Cold Cucumber Soup with Avocado & Lime (low carb blender soup)

This cold cucumber soup with avocado & lime is the perfect low carb lunch on a hot summer day. One of the summer soups that takes just a few ingredients and a high speed blender! Only 5.4g net carbs.

I think you will like this avocado lime dressing or this cucumber slaw with margarita dressing too!

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. Well I had a few avocados, limes and some cilantro hanging around and thought they would be good together. So I threw everything in my high speed blender and in seconds I had this tasty cold cucumber & avocado blender soup! It was rich and creamy and very satisfying as a cold low carb soup.

The best high speed blender IMO

First a note about my Vitamix blender. I bought it on QVC years ago and have used it at least once a day, everyday. It makes such wonderful smoothies, ice cream, purees and silky smooth soup like this one. I also use it for bullet proof coffee and tea as well as mousse too. I’m sure there are other really good blenders out there too but I have definitely got my money out of this one and wanted to share that with you. 

 

Cold Cucumber Soup ingredients

As I mentioned, I used some vegetables from our garden, specifically a large cucumber and a jalapeno. Of course there is also avocado, lime juice, lime zest, garlic, salt and cilantro. I think next time I will try some coconut milk too. It will give it a little bit of Thai flavor I think. 

Some notes about this cucumber recipe

First of all this is very thick as you can see from the photos or from the little video below. You can thin it out with water, chicken broth or as I suggested above, some coconut milk. Secondly I used half of a jalapeno that I thoroughly cleaned out the ribs and seeds. It was not hot at all. I think next time I’m keep the seeds and ribs in because I like heat. But not everyone does.  Lastly, taste add a bit more of any of the components you like. You might want to use more fresh garlic or cilantro or like me more jalapeno. Go for it!

Well I hope you like this super easy summer soup recipe! It’s a good way to use fresh summer vegetables and you will feel good about eating so healthy. 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