Top Five Friday – 5 Cold / Chilled Soups to Cool You Down

I think my timing is a little better on this post than my last one — if I had checked the weather forecast before I published on Monday, I would have seen this heatwave coming, and not suggested a Wilted Spinach & Oyster Mushroom Salad with Warm Goat’s Cheese Dressing.

That said, I originally posted the Frozen Soba Shots above in April, when a warm spinach salad probably would have been the more appropriate choice in the cool spring sun.

I could change the name of this blog to Seasonal Food Anachronisms, or I could just get a grip and start posting stuff at the right time, and in the right order…in that spirit, I give you 5 great chilled soups to cool down the summer heat:

1. Soba Shots in Frozen Asian Flavoured Double Strength Chicken Consomme by Island Vittles

2. Jamie Oliver’s Tomato Consomme

3. Anne Burrell’s Chilled Asparagus Soup with Goat Cheese

(photo by Chiot’s Run)

4. Chilled Cucumber, Avocado & Buttermilk Soup from the LA Times

5. Chilled White Bean Soup with Pesto

This recipe is a starting point…I love that it’s not a puree like almost all other cold soups out there, and I think it would be stellar with the addition of some preserved lemon (or lemon zest), and some parmesan in the pesto.