Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Gazpacho

Nothing says summer like a big bowl of gazpacho.

Well, maybe there are some other things...like lazy days by the pool, or barbeque's, or no school, or....

But a big bowl of gazpacho combined with those things?  SUMMER.  Like I mentioned yesterday, I started making gazpacho at the Tea Room approximately 8 years ago (which seems like an incredibly long time ago considering I'm only 21...) and guess what?  I hated it.  I was such a picky eater back then.  Fortunately however, I slipped out of that nasty little phase and now I will eat anything and everything.  Anyways, it took a few years to warm up to this whole gazpacho thing but now?  I love it.

Gazpacho...
adapted from The Pioneer Woman 

Makes: 8-10 servings   Prep Time: 15 minutes   Cook Time: None!   Total Time: 15 minutes + 1 hour chill time

{Printable Recipe}

Ingredients:
2 cloves garlic, minced 
1 large zucchini, diced
1 large cucumber, diced
2 stalks celery, diced
1 red onion, diced
5-6 roma tomatoes, diced
dash of salt
dash of pepper
32 ounces tomato juice
1/4 cup olive oil
1/8 cup vinegar -- I used apple cider vinegar but any will do!
2 teaspoons sugar
6 dashes tabasco
optional seasonings: garlic powder, dill, 21 seasoning salute (from trader joes)
optional toppings: cilantro, avocado, sour cream


 Gather your ingredients.


 Chop up all of your veggies.


In a food processor combine half the zucchini, half the tomatoes, half the celery, half the onion, half the cucumber, half the tomato juice, olive oil, vinegar, a dash of salt and pepper, sugar, minced garlic, and tabasco.


 Pulse until all the ingredients are well blended.


Pour the mixture into a large bowl and add the rest of the veggies and tomato juice.


Stir it all together and check the seasonings.  This is where I added some of the optional seasonings listed above.  Garlic powder, dill, and 21 seasoning salute.  Add whatever your taste buds will like!


 Chill for at least an hour before serving.


I topped mine with cilantro and avocado.  A dollop of sour cream would be yummy too.


I also threw some pita on the panini press with a bit of olive oil and poured myself a glass of cucumber mint water to go with the gazpacho.  YUM.


Time to eat!


You can do it like this or....


Like this....Enjoy!

8 comments:

  1. I can totally relate to being such a picky eater "back in the day" haha but now I eat just about anything too.. well, except black olives. Keep those away from me. I love that you have a picture of your veggies in your chopper. I know for a fact that when I go to make this recipe (which I plan on doing!) that I would spend forever chopping up my veggies, and then with the last slice I would think, "oh yeah, shoulda used my chopper.." That has happened far too often! Ha! Have a wonderful night :)

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    1. Haha I feel the same way about canned peas! Iiick! So, unfortunately that's just my little tiny food processer and that's how I had to blend all of the ingredients after I chopped the veggies by hand! It took a few rounds but it worked just fine. One of these days I'll have a big beautiful food processor that can do it all in one batch :) Can't wait to hear what you think after making it!

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  2. Aha the tradition spanish soup, fab.

    You are welcome to join in my monthly food blogger event THE SOUP KITCHEN, here for entry details and current theme offering a new theme each month. All bloggers are welcome, hope to see you participate soon.

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    1. Great! I can't wait to check it out! Thank you for the invite!

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  3. Summer indeed...I love how you placed stripes on your pita bread, via the panini maker. LOve the combo!

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    1. Thank you! I loooove grilled pita! It's super duper yummy.

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  4. wow i cannot get over how lovely & full of deliciousness your blog is! keep the inspiration coming!
    xo
    http://allykayler.blogspot.ca/

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    1. Thanks for your comment Ally! People like YOU inspire me to keep this going! Hope to hear from you again soon :)

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