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Mercy Chilled Cucumber Soup Reviews Date of last review 1 Tue June 21, 2005 Recommended By Average Price Average Rating 100% of reviewers None indicated 9.0 Description: Ingredients: 2 cups cucumber -- peeled, seeded and diced 1 cup onion -- coarsely chopped 1/2 cup leek -- chopped, white part only 2 tablespoons cream cheese Salt and pepper 2 tablespoons dry white wine -- (can be omitted) 2 cups water 1 1/2 teaspoons chicken bouillon 1/2 cup whipping cream 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice 5 drops hot pepper sauce 1/4 teaspoon dill weed -- chopped fresh or dried 1/2 cup half and half -- if needed Sour cream -- optional How To Prepare: Reserve 1/2 cup diced cucumber. Saute onion, leek and remaining cucumber in 2 tablespoons butter until onion is transparent. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Add wine, water and chicken base and bring to boil. Melt in cream cheese. Add to onion mixture, reduce heat and simmer 1 hour. Process soup in blender about 15 seconds, then strain through fine sieve. Add whipping cream, lemon juice, hot pepper sauce, dill and reserved diced cucumber. Cool soup completely, correct seasoning and add half and half if soup is too thick. Serve in chilled soup cups. Add 1/2 teaspoon sour cream to each serving and garnish with lemon wedge and parsley, if desired. Number of Servings: 10 Carbs per serving - include all nutritional information if known: 36 total recipe Effort (Easy, Average, Difficult): Easy Tammy Marie   Posts: 0 see this user's products

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splot Junior LCF Member Registered: April 2005 Posts: 5	Review Date: Tue June 21, 2005 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 9    Positive aspects of the product (pros): Really really tasty! Excellent, and healthy! Cons: Kinda a lot of work, peeling, chopping etc. Very very tasty!! I was a bit worried when I looked at all the ingredients, I usually like simple food, but this really is good. The little bit of cream cheese and cream give it a richness and the white wine (which I don't recommend leaving out) gives it a tang, all the while sticking with low carb and actually giving a fairly low-fat result as well. Will make this again! Yum!

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