first gazpacho or maybe V8

Some people: look up a recipe, follow it carefully, buying all prescribed ingredients in quantity specified.

Some people, including me at times: look up a recipe to get an idea, then wing it.

Me, tonight: "Gazpacho is blended vegetables, right? Let's blend what I have on hand and see what happens."( Read more... )

Anyway, whether one admits it as a gazpacho or not, I deem it a successful experiment. Ate a lot more vegetables than I do normally. The carrot alone would have been... imposing as a big chunk of raw vegetable.