By National Gardening Association Editors

Ingredients
2 cloves garlic
2 slices white bread
1 cucumber, sliced
1/2 green pepper, chopped
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup olive oil
2 pounds ripe tomatoes
1/4 cup minced onion
1/4 cup chopped pimiento
1 teaspoon salt
black pepper
2 tablespoons wine vinegar
2 to 3 cups clear vegetable stock or chicken bouillon
1/2 cup fresh chopped mixed herbs, such as chives, parsley, basil or tarragon

Preparation
Crush garlic in bowl and add bread broken into bits, along with cucumber, green pepper, water and olive oil. (Don't balk at the bread. It gives the soup a great consistency, and after you blend it, you won't know it's there.) Allow this mixture to marinate for several hours. Then add cut-up tomatoes, onions, pimiento and salt and pepper. Puree in blender or food processor. Chill thoroughly.

Before serving, mix in vinegar, cold stock and herbs. Garnish with additional chopped green pepper, cucumber, celery, watercress, garlic croutons, bean sprouts or lime slices.

Serves 6 to 8

Together with Victory Seed Company:
Victory Seed Company Logo Victory Seed Company has all the seeds you want for your best garden in 2024.

For 25 years, the family-owned Victory Seed Company has provided the highest quality vegetable, herb and flower seeds to families across the country. We are passionate about providing you the best seeds available that give excellent germination, robust plants, and the harvest you want. With a catalog of over a thousand varieties, we have everything, and our prices are the kinds that we'd want to pay. We have hundreds of yesterday's heirloom vegetables, as well as today's award winning hybrid selections. Get to know us by visiting our website and browsing through our online vegetable seed catalog.

Today's site banner is by RootedInDirt and is called "Botanical Gardens"

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.