Recipes Soup Cold Soup 10 Cold Soups to Enjoy on Hot Summer Days By Megan Soll Megan Soll Expertise: Food, Drinks, Cooking, Entertaining, Kitchen ProductsMegan Soll is a Senior Commerce Editor for Food & Wine. She joined Dotdash Meredith in 2015 and has over 10 years of experience writing and editing food, entertainment, and lifestyle content. Her work can be found on Food & Wine, Shape, Travel + Leisure, The Hollywood Reporter, and Racked NY.Experience Megan has been a Senior Commerce Editor for Food & Wine since February 2022. Previously, Megan worked across several Dotdash Meredith brands editing content for People, Real Simple, Travel + Leisure, Southern Living, Food & Wine, and more. She has worked at Dotdash Meredith for over 6 years.Starting with a role as digital intern at Travel + Leisure, Megan was immediately immersed in all aspects of the digital landscape, from coding in HTML to social media and (of course) writing. 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Food & Wine's Editorial Guidelines Updated on June 1, 2020 Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos When the weather heats up, we're always looking for something a little lighter to serve for lunch and dinner. Whether it's simply too hot to turn on the oven or grilling fatigue has you yearning for something easier, getting a few cold soup recipes in rotation is a huge help. Dine al fresco in the backyard with a tasty gazpacho or add pea soup as an appetizer to round out a weekday meal. We've rounded up plenty of cold soup recipes to whip up at home for yourself, your family, or your chosen companions during the summer months. Read on for some of our favorites. 01 of 10 Smoky Salmorejo This chilled, no-cook Spanish soup is similar to gazpacho but blended instead of chopped. Smoked olive oil adds meatiness to the vegetarian dish. Go to Recipe 02 of 10 Chilled Spring Pea Soup Quentin Bacon Daniel Boulud puts this deliciously light and clean-tasting soup—a mix of sweet peas, favas, pea shoots, snap peas, and snow peas—on the menu each spring. To make it even easier, skip the labor-intensive fresh favas, as well as the snow peas and pea shoots. Instead, just use sugar snaps and frozen baby peas. Go to Recipe 03 of 10 Chilled Peach Soup with Fresh Goat Cheese Chef Jason Franey makes this sweet and tangy summer soup by marinating fresh peaches overnight with dried apricots, honey, vinegar, and olive oil and then pureeing the mixture. Since peaches can vary in flavor, Franey suggests seasoning with vinegar to taste as you puree. Go to Recipe 04 of 10 Spicy Avocado-Cucumber Soup PHOTO © JOHN KERNICK This tangy, luscious soup is an excellent make-ahead dish: Simply puree everything except the garnish, then chill. For a milder version, scale back on the serrano. Go to Recipe 05 of 10 Chilled Persian Yogurt Soup "Ask anyone on my staff their favorite summer dish, and they'll tell you it's this one," says Hoss Zaré. Filled with herbs, nuts, and raisins, the soup is delicious with grilled bread. Go to Recipe 06 of 10 Chilled Tomato Soup with Goat-Milk Yogurt © Fredrika Stjärne Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Brent Ridge make yogurt from goat milk. They blend the tangy yogurt into this herb-flecked soup. Go to Recipe 07 of 10 Tangy Green Zebra Gazpacho © Earl Carter Green Zebras are heirloom tomatoes with a striped pattern; they are sweet like red tomatoes but give this gazpacho a lovely jade hue. To make the chilled soup extra tangy, use tomatillos or unripe red tomatoes instead of Green Zebras. Go to Recipe 08 of 10 Tangy Cucumber Soup To turn this tangy and refreshing yogurt-based soup into a terrific light meal, simply add poached shrimp. Go to Recipe 09 of 10 Kachumber Gazpacho Photo by Victor Protasio / Food Styling by Chelsea Zimmer / Prop Styling by Lydia Pursell Hetal Vasavada channeled her love for kachumber, a fresh, cucumber-based Indian salad, to inspire this exciting riff on the classic chilled summery soup. Warm spices and a hint of chile add flavor and heat without overwhelming the fresh tomatoes; sev, a crispy chickpea noodle snack, adds a pleasant crunch. Get the recipe 10 of 10 Chilled Piquillo Pepper Soup with Fresh Bean Salad This light, refreshing soup combines sweet red bell peppers with more intensely flavored roasted piquillo peppers. The lemon juice and mint keep things extra light for the summer season. Get the recipe Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit