Michael's Gazpacho

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/2 sweet onion, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves
• 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
• 2 lbs tomatoes, diced
• 2 cucumbers, diced, seeded
• 3 carrots, chopped
• 1/2 chopped red sweet pepper
• 1/2 chopped green sweet pepper
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1 cup v 8 vegetable juice, and
• 1 cup mr.&mrs t's bloody mary mix
• 1/4 teaspoon celery salt
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 2 teaspoons honey
• 1 tablespoon of finely chopped fresh basil
• 1 tablespoon of finely chopped fresh tarragon
• 1/4 cup fresh parsley, minced
• 1/2 lemon, juice of
• cilantro (optional)
• avocado (optional)
• sour cream (optional)
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 puree first 4 ingredients in a food processor.
• 2 reserve 1/2 cup of tomatoes, peppers and cucumber and add all(not the tomato drinks) ingredients to food processor and process until pureed.
• 3 add the bloody mary mix ,v8 juice, and reserved veggies. stir together all the ingredients.
• 4 refrigerate overnight.
• 5 garnish with sour cream avocado slices or cilantro when serving.