Yellow Summer Gazpacho
It feels like ages since I have been able to do any decent cooking.
If my children aren’t eating some form of fried, processed pool food (horrors!), they are eating something I can whip up in 10 minutes. What is that, exactly? Let’s just say the Dalai isn’t opposed to serving bowl of cereal for dinner when desperate. Hey, I may add some bananas.
I got the most amazing, beautiful, local yellow cherry tomatoes in my CSA box that I couldn’t wait to make into gazpacho. This recipe comes from a good friend, wonderful cook, and talented artist. (who, coincidently, I just commissioned a piece of art from that I’ll show you soon)
The recipe is SO easy and SO good, it is redonculous. If you are a gazpacho fan, you will ADORE this healthy, vegan recipe.
Do you like how few ingredients there are? I like that. And the fact that I know what they are and have many on hand on a daily basis.
Chop a pound of yellow tomatoes, 1/2 yellow bell pepper, 1/2 yellow onion, one garlic clove and 1 small cucumber (seedless, or scrape out seeds of a regular one)
Process them in a food processor or blender in two batches for a few minutes until frothy.
You nearly done, but I feel like I should write more.
How about I tell you that my children are the biggest bunch of tattle tales in the universe? I keep telling them there is a sibling pact that they should follow, but they believe in the philosophy ‘every man for themselves’. As much as I try not to get involved, how can I resist when I hear Dalai Daniel called his brother a b-i-t-c-h. Yes, that’s right. It’s not a typo. My son is either going to be the CEO of Apple or end up in jail because he is a crazy hot head.
Phew, I feel better after getting that off my chest. Back to soup.
After you chill the purée for a couple hours at least, add the olive oil, white wine vinegar and salt. There, you are done! And now you have a soup that your children will not eat, so you can have it for lunch all week long. Clever.
- 1 pound yellow onions, roughly chopped
- ½ yellow bell pepper, seeded and chopped
- ½ yellow onion, chopped
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 small seedless cucumber, peeled and diced
- 4 Tablespoons white wine vinegar
- 6 Tablespoons olive oil
- 1¼ teaspoons kosher salt
- Blend the first five ingredients in a food processor or blender in batches.
- Process for a few minutes until frothy
- Refrigerate for at least a couple hours until completely chilled throughout
- Add the vinegar, oil and salt before serving.
- It is even better the next day!
I love that I have all these ingredients in my home right now! Consider this one a “DO” at Casa de Kiki.
It’s healthy, cheap, and easy. Like me.
Seriously, this really works perfectly with my fitness and weight loss goals (38 pounds and counting) this year.
So thank you – and please thank your talented friend from me! I’m diggin’ you KC ladies. :)
Hugs from California,
xxoo
I still am so impressed you have dropped 38 pounds. That is amazing! I bet you are feeling really good :)
And, yes, all KC women are as amazing as me. You must come for a visit!
Careful what your wish for – I’m the childless wonder who can fly at the top of a whim! I smell Girls night Out when kiddos are back in school. Thoughts? Hey, I’ll take a girls night IN if we can wear our jammies. xo
What, you don’t want me and my four kids to show up on your doorstep!?! I think it is a fab idea and have been thinking about hooking you up with some speaking gigs. Let’s chat offline soon!
Yes, for sure!
I’d love to share my story with young girls – talk about self esteem, etc. I’m huge on being an open book, and welcome a question/answer forum.
Exciting stuff.
ps: Making this soup tonight!
Curious if you have gotten any push back or hesitancy when approaching girls groups for speaking gigs because of your “stripper” past? I was laughing at the thought of going to an all-girls school next to me and saying, “I have this AWESOME ex-stripper that would be an amazing inspirational speaker!” lol :)
Gazpacho is a personal fav, will definitely try. Have you ever tried adding a peach to it?
Looks so good and what a beautiful color.
I know! I love yellow!
Oddly enough I have never really been a huge gazpacho fan. Perhaps I have never tried the right one – will make this one and let you know.
Well, if you are not a gazpacho fan, you may not love this on more…BUT you will not feel badly if you don’t like it because it takes five minutes to make!
I do get a variety responses – but mostly just interest in my story of how I pulled myself out of that life. When people find out I did it on my own, they are interested in how, why, when, etc.
It’s always hard, marketing myself as the “ex-stripper/recovering addict”, but after people get to know me, they realize, I am really no different than anyone else. Just trying to be the best person I can be – to love and be loved, etc. Just had a hard childhood, and made some poor choices.
The common thread I share (and speak about) is lack of self-worth. That manifests itself in many ways, and speaks to a large demographic.
A get a lot of emails from parents asking how they can keep their kids “off the pole”. lol
People love inspirational stories, and the crazier the life, the worse the story, the harder the struggle, the better. Everyone wants to hear how someone turned things around. It makes us all believe in the human spirit and realize that we can all change. And it makes our “problems” seems overcome’able. You are just reflecting our ability to preserve!