Beautifying Broccoli Soup

My Beautifying Broccoli Soup is everything that a vegan soup should have: flavor, cleansing ingredients, and a lot of heart and soul. With only a few simple ingredients you can make a complex tasting and satisfying soup....and one that is also good for your body!

Beautifying Broccoli Soup

2 heads broccoli, florets
4 cups raw spinach (added last)
4 stalks celery
2 carrots
1 small yellow onion, chopped
2 Tbsp olive oil
6 cups water
1 cup raw cashews
1 cup cooked lentils
Handful fresh basil

Salt and pepper to taste

Optional but delicious garnishes: olive oil, toasted pine nuts, red pepper flakes

Instructions:

Heat olive oil in a large soup pot, add onion and sauté’ for 1-2 minutes on medium high.

Now add the rest of the veggies, except the spinach, and sauté for 5 minutes.

Add basil, salt and pepper. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes.

While the soup is simmering, blend the cashews in a blender with 1 cup of water.

Stir the "cashew cream" and the cooked lentils into the soup.

Blend the soup in batches, with the raw spinach. Serve garnished with a drizzle of olive oil, toasted pine nuts and a sprinkle of red pepper flakes