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 Vitamix 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
• silky smooth soup like this one
• bullet proof coffee and tea
• 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. 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