August is a bad lunch month. By now, summer has stretched on for so long that repetition has begun to bite. If you are like me, you will have spent the last few months eating so much salad that you are sick of it. But what else is there? Sandwiches are dull, and anything too substantial slows you down for the afternoon. If this were October, the answer would be soup, but October is still months away.
But wait! What if I told you that eating soup in the summertime is not an act of true lunacy, but a refreshing and light lunch option? Below are 10 fantastic summer soup recipes, each of them a step up from the humble gazpacho. Some are hot, some are cold, but all are delicious.
