Chilled Cucumber & Dill Soup from Mark Bittman for Souper (Soup, Salad, & Sammie) Sundays

I have been meaning to make this Chilled Cucumber & Dill Soup for a few weeks now, but I have been lazy--even though it requires little more than a bit of chopping and peeling, then chilling it until it's nice and cold. Although it rained hard last night and is supposed to rain even harder tonight and tomorrow, it's really warm and humid today so this soup sounded perfect.

It comes from Mark Bittman's Kitchen Express, a great little cookbook full of little recipe sketches. I have made multiple recipes from it on this blog and was surprised when this one popped up in an email, that I had never made this one. I love cucumber and dill and cold cucumber soup, so it was right up my alley. It says to serve with crusty bread and I saw this cheese bread in the shape of a hedgehog from a table at the month craft/gift/food fair near my house and thought it was cute, and that it would be a great accompaniment. 

Chilled Cucumber & Dill Soup

Slightly Adapted from Mark Bittman's Kitchen Express

(Serves 4)

Peel and seed three cucumbers. Chop them up and put in a blender with two cups of buttermilk, a half cup of sour cream, a tablespoon of olive oil, a couple of tablespoons of freshly chopped dill, a pinch of sugar, salt, and a splash of white wine vinegar. Puree and garnish with fresh dill. Serve with crusty bread.

Notes/Results: Just a simple cold cucumber soup--refreshing and good dill flavor. The crusty bread is fun and tastes good dipped into the soup. Easy enough to make, I would make it again. 

Linking up this Jacques Pepin recipe at I Heart Cooking Clubs for August Potluck. 

Now let's see who is in the Souper Sundays kitchen this week.

Tina of Squirrel Head Manor shared Potato, Pea and Chickpea Curry, from Donna Hay's Modern Classics, saying, "Besides the Mandarin chicken we also had tried a Donna Hay recipe - a Potato, Pea and Chickpea curry. ... Serve with steamed rice and cucumber yogurt."

Melynda from Scratch Made Food brought three dishes this week. First is Ham Bone Soup with White Beans, Sweet Potato and Kale, saying this soup is "one of the soups I make on regular rotation. Smoked ham broth, tender sweet potato chunks, creamy beans, and tender kale, ladled up in a steamy bowl of comfort food." 

Her second contribution gives a lesson in How To Make Borscht, saying "Borscht is just one of those soups people don't think about. But they should! ... And this version is loaded with vegetables for good health."

Finally she shared her One Cup Two Cup Three Cups Lentil Soup and said, "Lentil soup is one of the most delicious soups to offer your friends and family! But it does not have to be heavy with too many flavors."

Finally here at Kahakai Kitchen, I shared a Shrimp Cobb Salad and one of my favorite easy recipes for Creamy Blue Cheese Dressing from Ina Garten. It's perfect on a Cobb Salad or just a thick wedge of iceberg lettuce or a pile of lettuce, celery and radishes as pictured below. 

Thanks to Tina and Melynda for joining me this week! 

(If you aren't familiar with Souper Sundays, you can read about of the origins of it here.
 

If you would like to join in Souper (Soup, Salad, and Sammie) Sundays, I would love to have you! Here's how...

To join in this week's Souper Sunday's linkup with your soup, salad or sandwich:

• Link up your soup (stew, chili, soupy curries, etc. are fine), salad, or sandwich dish, (preferably one from the current week or month--but we'll take older posts too) on the picture link below and leave a comment on this post so I am sure not to miss you. Also please see below for what to do on your blog post that you link up to Souper Sundays in order to be included in the weekly round-up.
• Although we are pretty wide on what defines a soup, sandwich or salad, entries that are clearly not in the same family (ie: desserts, meats, random main or side dishes that aren't salads, etc.) are meant for another round up and will be deleted. 

and 

On your entry post (on your blog):

• Mention Souper (Soup, Salad & Sammies) Sundays at Kahakai Kitchen and add a link back to this post. (Not to be a pain but it's polite and only fair to link back to events you link up at--so if you link a post up here without linking back to this post or my blog on your post, it will be removed.)
• You are welcome to add the Souper Sundays logo to your post and/or blog (completely optional).

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Have a happy, healthy week!