{"id":5909,"date":"2025-07-22T10:09:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T15:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cooking2thrive.com\/blog\/?p=5909"},"modified":"2025-07-22T10:09:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T15:09:10","slug":"cold-dog-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cooking2thrive.com\/blog\/cold-dog-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Cold Dog Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The first novel I read by Stephen Dobyns was Cold Dog Soup<\/em>. It\u2019s hilarious black humor. I\u2019m thinking about it today because it\u2019s too hot to eat anything that\u2019s not cold. That makes me think of cold soup which makes me think about that book. (Thanks for taking a little tour of how my mind works!) Okay, my first thought may have been ice cream, but my second was definitely cold soup.<\/p>\n\n\n

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I make a mean cucumber and honeydew soup that would taste delicious today, but my introduction to cold soups was gazpacho. Where I live, gazpacho does not contain bread, but traditional gazpacho includes stale bread, tomatoes, cucumbers, onion, garlic, bell peppers, olive oil, wine vinegar and salt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many variations have developed in modern times that substitute watermelon or strawberries, avocado or grapes, and other suitable options for tomato and bread. Strawberries with shortcake could make a delicious dessert soup combo. I\u2019d probably add some heavy whipping cream or serve the soup with whipped cream on top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whatever the ingredients, technique and texture vary between regions and individual cooks. With tomato versions, I prefer a style made with chunky vegetables and less liquid that is akin to Castilian varieties. But when it\u2019s hot outside, keeping the soup cold is even more important than the texture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chilled bowls are great for serving cold food! Insulated bowls are even better! YETI and S\u2019well offer insulated bowls. Haweek sells a food flask that travels with a foldable spoon and a lid that functions as a bowl. There are many brands and many versions. You may already have something in your cabinet that will work perfectly to keep soup chilly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some cold soups can be adapted into smoothies or milkshakes for an entr\u00e9e level experience. Many of my lunches in high school were strawberry, banana milkshakes from Dairy Queen. They used fresh strawberries and bananas blended into vanilla ice cream. They were delicious, filling, and cold!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Living under a heat dome, we\u2019re advised to drink lots of water and watch electrolytes. One doctor described this as putting a pinch of salt in our water. That sounds awful to me, but a cold soup with a little salt offers both fluid and something to help keep my electrolytes in balance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re going to include cold soup in your menu plan, here are a few options:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asparagus Bisque<\/strong> \u2013 asparagus, chicken broth, water, leeks, olive oil, salt, pepper, garlic, spinach, cream, lemon juice<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Avocado<\/strong> \u2013 avocado, cilantro, lime juice, garlic, hot pepper, veggie broth, cream, or yogurt<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cantaloupe<\/strong> \u2013 cantaloupe, mango, yogurt, honey, ginger, fresh mint<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cucumber<\/strong> \u2013 cucumber, green onion, lemon juice and zest, salt, pepper, veggie broth, sour cream<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Farmers Market <\/strong>\u2013 sweet corn, tomatoes, yellow bell pepper, onion, olive oil, cider vinegar, salt and pepper<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gazpacho<\/strong> \u2013 tomato, cucumber, bell pepper, other peppers, garlic, onion, vinegar, olive oil, salt<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Strawberry Coconut<\/strong>\u2013 strawberries, yogurt, orange and lemon juice, sugar, coconut cream, vanilla, ginger, cinnamon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vichyssoise<\/strong> \u2013 leeks, onion, potato, cream, and chicken stock<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In general, the prep for these soups includes cleaning the fruits and vegetables chopping, pureeing, seasoning, and chilling. That\u2019s pretty much it. And you can adjust any ingredient to taste and garnish with whatever sounds good. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I love easy. I love cold in summer. I love savoring the flavor of fresh ingredients combined in interesting ways. I\u2019ll be taking the heat out of my meals with cold soups until this heat dome is gone. Join me!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The first novel I read by Stephen Dobyns was Cold Dog Soup. It\u2019s hilarious black humor. I\u2019m thinking about it today because it\u2019s too hot to eat anything that\u2019s not cold. That makes me think of cold soup which makes me think about that book. (Thanks for taking a little tour of how my mind … Continue reading “Cold Dog Soup”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3871,935,3872,934,3874,3873],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cooking2thrive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5909"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cooking2thrive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cooking2thrive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cooking2thrive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cooking2thrive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5909"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cooking2thrive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5912,"href":"https:\/\/www.cooking2thrive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5909\/revisions\/5912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cooking2thrive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cooking2thrive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cooking2thrive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}