Vegan Cream of Mushroom Soup

This is the MOST delicious mushroom soup you will ever make. It's quick, easy and tasty. Using just a few simple ingredients and you have a satiating soup that you will make time and time again!

Course Soup

Cuisine American, French, Fusion

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 20

Total Time 25

Servings people

Calories 321kcal

Equipment

1 Vitamix Blender

Ingredients

1.5 lbs Mushrooms (use any kind of fresh mushrooms not dried)
1 leek (medium size)
4 cloves garlic (large cloves)
1/2 cup raw cashew nuts (raw & unsalted cashew nuts are best)
1 cup coconut milk (you can use full fat or light)
4 cups water
2 tbsp fresh thyme (you can use dried thyme or any fresh herbs such as parsley, if you don't have thyme)
1.5 tbsp oil (avocado or coconut oil will work well)
1 tsp salt (add salt according to preference and taste)

Instructions

Wash mushrooms and leak, clean garlic
Chop garlic, leek and mushrooms. No need to chop super fine, as you will be blending at the end
Turn on heat to medium, to a pot add oil, when hot sauté chopped garlic for 2/3 minutes, be careful not to burn. Add in the chopped leeks, sauté for another 2 minutes. Now add in the mushrooms and toss really well
Add water and salt, mix well, close pot and cook for 18 to 20 minutes on medium heat. Once your mushrooms are soft, reserve a cup of the cooked mushrooms and leeks. Add in the coconut milk and cook for another 2 minutes.
Transfer your hot soup to a Vitamix blender or any blender you use. Be careful as the soup is hot
Add the raw cashews, 1 to 2 tbsp of fresh thyme. Now secure the lid firmly and blend the soup, starting on variable 1 and slowly increasing to high speed.
Transfer the blended soup back into the pot, add in the reserved mushrooms and leeks. Taste and add more salt if needed
Serve in individual bowls, topping with fresh thyme leave and freshly ground pepper
Enjoy on it's own or with baguette

Notes

Note: A Vitamix blender is made to blend hot soup, because it has a venting mechanism on the lid. I have never used any other blender to blend hot soup. So please be very careful if you use a blender of your choice. Make sure to secure the lid very well and start on low. Incase your blender lid is not secured, the soup can spurt out and you can burn yourself badly!

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