The Absolute Best Gazpacho from the Lake Austin Spa

Nothing better to kick start feeling healthy by eating fresh, good tasting foods...at the end of the summer. No time than the present to begin and boy oh boy are you in store for a treat.

Watermelon Gazpacho

12 cups cubed, seeded watermelon

1 ½ cups peeled, seeded cucumber, coarse chopped

¼ cup each red, yellow and green bell pepper, chopped

½ cup fennel bulb, chopped

½ cup green onion chopped

1/3 cup chopped mint

2 tablespoons chopped Italian parsley

2 cloves garlic, minced

2 cups cranberry juice

½ cup lime juice

1 ½ teaspoons salt

1 ½ teaspoons Tabasco

3 tablespoons olive oil

Pulse all together in a food processor, keeping some texture.  

Chill.

freezes really well also...