Summer arrives and our diet changes radically. We banish hot dishes such as lentils, soups or purées from our kitchen and replace them with lighter and cooler ones such as salads. There are millions of recipes that we can resort to during the hot months, but without a doubt, one of the richest, simplest and most nutritious is our beloved Andalusian gazpacho.
It is a perfect and very healthy alternative that we can incorporate into our daily diet since it is prepared mainly with low-calorie vegetables and with an infinity of vitamins among its components. Some of the most used ingredients to make a gazpacho are tomatoes, cucumbers, green peppers, jalapeños, onion and garlic. In addition, it is usually seasoned with olive oil, vinegar and salt.
All this combination of foods make gazpacho the perfect ally to maintain good health and feel better both inside and out. But what is the secret of this food to keep us forever young? We will explain it to you below. attentive.
Gazpacho benefits: Prevents wrinkles and delays aging
- Gazpacho has many benefits. It helps us to satisfy hunger and lose weight (100 ml of gazpacho contains only 44 to 55 calories), it is responsible for hydrating our body due to its high content of mineral salts and water, it increases our body’s defenses, preventing colds thanks to its vitamins A, E and C and has a vasodilator effect that allows to control blood pressure thus avoiding heart attacks, strokes and kidney failure.
- But this is not all, one of the main ingredients of gazpacho, tomato, helps prevent wrinkles and delay aging. Because? Well, because this vegetable is extremely rich in vitamin C, lycopene and carotenoids, three very effective antioxidant components when it comes to reducing free radicals. Free radicals damage our body causing, in the best of cases, aging, and in the worst, serious diseases.
- Therefore, gazpacho is the richest and tastiest formula to keep wrinkles and skin spots caused by aging at bay. In addition, this cold soup is also responsible for activating the melanin in our skin, which makes it more protected from the sun and we can prolong our tan even beyond the summer.
- In short, if you want to stay forever young, don’t hesitate: drink gazpacho!
The best Andalusian gazpacho recipe
Preparing a gazpacho is, in theory, a very simple task. However, like everything in life, it has its trick to make it rich as well as healthy. Below we propose the best Andalusian gazpacho recipe that you will ever try. Take note!
The ingredients to make this dish are the following:
- Half a kilo of ripe tomatoes.
- Half a small cucumber.
- A piece of red pepper.
- A quarter of a small onion.
- A small garlic clove.
- A small piece of bread (so as not to add more calories than necessary)
- Three tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil.
- A tablespoon of sherry vinegar.
- A pinch of ground cumin.
- A pinch of sweet paprika.
To prepare it you must follow the following steps, it is very easy!
- Fill a bowl with water and put the piece of bread to soak. Then add the oil and vinegar.
- Cut all the ingredients into small pieces. Peel the cucumber leaving a few strips of skin. Next, combine all the pieces with the mixture of bread, oil and vinegar.
- Add a pinch of salt (to taste), cumin and sweet paprika. Blend everything with the blender and taste it to add more salt if necessary.
- If you want all the flavors to be enhanced, put it in the fridge and leave it there until the next day. Then it is ready to consume. Yummy!