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Family Kitchen
It’s a soup! It’s a dip!
I’ve discovered a trick that allows me to serve soup as a meal to my entire family — even though two members of that entire family hate the genre in general. My husband blended up the most delicious cuke-avocado soup last week, and at the last minute added some cooked shrimp. The kids love shrimp, so we reserved a few and served them on their plates with the soup masquerading as a dip. They weren’t exactly fooled, but they did manage to get a healthy dinner.
Chilled Avocado & Cucumber Soup with Shrimp
1 cucumber (peeled, seeded, and chopped)
1 cup buttermilk
A generous squeeze of lemon
1 tablespoon chopped scallions
1 avocado
Salt to taste
1 cup cooked shrimp
Blend all the ingredients except shrimp. Add shrimp at the end (or reserve a few for your kids) and chill as long as possible and up to one day.
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