Vegan Cream of Asperagus Soup

This recipe is adapted from an original recipe found on SkinnyTaste.

Mondays are Vegan Mondays in my little world. A few months ago I made to conscience choice to reduce my meat intake, both for health and moral reasons. As a part of that, I now observe Vegan Mondays and Meatless Thursdays. These are not my only meatless meals but it gives me 6 conscience meatless meals a week to plan.

Here is what you will need:

2 lbs Asparagus (about two store bought bunches)
2 tsp Good Earth soy-less butter spread
       (Why soy-less? Read here)
1 medium onion, chopped
6 C organic or homemade vegetable stock (watch the sodium on store bought)
2T plain almond milk yogurt*
Sea salt and black pepper to taste

*I just started buying almond milk yogurt and it is pretty good. It has a greek yogurt texture to it but without the bitterness of greek yogurt. For general eating, I like the vanilla or honey flavors but I find the plain is handy for cooking. I also enjoy the plain with a tablespoon of unsweetened cocoa powder and a few drops of liquid vanilla stevia as a night time treat. It's sweet and creamy like pudding.

Directions:
In a large pot,  melt the "butter" at low heat. Add onion and sauté on low for about 2-3 minutes.

Snap the tough ends off the asparagus and discard  Chop the asparagus into 2 inch pieces. Add to the pot with the onions. Add vegetable broth, sea salt and pepper. Cover and cook about 20-25 minutes or until asparagus is very tender. Remove from heat, add almond milk yogurt. Now you have two options, if you have a submersible blender you can use it here. If not, carefully transfer and  puree the soup in small batches in a regular blender. Be careful, it will be very hot! With either method, purée until smooth. Enjoy!

Verdict:
I love this soup! It is full of flavor and has a great thick creamy texture. With only 2 T of  "cream" I was worried it wouldn't develop that "cream of" flavor I was looking to get. You really have to blend the heck out of it to get all the pieces smooth but it is well worth it. 
A great stand alone soup or paired with a delicious salad, I don't think you can go wrong. Even my carnivore roommate loved this one.