When temperatures rise, anything that keeps you cool is welcome. Here's a recipe for the perfect summer treat: Cucumber and yoghurt soup. It is a finely puréed cucumber mixed with Greek yoghurt ...

This cool, refreshing cucumber soup is full of big, summery flavor. In the heat of the summer, turning on the stove isn't always ideal — and the thought of hot food isn't always appealing.

Serve this chilled Cucumber Avocado Soup as a prelude to a meal, or toss on some cooked shrimp and make it a complete meal on those scorching summer nights when cucumbers are at their peak.

Cucumbers and cooked shrimp make a cool and refreshing summer soup ... fill a large bowl with ice water. Add the cucumber soup to a smaller bowl and nest it in the ice water.

Be they gazpacho, borscht, shav or a creamy, yogurt-based cucumber soup seasoned with garlic and herbs, there are few summer lunches as cooling and satisfying. To make enough cucumber-yogurt soup ...

Set aside to cool while you prepare cucumbers ... To serve, ladle the soup into the chilled glasses or bowls and garnish with cucumber slices.

But we're also going to make the case for spring soups — big crocks of cool cucumber soup, cozy vichyssoise with potatoes and leeks, hearty cabbage and sausage soup, and brothy bowls with ramps.

And the tomato soup is finished off with chopped cucumber, basil leaves ... or a wide variety of toppings. Cool, refreshing and made from start to finish in about 15 minutes.

3 cups plain nonfat yogurt1 English cucumber cut into chunks1 scallion3 Tablespoons fresh dillsalt and pepper1 medium tomato2 tsp. olive oilIn a blender, combine the yogurt, cucumber, scallion and ...

Cucumbers and cooked shrimp make a cool and refreshing summer soup ... Divide the rest of the shrimp between two soup bowls. Pour the cucumber puree over the shrimp. Divide the reserved cucumber ...

This time of year, with temperatures rising, they also make a good base for a cool ... red strawberry-cucumber gazpacho with just a hint of chile; a spicy curried cucumber soup that gets its ...

Cucumbers and cooked shrimp make a cool and refreshing summer soup. No cooking is needed. The entire soup is made in a food processor or blender and takes about 10 minutes, start to finish.