Carrots 'N' Cake » gazpacho recipe http://carrotsncake.com Sharing My Life One Bite at a Time Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:28:01 +0000 en hourly 1 Guest Blog: Shortcut Gazpacho http://carrotsncake.com/2009/07/guest-blog-shortcut-gazpacho.html http://carrotsncake.com/2009/07/guest-blog-shortcut-gazpacho.html#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:15:30 +0000 Tina http://carrotsncake.com/?p=17857 Gazpacho 1Hey people! I’m Diana, the blogger behind Soap & Chocolate and the “You might be a health blogger” list. My blog is mostly about healthy eating and recipes both created and tried by me, your average twenty-something New Yorker workin’ hard for the money and cooking for one. I gravitate towards vegetarianism naturally, but that doesn’t mean [...]]]>



Hey people! I’m Diana, the blogger behind Soap & Chocolate and the “You might be a health blogger” list. My blog is mostly about healthy eating and recipes both created and tried by me, your average twenty-something New Yorker workin’ hard for the money and cooking for one. I gravitate towards vegetarianism naturally, but that doesn’t mean that meat doesn’t show up every once in a while. Above all, as much as I enjoy being creative in the kitchen, I don’t like to spend a lot of time in the process, so I will gladly take a shortcut when it doesn’t sacrifice quality or healthiness.

This is how I arrived at a recipe for “Shortcut Gazpacho,” which I’ll share with you now. I developed a love for gazpacho during a semester in Spain while in college, and to this day it remains something I look forward to when summer rolls around.

Gazpacho 1Ingredients:

  • 1 cucumber, cut into chunks
  • 1 bell pepper, de-seeded and cut into chunks (I used green)
  • 1 handful grape tomatoes, cut in half (or not…)
  • 1 cup of your favorite jarred marinara sauce
  • 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice (fresh or bottled)
Singular direction:

Chuck it all in the blender and let it go until everything’s smooth!

Makes about 3 cups of gazpacho, which serves two or three people, depending who they are… I enjoy eating this cold, so you might want to chill it for an hour or so before serving.

I like substituting jarred tomato sauce for additional tomatoes and herb/spice/garlic/onion combinations because it takes the guesswork (and additional chopping) out. Also, if you’re not much of an onion lover (like me), using the prepared sauce means the potency of any onion or garlic is already diluted a bit. And the more powerful your blender, the less pre-chopping of the fresh veggies you’ll need to do. This is pretty much a no-excuses recipe – you don’t even need to own any herbs or spices.

Gazpacho 2

I hope you get to enjoy this easy gazpacho as a seems-more-sophisticated-than-it-really-is starter for your favorite summertime meal! Try it and unleash your inner lazy chef.

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