Cold Soups are Refreshing During the Hot Summer
By itself, avocado soup makes a wonderful summer appetizer, or paired with cornbread, and dessert, it is a full meal for your family or guests.
I have included the recipe for the soup, and for a cornbread side dish.

Soup!: Hot and Cold Recipes for All Seasons
Ingredients
1 medium avocado2 cups milk
2 Tbs. dry sherry
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. ground cumin
fresh black pepper
cayenne pepper
1/2 cup minced green chilies (canned)
1/4 cup finely minced red onion
Tortilla chips, for garnish
Preparation
Peel and pit the avocado. Cut it into 1 inch pieces. Place the pieces in a blender jar or a food processor fitted with a steel blade, and puree until it is very smooth. Put avocado into a bowl.Add all remaining ingredients, and mix well. Adjust seasonings per taste to suit your taste. Cover the bowl tightly, and chill until very cold. Float a generous handful of tortilla chips on top of each serving.
You can also garnish with chopped cucumber, and sour cream or plain yogurt.
Takes 15 mnutes to prepare, plus time to chill.
Makes four servings.
Serve Your Avocado Soup in the Perfect Avocado Bowl
Progressive Avocado Bowl
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This is such a cute guacamole bowl and always gets compliments or questions as to where I bought it.
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Garden of Eatin' Blue Chips
To sprinkle on your soup
Garden of Eatin'® Blue Chips, 1.5-Ounce Bags (Pack of 24)
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Make Your Own Yogurt at Home to Garnish Your Soup
Green Chili and Cheese Corn Bread
The perfect side to your avocado soup

Ingredients
1/2 cup flour2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1 1/2 cups yellow corn meal
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1 large egg
1/4 cup diced canned green chilies
1/4 cup grated jack cheese
Preparations
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter an 8 inch square pan.Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
Stir in the corn meal.
Crumble in the brown sugar. Mix these ingredients together, with a fork, until they are well blended. Make a bowl shaped well in the center of the dry ingredients.
Beat together the egg and the sour cream or yogurt. Pour this mixture into the well in the center of the dry ingredients.
Mix with a spoon. The batter should blend easily with a few swift strokes.
Add the green chilies and the cheese. Mix into the batter.
Spread into a buttered 8 inch square pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes, or until the center springs back when touched.
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Strathwood St. Thomas Cast Aluminum Round Dining Table
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This is a great table. Amazon shipped it quickly and it was easy to put together. The scroll design is gorgeous. The color is a dark, bronze, brown with very small flecks of silver. The brown is dark enough that it coordinates with our black chairs. The size is generous and can comfortably seat up to six people. We are really enjoying our new patio table.
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- WhiteOak50 WhiteOak50 Aug 11, 2009 @ 6:48 am
- I am not much of a soup person, but holy cow that cornbread recipe sounds wonderful. That is something I will make for sure. Great Lens!!
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- KarateKatGraphics KarateKatGraphics Jun 5, 2009 @ 10:14 pm
- Love avocados--this sounds delightful. 5*****
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- annetteghallowell annetteghallowell May 28, 2009 @ 8:28 am
- Yummy! I think this would be great with my curried shrimp and rice salad so I am lensrolling it there!
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- Treasures-By-Brenda Treasures-By-Brenda May 19, 2009 @ 12:29 pm
- Hi, Paula, just a note to let you know that your lens is being featured at Culinary Favorites From A to Z, The Blog today.
Brenda
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- debnet debnet May 16, 2009 @ 2:05 pm
- This sounds delicious! I must try it soon. Lensrolled and featured on http://www.squidoo.com/saucepans
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- mulberry mulberry May 16, 2009 @ 2:41 am
- I will definitely be giving this one a try. I love both soups and avocados so it's a sure winner!
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- Wysiwigs Wysiwigs May 12, 2009 @ 1:41 pm
- Wow ~ that looks awesome (your photos are fabulous :o)
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- monarch13 monarch13 May 11, 2009 @ 8:42 pm
- Yummy! Rolled to "Your Feng Shui Kitchen".
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- Treasures-By-Brenda Treasures-By-Brenda May 9, 2009 @ 4:31 pm
- Welcome to the Culinary Favorites From A to Z group. Your lens is being featured under 'S is for Soup.' Don't forget to come back and add your lens to the link list so that it will appear on the group page!
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- nightbear nightbear May 9, 2009 @ 12:31 am
- I do love Avacados, just never thought to put them in a soup. I hope to give this recipe a try. Your lens is very nice, great layout.
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- Treasures-By-Brenda Treasures-By-Brenda May 8, 2009 @ 8:00 am
- Don't forget to submit your great recipe to the Culinary Favorites From A to Z group! (If you haven't already.)
Brenda
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- Treasures-By-Brenda Treasures-By-Brenda May 8, 2009 @ 7:55 am
- Call me when you're having soup and bread...I'll be over in a flash! Sounds yummy and I really enjoyed your pictures. (I'm struggling with appropriate pictures for a new lens so I really did appreciate the effort put into finding perfect pictures!) Blessed by Brenda.
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- Heather426 Heather426 May 7, 2009 @ 5:16 pm
- I've had it before and we sometimes add in a little mild salsa to get a little tomato into it....
love the lens too, it's beautiful.
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- TwinsMama TwinsMama May 6, 2009 @ 3:49 pm
- Yummy - I love avocados!
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- OhMe OhMe May 6, 2009 @ 5:22 am
- I love avocado and this sounds delicious. I can't wait to try your great recipe.
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- bdkz bdkz May 5, 2009 @ 6:19 am
- This looks really good. 5 Stars!
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- Evelyn_Saenz Evelyn_Saenz May 5, 2009 @ 6:03 am
- Avacado Soup with Blue Chips sounds delicious!
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- enslavedbyfaeries enslavedbyfaeries May 4, 2009 @ 11:28 pm
- Avocados are a favorite at our house, but I've never thought to try them in soup. Your recipe look delicious!
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- 24websurf 24websurf May 4, 2009 @ 10:19 pm
- This is teh first time I've seen this and felt the need to try it. Looks wonderful!
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