Monday, 8 July 2013

Chilled yogurt and cucumber soup - no cooking!

SERVES 4
Syns per serving
Extra Easy  Free
Original: Free
Green: Free

Preparation time 5 minutes
  • 2 large cucumbers
  • 4 spring onions, trimmed and finely chopped
  • 6 tbsp chopped mint leaves
  • 500ml / 18f1oz iced water
  • 400g /14oz very low fat natural yogurt
  • 2 tbsp raspberry vinegar
  • 1 tsp sweet paprika or cayenne pepper
  •  a pinch of ground cumin
  •  salt and freshly ground black pepper

  1. Peel and halve the cucumbers lengthways. 
  2. Using a small spoon, remove the seeds and discard.
  3. Chop the cucumber roughly and place in a food processor with the spring onions, mint and iced water. Blend until smooth.
  4.  Add the yogurt, vinegar, paprika (or cayenne pepper) and cumin, season well and blend again until smooth. 
  5. Transfer to a bowl, cover and chill until required. 

Recipe comes from Slimming World 30-Minute Meals 



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