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    Home » Recipe Roundups

    14 Chilly Soups That Will Keep You Cool on the Hottest of Days

    By Emmeline Kemperyd on June 14, 2024, updated June 12, 2024 - Leave a Comment

    On a sunny day, there's nothing quite like a bowl of cold soup to cool down. Here we've gathered 14 delicious versions that are perfect for those refreshing meals. From classic gazpacho to unique cucumber yogurt creations, these soups are not only tasty, but also very easy to make! So grab a spoon and let's get slurping.

    Summer Gazpacho

    The Best Vegan, Gluten-Free Summer Gazpacho
    Photo Credit: Urban Farmie.

    Delicious summer gazpacho made with simple, fresh ingredients - perfect cold soup for the warm weather and ideal for your summer BBQ needs!

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    Cucumber Chickpea Cold Soup

    Cucumber Chickpea Cold Soup
    Photo Credit: Easy Cooking With Molly.

    Learn how to make this easy and chilled cucumber chickpea soup that perfectly combines healthy and lots and lots of flavor.

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    Glorious Garden Gazpacho

    Glorious Garden Gazpacho
    Photo Credit: Hey Nutrition Lady.

    Chop, blend, chill, serve. Gazpacho is the simplest thing. It's quick, it's easy, and it's jammed full of straight up unadulterated raw food nutrition.

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    Cold Cucumber Soup

    Cold Cucucmber Soup.
    Photo credit: My Pure Plants.

    This light and refreshing cold cucumber soup is the perfect answer to a hot summer day. With fresh cucumber as its star ingredient alongside avocado, garlic, and flavorful herbs, it is a nutritious choice for any meal. It is also easy to make and ready in just 15 minutes!

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    Tarator

    Tarator: Cold Cucumber Yogurt Soup from Bulgaria
    Photo Credit: foreign fork.

    Tarator is a cold soup made with yogurt and cucumbers. This Bulgarian dish is perfect for a light meal in the heat of summertime and would be delicious with a slice of crusty bread!

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    Vegetarian Borscht

    Vegetarian Borscht Recipe
    Photo Credit: Foreign Fork.

    Vegetarian Borscht is a delicious vegetable stew with a signature deep red color. Made with beets, potatoes, carrots, tomatoes and more, it is often served with sour cream, dill and hard boiled eggs.

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    Gazpacho with Crispy Chickpeas

    Gazpacho with Crispy Chickpeas
    Photo Credit: Inquiring Chef.

    In the heat of summer few things are more satisfying than Gazpacho. To make this chilled Spanish-style tomato soup a meal, top it with protein-packed crispy chickpeas.

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    Watermelon Gazpacho

    Watermelon Gazpacho
    Photo Credit: Fried Dandelions.

    This Watermelon Gazpacho is your new go to meal when temperatures climb!  Raw fruits and vegetables come together for an amazingly fresh flavor that can’t be beat!  And just look at that color!

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    Chilled Beet Soup

    Chilled Beet Soup
    Photo Credit: Diabetes Strong.

    This is one of the easiest, healthiest, and tastiest soup recipes ever. You can make enough to fill your freezer in just 40 minutes! Put some boiled egg or chicken pieces on top for a perfectly nutritious meal.

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    Moorish Chilled Almond and Orange Blossom Soup

    Moorish Chilled Almond and Orange Blossom Soup
    Photo Credit: Tara's Multicultural Table.

    As the temperatures outside start to rise, this soup is a delicious way to cool back down.

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    Oi Naengguk

    Oi Naengguk (Korean Chilled Cucumber Soup)
    Photo Credit: Tara's Multicultural Table.

    Oi Naengguk is a Korean chilled cucumber soup that is the perfect banchan (side dish) for hot days. There is no cooking involved and preparation is less than 10 minutes.

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    Chilled Cantaloupe Soup

    Chilled Cantaloupe Soup
    Photo Credit: Platter Talk.

    This chilled cantaloupe soup takes just minutes to blend together. A couple of lime wedges, a splash of orange juice, and of course a cantaloupe, and you're good to go with a new taste sensation that's as easy on the eyes as it is on the palate.

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    Chilled Avocado Soup

    Chilled Avocado Soup
    Photo Credit: Avocado Pesto.

    Super creamy and light vegan chilled avocado soup topped with diced onions, cucumbers and chili oil. Made in minutes and perfect on a hot summer day!

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    Chilled Blueberry Soup

    Chilled Blueberry Soup
    Photo Credit: Platter Talk.

    This is the perfect cool-down for a long summer day. This cold blueberry soup goes together quickly and will make you wish that summer will never go away, no matter how high the temperature is reading.

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    About Emmeline Kemperyd

    Emmeline Kemperyd is a writer, food blogger, recipe creator and food photographer and the founder of alwaysusebutter.com. She has more than 20 years of experience creating and simplifying recipes so they taste good, and are quick, easy, and approachable. She is a regular contributor to MSN  and her work has been featured by The Guardian, Well+Good, Vulture, SheKnows, Good Men Project, Daily Kos, The Grio, The Asian Parent, and The Feed Feed, among others.

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