Chunky Garden Gazpacho
Ingredients
15 ounce can tomato sauce (1 1/2 C.)
2 Tbsp. red wine vinegar
1 medium tomato cut in 1/2 cubes
1 small sweet red pepper chopped
1 clove garlic finely minced
1 scallion chopped
1/2 tsp. black pepper
2 Tbsp. olive oil
1 Tbsp. honey
1 medium green pepper chopped
1 stalk celery chopped
1 cucumber seeded and chopped
1/2 tsp. hot pepper sauce
Cooking Instructions
Garnish: herbed garlic croutons, dollop of plain yogurt topped with finely minced fresh chives, finely shredded lettuce, or minced parsley, (optional) in a med size mixing bowl, combine tomato sauce, olive oil, vinegar and honey. Stir in remaining ingredients. Top each serving with one of the above listed garnishes. Serve chilled. Makes 4 to 6 servings. Variations: add 2 tsp. chopped fresh mint leaves; omit hot pepper sauce for a thinner soup, stir in tomato juice or vegetable cocktail juice to desired consistency. Serve with a substantial salad, and/or a cheese platter.
"All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another flesh of birds, and another of fish." (1Corinthians 15:39)
