Dairy Free "Cream" of Broccoli Soup

This recipe is adapted from the Meghan Telpner's Making Love in the kitchen.   It is one of our favourites and well liked by both my girls.


Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1/2 celeriac root chopped or 2 stalks celery  
• 3 cups chopped broccoli with stems chopped 
• 1/2 cup cashews
• 3 cups water or half water and half unsweetened almond mik
• 1 teaspoon parsley
• 1 teaspoon thyme 
• 1 teaspoon salt 
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper

Directions

1.     Over medium heat with oil, sauté the onion for 5 minutes.
2.     Add broccoli, celery, water, cashews and spices. 
3.     Cook for 15-20 minutes until vegetables are tender.
4.     Purée together until very smooth.

Adapted from Meghan Telpner the Blog:
Telpner, M. 2010, "Cream (of Brocolli)...Get On Top", Meghan Telpner the blog [online] available at
http://www.meghantelpner.com