Chilled Summer Avocado Soup

by Shawn July 07 Recipes and Culinary Fun

Did you know avocados are actually a fruit and not a vegetable? They are tasty and good for you too! They are loaded with potassium (more than bananas) and fiber. Try this light and tangy green soup on a hot summer day! And eat it with a nice peice of bread for dunking. Yum!

Ingredients

2 ripe avocados chopped
1 cup coconut milk
1 cup vegetable or chicken broth
zest from one lemon
2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
1 tablespoon basil chopped
2 teaspoons shallots minced
1 1/2 teaspoons salt

Instructions

Add all ingredients to a blender and puree until very smooth.
Refrigerate for at least 2 hours to let the flavors blend (can be made the night before).
Taste, Soup will taste very mild when first blended, but don’t add more salt at this point.
Final seasoning after cooling is done. Taste to see if you’d like more salt or lemon.

Shawn

Shawn is a second generation Adirondackee, parent, and now ADK’s active owner. Her parents bought Adirondack Camp in 1979 and she is proud that she is the reason Camp became coed in 1980. Shawn left her international energy consulting gig to join the ADK team full time in 2015. Shawn loves to hear the sounds of laughter rippling across the peninsual in the summer. She is an avid reader, traveler and baker (pumpkin muffins are her favorite). When she is not on the peninsula, Shawn lives in Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA with her husband Kevin,their children Zan, Arion and Amy, chocolate lab Moka and their two sweet felines, Olive and Curry.