Cucumber soup

[Guest guest]

Penny, this sounds wonderful. Would you be good enough to clarify something for

me please?

Are cucumbers peeled? Which setting (Variable number? or High?) do you use?

Thanks, Kathy in Washington

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> I usually make Cucumber Soup and take a lot longer to make it with a food

processor (small) and then a lot of mixing. The Vitamix made it so fast and so

easy. One container and no chunks. It was so easy.

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> Cucumber Soup

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> 3 medium cucumbers (remove seeds- not needed with the vitamix)

> 2-3 garlic cloves

> 3 cups chicken broth (24 oz)

> 2 cups no-fat sour cream

> 1 cup plain nonfat yogurt

> 3 tbsp white vinegar

> 2 tsp salt

> 1 tsp pepper

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> I mixed the cucumbers, garlic and 1 can of broth. Then I added the remaining

ingredients. Not all the broth fit in so I used another bowl to stir it all

together.

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> Garnish with: tomato, green onion, sunflower seeds or parsley.

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> I know this was an easy recipe but I just got my mixer last week and I keep

trying things.

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> Next thing I want to try is my leek soup. I usually clean the leeks and then

boil leeks, potatoes and carrots for about 15 minutes on the burner. Do you

think I could do the same thing in the vitamix or just continue making it the

old way.

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> Thanx for your help

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[Guest guest]

In my experience, cooking veggies like onions and broccoli and carrots (I think Leeks would fall in this category) brings out a different (sweeter) flavor and "cooking" them in the Vitamix doesn't do the same thing. I don't think they really get "cooked" in the VM - just heated up. Which from a nurtritional standpoint might leave some enzymes "active" - or at the least might not have as adverse an effect on some vitamins??? BTW and FYI... I've placed my thermometer in my tortilla soup at a show and it only gets up to 165Regards,Lea Ann SavageSent via BlackBerry from T-MobileFrom: "Penny" <penbate@...>Sender: Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:54:05 -0000< >Reply Subject: Cucumber Soup I usually make Cucumber Soup and take a lot longer to make it with a food processor (small) and then a lot of mixing. The Vitamix made it so fast and so easy. One container and no chunks. It was so easy.Cucumber Soup3 medium cucumbers (remove seeds- not needed with the vitamix)2-3 garlic cloves3 cups chicken broth (24 oz)2 cups no-fat sour cream1 cup plain nonfat yogurt3 tbsp white vinegar2 tsp salt1 tsp pepperI mixed the cucumbers, garlic and 1 can of broth. Then I added the remaining ingredients. Not all the broth fit in so I used another bowl to stir it all together. Garnish with: tomato, green onion, sunflower seeds or parsley.I know this was an easy recipe but I just got my mixer last week and I keep trying things.Next thing I want to try is my leek soup. I usually clean the leeks and then boil leeks, potatoes and carrots for about 15 minutes on the burner. Do you think I could do the same thing in the vitamix or just continue making it the old way.Thanx for your help