Healthy Recipes
Gazpacho
This famous cold soup is a refreshing summertime treat. And, it’s packed with lycopene–a phytonutrient that fights heart disease and helps to guard against several cancers, including prostate cancer.
Serves: 8
Time to Table: 1 hour
Healing Nutrient Spotlight
- Lycopene, phytoestrogens
- Excellent source of vitamin B6, folate
- Good source of protein, magnesium, potassium, copper
Ingredients
6 medium organic tomatoes
1 1/2 cups organic tomato juice
2 medium cucumbers, peeled
2 whole shallots
2 medium organic yellow bell peppers
1/2 cups organic red wine vinegar
1 16-oz can organic garbanzo beans (chickpeas)
1/3 cup organic extra virgin olive oil
1 whole organic lemon, juice
2 medium organic yellow onions
Preparation
Wash and prepare the vegetables. Core and finely chop the tomatoes; save the juice. Core, seed and finely chop the peppers, onions and shallots. Peel the cucumbers and slice them into quarters.
In a bowl, whisk together the vinegar, olive oil, reserved tomato juice, canned tomato and lemon juice. Place all the ingredients in a nonreactive (nonmetal) bowl. Cover and chill. Serve cold.
Nutritional Information
207 calories, 9.9 g total fat, 1.4 g saturated fat, 0 g trans fat, 6.7 g monounsaturated fats, 1.4 g polyunsaturated fats, 0 mg cholesterol, 205 mg sodium, 26 g carbohydrate, 5 g fiber, 7 g sugars, 5 g protein
[Ed. Note: Kelley Lunsford is the Founder & CEO of Healing Gourmet, a multimedia company that educates on how foods promote health and protect against disease. She is also the creator of Healing Gourmet's Personalized Nutrition Software and Editor-in-Chief of the Healing Gourmet book series published by McGraw-Hill, including Eat to Fight Cancer, Eat to Beat Diabetes, Eat to Lower Cholesterol and Eat to Boost Fertility. For more information click here to visit her website.]
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