Summer arrives and our diet changes radically. We banish hot dishes such as lentils, soups or purees from our kitchen and replace them with lighter and fresher ones such as salads. There are millions of recipes that we can resort to during the hot months, but without any 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 ingredients most used to make a gazpacho are tomatoes, cucumbers, green peppers, jalapeños, onions 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 outside and inside. But what is the secret of this food to keep us eternally young? Here we explain it to you. Attentive.
Benefits of gazpacho: 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), is responsible for hydrating our body due to its high content of mineral salts and water, increases the defenses of our body preventing colds thanks to its vitamins A, E and C and has a vasodilator effect that allows to control blood pressure thus avoiding myocardial infarctions, stroke and kidney failure.
But this is not all, one of the main ingredients of gazpacho such as tomato helps us prevent wrinkles and delay aging. Why? Well, because this vegetable is extremely rich in vitamin C, lycopene and carotenoids, three antioxidant components very effective in reducing free radicals. Free radicals damage our body causing, in the best of cases, aging, and at worst, serious diseases.
Therefore, gazpacho is the richest and tastiest formula to keep wrinkles and spots on the skin caused by aging at bay. In addition, this cold soup is also responsible for activating melanin in our skin which makes it more protected from the sun and we can prolong our tan even beyond summer.
In short, if you want to stay eternally young, do not hesitate: Take gazpacho!
The best Andalusian gazpacho recipe
Making 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. Here we propose the best Andalusian gazpacho recipe you will ever try. Notes!
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 small onion.
+A small clove of garlic.
+A small piece of bread (so you don’t add more calories than necessary)
+Salt.
+Three tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil.
+A tablespoon of sherry vinegar.
+A pinch of ground cumin.
+A pinch of paprika from the sweet vera.
To prepare it you must follow the following steps, it is very easy!
1Fill a bowl of water and soak the piece of bread. Then, add the oil and vinegar.
2 Cut all ingredients into small pieces. Peel the cucumber leaving some strips of skin. Next, put all the pieces together with the mixture of bread, oil and vinegar.
3Add a pinch of salt (to taste), cumin and sweet paprika. Crush everything with the mixer and test it to add more salt if necessary.
4If you want all the flavors to be enhanced, put it in the refrigerator and leave it there until the next day. Then it is ready to consume. Delicious!
Do you like gazpacho? Did you know that it is a very beneficial dish to keep you young?