bucket o' soup

its soooooooooo HOT! too hot to cook. i don't mind the heat except that it hasn't got below 18C the last friday nite and it makes it really hard to sleep. and when you don't sleep well for several nites in a row it makes it hard to do things during the day.
i decided tonite i'd make "cool cucumber soup with lime and cilantro" from my vegan planet cookbook. its easy (except for the fact i had to ride to 4 different shops in 4 different shops in 4 different neighbourhoods in the heat before i found one that was open and had fresh cilantro in stock) and its a nice cool dinner. plus since you need to make it a couple hours in advance so the flavours do their thing it means we can just pull it out when we feel ready to eat and we can relax until then.
the picture above isn't the most flattering pic of the soup but i didn't have the energy to make it look nice in a bowl and garnish it with cucumbers (i didn't want to start a new cucumber and i gave wombat the left over bit of the ones i used).
its just cucumber, garlic, salt, coconut milk and cilantro. nice and easy and tastes great on a hot nite.