SPICED STRAWBERRY WATERMELON GAZPACHO

Embrace spring’s bountiful produce with my Spiced Strawberry Watermelon Gazpacho. This pretty, pink, chilled soup is the perfect menu addition for your next spring soirée, baby or bridal shower, or anytime you’re hosting your girlfriends and want something fuss free, fresh and festive! This gazpacho is so simple, I almost can’t call it a recipe, but I popped over to a new organic market that just opened in my neighbourhood and was so inspired by the beautiful strawberries, basil and mini watermelon that I knew I had to channel them into this recipe. With just 10 ingredients (seasonings and garnish included!) this fruity spin on traditional gazpacho comes together in just 10 minutes

Prep Time 10 minutes

Servings 4

Ingredients

PICED STRAWBERRY WATERMELON GAZPACHO

4 cups watermelon
2 cups organic strawberries
1 cucumber approximately 1 1/2 cups
Juice from 1 lime
1 tsp jalapeño pepper
1/8 cup full fat coconut milk
1 tsp strawberry white balsamic vinegar
4 turns Himalayan Pink Sea Salt

GARNISH

Drizzle of fruity extra virgin olive oil
Squeeze of lime juice
1 turn of freshly cracked black peppercorns
Fresh basil leaves
Optional: strawberry slices cucumber slices, edible flowers, etc!

Instructions

Start with chilled produce. Chop all mince ingredients for the Spiced Strawberry Watermelon Gazpacho and add to your Vitamix (or similar).
Blend until smooth.
Pour into bowl and serve chilled (if you didn’t start with chilled produce, pop the covered gazpacho into the fridge to chill for for 30 minutes).
Garnish with a drizzle of fruity extra virgin olive oil, a squeeze of lime juice, 1 turn of freshly cracked black peppercorns and fresh basil leaves.
Enjoy immediately!