Cold Cucumber Avocado Soup

This cold cucumber avocado soup is the perfect low carb lunch on a hot summer day. It’s a healthy summer soup that you make in the blender with that just a few ingredients. This recipe is a great way to use fresh veggies from the garden and it takes just a few minutes to make. Each serving has 5.4g net carbs.

I think you will like this easy low carb avocado lime dressing.

It’s that time of year when my husband plops a couple of cucumbers from the garden on the counter and wants me to use them. Never mind that he doesn’t eat cucumbers so what ever I make I have to eat by myself.

So today I was in the mood for a cold blender soup to keep me cool. I had a few avocados, limes and cilantro and thought it would go great with his garden cucumbers. I through everything into my Vitamix high speed blender and made this cold cucumber avocado soup in a just a few minutes and no cooking involved!

I loved it because it had those southwest fresh and cool flavors and it was smooth and creamy. Plus it’s low carb and full of healthy yet simple ingredients so it would be great as a snack too!

Recipe ingredients I used and substitutions.

As I mentioned, I wanted to use some of the vegetables from our garden for this chilled soup. So the basic ingredients I used were our cucumbers, jalapenos and cilantro as well as avocado, garlic cloves, salt and lime juice and zest.

Cucumbers
If you can try to use cucumbers with the least amount of seeds like an English cucumber. If yours have a lot of seeds you can take them out or use a high speed blender to blend them up. You don’t want to peel them either as they have a lot of vitamins and fiber in them.

Ripe Avocado
This gives the soup a lot of that creamy texture and also thickens it. As a substitution you could try coconut milk. It would give this dish a bit of a Thai flavor too which I think would taste great along with the other ingredients. Plus it would thicken it as well. But the avocado has a lot of health nutrients and flavor so try to use it if you can.

You could also try some sour cream or Greek yogurt to thicken it up but it will add a bit of tang along with the sour lime so use sparingly. I have not tried this but you can try it out if you want.

Cilantro
If you don’t like cilantro you can substitute with other herbs like fresh parsley, basil, dill, etc. Or you can eliminate it altogether. However if you do like cilantro try to add it because it goes so well with the other ingredients.

Fresh Limes and Garlic
You can use bottled lime juice if you don’t have limes but then you miss out on the lime zest. You could try fresh lemon juice and zest as well but the lime is better. Also fresh garlic tastes better to me than garlic powder. But if you don’t have any you can use ¼ teaspoon of granulated garlic or ⅛ teaspoon of garlic powder in place of 1 clove.

Jalapeno Peppers
I wanted to use some of my hubby’s abundant jalapeno crop and love the taste of fresh jalapeno pepper. If you don’t want the heat, you can take out the seeds and scrape the ribs out but I keep it all there because I like the spice. You could use another hot pepper, sprinkle few hot pepper flakes or even add black pepper.

How to make cold cucumber avocado soup.

Step 1: Chop the cucumber into chunks and add to a high speed blender or food processor along with flesh of the avocado and the other ingredients.

When adding the jalapeno pepper, you can thoroughly clean out the ribs and seeds if you don’t want the heat and it should not be hot at all but will still have great flavor. I did not clean it out because I prefer it a bit spice but not everyone does.  

Step 2: Process or blend on high until the texture is smooth and creamy. Taste test and see if you want to adjust the taste. If it’s too thick you can add a bit of water, broth, or like even coconut milk for a bit of Thai flavor.

Or season with salt and freshly ground pepper if you think it needs it. I usually use black pepper in soup but since there was heat from the jalapeno I eliminated it.

I like this avocado cucumber soup nice and thick so I didn’t thin it out at all. But if you’d like to add more lime, cilantro or even garlic go ahead an add it a bit at a time to you get it your liking.

Spoon this refreshing soup into bowls and eat right away or refrigerate until ready to serve.

You can garnish this with fresh herbs or wedges of lime if you want. Even a nice thin slice of jalapeno would be cool on top. Today I was just eating it myself so there was no need for garnishes.

And that is all there is to it. It’s a quick and easy recipe to use fresh veggies from your summer garden and it will keep you cool in the heat. This is perfect starter for a summer dinner or as a light lunch.

Store leftover creamy soup in an airtight container. Please scroll down to view the printable recipe card.

More delicious and healthy cucumber recipes to try.

I love cucumbers in the summer time because they keep you cool and hydrated. Hear a few more delicious low carb cucumber recipes that you might like.

• Low Carb Shopska Salad – a combination of fresh tomatoes, cucumbers and fresh mozzarella cheese
• Low Carb Chopped Garden Vegetable Salad or Thai Spring Roll Salad – two great summer salads that use a lot of fresh veggies
• Keto Creamy Cucumber Salad – ribbons of cucumber, tomatoes and bacon in a creamy ranch dressing
• Keto Lemon Ginger Cucumber Noodle Salad – Asian flavors with cucumber noodles
• Low Carb Cauliflower Rice Tabouli – uses cauliflower rice instead of bulgur wheat in classical tabouli but includes cucumbers
• Keto Cottage Cheese Dip or Green Olive Dip – use cucumber slices with one of these tasty low carb dips

Well I hope you like this super easy chilled cucumber avocado soup this summer. It’s full of summer flavors and a good way to use fresh garden vegetables. You will feel good about eating it because it’s so healthy. Plus this cold soup will keep you cool and hydrated in the heat.

The nutritional information for 1 serving is: 180 cals / 14.8g fat / 12.3g carbs / 6.9g fiber / 2.2g protein = 5.4g net carbs