Reviewed: Jun. 26, 2009

This recipe is a great starting point. Experiment with your favorite flavors. I sub diced canned tomatoes, Spicy V8 for the juice, add a couple of diced avocado's and a pound of cooked salad shrimp for a complete refreshing meal on a hot summer night

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Rob

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Reviewed: Jun. 19, 2009

This was quick and YUMMY! My son (age 24) and his friend raved about it! I added fresh chopped parsley and cilantro, no tarragon, and used fresh tomatoes. I will definitely make this many more times! Thanks for sharing!

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Melody

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Reviewed: Jun. 14, 2009

Very tasty. I added a hot banana pepper and some hot sauce. My husband loved it! He already has planned to take the leftovers tomorrow.

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Jem

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Reviewed: May 17, 2009

I love this recipe. I add in 1 minced jalapeno and an extra clove of garlic.

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Ulla

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Reviewed: Apr. 26, 2009

Amazing, quick, and easy. In place of cucumbers, we used zucchini and in place of tomato juice, V8 spicy hot, 1 LARGE spanish onion in place of the other three, as well as three cloves of fresh garlic. Super super easy, great. Next time, we may use regular v8 for one cup and 3 cups of spicy hot. Highly recommended.

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rgick

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Reviewed: Mar. 26, 2009

The only thing I added was a diced avocado. I wasn't overly excited about this Gazpacho. It reminded me and my husband of salsa. I gave it a four star rating because it did taste good, but the texture wasn't what I had remembered eating before and I wanted to put it on corn tortilla chips or homemade burritos, which is what we ultimately ended up doing, cuz I wasn't about to waste all that produce!! I'll just keeping trying til I get the right one I'm looking for, but thank you just the same. :)

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V.Naehu808

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Home Town: Waianae, Hawaii, USA

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Reviewed: Jan. 15, 2009

a good basic recipie, once you've made it a few times it's easy to edit. i almost always end up adding some extra cucomber, onions and salt. fantastic on a warm summer day when you want something simple :)

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C Anthony

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Home Town: Baie Verte, Newfoundland, Canada

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Reviewed: Sep. 2, 2008

This is a great recipes I added yellow peppers red pepper flakes and vegetable broth i

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tequilalizzie

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Reviewed: Aug. 29, 2008

This is a lovely base recipe which benefits from a few adjustments: -Save yourself some work: you can chop the vegetables (except the garlic) fairly coarsely, since they're all going in the blender/food processor anyway. -Blanch the tomatoes (it's quite easy) and remove their skins before chopping them into the mixture. Otherwise, your guests will find themselves picking bits of tomato skin out from between their teeth. -Seed the cucumbers before chopping -Saute the garlic in olive oil for about a minute, and add both garlic and oil to the mixture. (I dislike using raw garlic in anything, because it tends to add an unpleasant bite even in minute quantities) -Cut sugar down to 1/2 tsp -Substitute extra fresh tomatoes for 1 cup of the tomato juice -Skip tarragon -Skip green onions For garnish: -Minced red bell pepper -Fresh parsley -Chopped hard-boiled egg (very practical of the folks in Andalucia to add protein) On the side: We had some leftover polenta, which I sprinkled with shaved parmesan and served with the gazpacho instead of the usual crusty bread + ham. Delicious!

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LKOETZLE

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Reviewed: Jul. 10, 2008

My husband and I both love this soup! I do use V8, instead of tomato juice, but otherwise follow the recipe. I make this very frequently in the summer and guests love it too! I serve it before the meal instead of salad.

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Reviewed: Jul. 9, 2008

I thought this was just okay as written. I used V8 instead of tomato juice, added worcestershire sauce, and added lime juice to perk it up. I've never had gazpacho before, so not sure how it's supposed to taste, but this was not impressive. Easy, though.

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AREENA

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Home Town: Seattle, Washington, USA

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Reviewed: Jul. 9, 2008

From what I can tell from the other reviews, exact measurement is not always necessary. I did try to stick to this particular recipe as much as I could, but my own tastes often lead me down different paths. This is a great recipe to "live a little" and it's easy to customize. VERY TASTY and a great hit :)

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Reviewed: Jun. 6, 2008

Very easy and refreshing during hot weather. As others have said in their reviews, eating this gazpacho is sort of like eating salsa. Be advised that this recipe yields a lot of servings. My husband and I ate it with French bread.

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always_hungry

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Reviewed: May 30, 2008

I used cold tomato juice to speed up the chilling process.

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Reviewed: May 30, 2008

Delish. I always add a small can of chopped green chilies and 2 avocados, one blended and one chopped. I use only a small amount of the tomato juice when blending just half the veggies, this keeps the finished soup from being too muddy. Then use the alligator chopper on the rest of the veggies to have a chunky soup.

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PAMELA D.

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Reviewed: Jan. 5, 2008

I'll give this recipe 4 stars because my husband loved it. Otherwise, I wasn't too impressed. I used spicy V8 juice as other reviewers had recommended. I guess I was expecting more flavor because it tasted bland to me. Will only make again for my hubby.

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Jessye84

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: New York, New York, USA

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Reviewed: Dec. 16, 2007

I made this in my blender. Very quick and easy with lot of flavour.

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Lorraine

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Home Town: Middleton, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Reviewed: Oct. 22, 2007

I had leftover tomato juice after making salsa and have now made this twice. Each time I have added cilantro and a jalapeno, which does make it taste like a watery salsa.

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kachell99

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Home Town: Jasper, New York, USA

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Reviewed: Sep. 27, 2007

i would add more garlic...but besides that this is my favorite!!

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Reviewed: Aug. 7, 2007

This was fantastic! Summer vegetables from the garden always makes me yearn for Gaspacho and this recipe didn't let me down. I only changed a few things: I don't care for vinegar, so I substituted 2 Tblsp of Worcestershire sauce and I like my Gaspacho crunchy, so I added two ribs of sliced celery. YUM!

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