Gazpacho

Total Time: 3 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 (46 ounce) can tomato juice or 1 (46 ounce) can vegetable juice
• 5 ripe tomatoes (peeled and de-seeded)
• 1 medium cucumber (peeled and de-seeded_)
• 1 small bell pepper
• 1 large onion
• 1 jalapeno pepper (de-seeded) (optional)
• 2 celery ribs
• 1 tablespoon garlic (chopped or minced)
• 1/4 cup flat leaf parsley (chopped)
• 1 limes, juice of or 1 lemon, juice of
• 1 dash worcestershire sauce
• salt and pepper (to taste)
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1 tablespoon honey

Recipe

• 1 pour the tomato juice into a large bowl.
• 2 chop the vegetables medium to fine dice and add to juice.
• 3 add the garlic, parsley, citrus juice and all other seasonings -- stir, cover, refrigerate and let stand for at least 2 hours (preferably overnight) so that the flavors and seasonings can "meld together." serve chilled.
• 4 there are lots of other seasonings and spices you can add to this recipe. experiment with it to see what suits your fancy. i sometimes add some ground cumin, cayenne pepper,hot pepper sauce, spike or oregano.