10 Cold Soups for Hot Summer Nights

What do we love about cold soups? Well, just about everything—especially in the summer, when the prospect of turning on the oven feels like one of the bigger challenges of the day. Aside from a little roasting and scorching, you can get most of the work for these soups done in a blender, saving you the extra heat of the oven or stove. Tonight, make a low-temperature, low-stress dinner in the amount of time it takes to whirl together a smoothie.

Here are 10 chilled soups to help you keep your cool:

Chilled Roasted Beet and Carrot Soup with Parsley Lime Cream by Merrill Stubbs

Chilled Cucumber and Avocado Soup with Mango Salsa by Gena Hamshaw

Eleven Madison Park's Strawberry Gazpacho by Genius Recipes

Green Gazpacho with Chili Cumin Shrimp by Culinary Enlightenment

White Gazpacho by Sonali aka the Foodie Physician

Watermelon Gazpacho with Feta and Mint by Heather Morris

Chilled Cantaloupe Soup by Chef Gwen

Chilled Tomato Peach Soup by Beth Kirby | {local milk}

Justin Burdett's Chilled English Pea Soup with Garlic Cream and Pickled Ramps by Genius Recipes

Yogurt Soup with Cucumbers and Walnuts (Tarator) by Nicholas Day

Photos by James Ransom, Sarah Shatz, Mark Weinberg, Beth Kirby | {local milk}

What do you make to cool down? Share your ideas in the comments below.