Soup Recipes: Chilled Cucumber Lemon Soup

09/18/2009 | 12:00 AM

Cucumbers act as a gentle diuretic and help strengthen your connective tissue, which is good news for your body - and great news for your feet. Try this refreshing cucumber soup.

Ingredients:

5 large cucumbers, peeled, seeded and cut into chunks
1/2 cup chopped fresh mint
1/4 cup chopped scallions, (2 scallions)
1/4 cup lemon juice
2 teaspoons freshly grated lemon zest
1 teaspoon sugar
2 cups crushed ice
Salt & freshly ground pepper, to taste

Preparation:
Combine cucumbers, mint, scallions, lemon juice, zest and sugar in a food processor: blend until smooth. Then add in the crushed ice and blend again. Season with salt and pepper and serve immediately in chilled bowls.

Serves 2

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