 6:50 am

This is a great summertime recipe. No heat in the kitchen and very nutritious. Thanks for posting.