Carrot-Tomato and Creamy Cashew Soup | VegWeb.com, The World's Largest Collection of Vegetarian Reci

Ingredients

• 1-1/2 cups whole, raw cashews
• water
• 1 cup plain nondairy milk
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 large onion, roughly chopped
• 3 to 4 garlic cloves, peeled (whole, not crushed)
• 3 medium carrots, chopped
• 3 large celery stalks, chopped
• 3 large, peeled tomatoes
• 2 fresh thyme leaves
• 1 large bay leaf
• 1 to 1-1/2 cups cashew cream
• 1 (6-ounce) can tomato paste
• drops olive oil
• chopped parsley (not Italian)