Garden Fresh Gazpacho

Ingredients

• 4-6 ripe tomatoes, quartered
• 1 red onion, quartered
• 1 cucumber, peeled, seeded and chopped in large pieces
• 2-3 stalks celery, chopped in large pieces
• 2 carrots, chopped roughly
• 1 sweet red bell pepper, quartered
• 2-4 cloves of garlic minced
• 2 Tbsp fresh parsley
• 1 tsp cumin
• Pinch of red pepper flakes
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 1 tsp raw sugar or honey
• sea salt
• freshly ground pepper
• 1 tsp worcestershire sauce
• 2-4 cups V-8, tomato juice or the healthy organic equivelent
• Handful cilantro
• Avocado sliced
• 1 cup medium shrimp, cooked (optional)