Creamy Onion Raw Vegan Soup: A Three-in-One Recipe. Dressing, Soup, and Dip.

The recipe was inspired by my love affair with onion powder. Oh baby, luscious  luscious onion powder. It makes everything delicious. It gives anything a homey, soupy, rich flavor without being overpowering. This recipe is fun because the thick, creamy consistency let's you use it as a salad dressing, soup, or veggie/chip dip.

Ingredients: 1 1/2 CUPS cashews- soaked for at least 1 to 2 hours, 1 CUP water, 1 TBSP onion powder, 1 TBSP tamari, 1/8 to 1/4 TSP salt, 1/8 to 1/4 TSP black or white pepper

Directions: Blend all of your ingredients together. If you have a vitamix or another high speed blender, let it run in your blender a little longer to warm it up. Otherwise, you can heat it briefly in your microwave.

I love to dip cucumbers in my soup as "crackers" to eat it up. Pour this white gold over your kale salad and it won't know what happened to it. The assault will be brutal, and you will be so satisfied. Your filthy salad rapist, you. My god, my mouth is watering just looking at the photos of the carnage. I'm off to the kitchen to make more of this masterpiece, stat!

Got a triple-threat recipe to share? I'd love to read it! What's your favorite easy lunch go-tos. I love my soups, salads, and smoothies.

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Nutritional Yeast Dressing Recipe: The Ultimate Dressing!

Nutritional yeast is a wonder food. Exploding with nutty/cheesy flavor and including Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Vitamin B6, and Vitamin B12, it's is a vegan source of precious B vitamins. If you're struggling to incorporate veggies in your diet, this dressing will make your raw veggies worthy of shoving in your mouth; it's that good. You'll rape your vegetables, I swear it!

My art partner-in-crime Birdie of Frog vs Toad and The Haiku Life is my dressing's biggest fan. He drew you a comic to help you make this delicious dressing! Let's see!

It really is that easy! Step 1) Blend 2 cups of nutritional yeast *, 1/3 cup water, 1 tablespoon minced garlic, 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil or grapeseed oil, 1/3 cup of soy sauce/tamari/or liquid aminos (tamari is the best choice), 1/3 cup of apple cider vinegar, and a few drops of sesame oil (yum!) Step 2) pour it into a pretty bottle and refrigerate.

* I buy my nutritional yeast in the bulk buy section of Whole Foods. You can Google it and comparison shop online if there are no Whole Foods or health food stores near you. The flakes are delicious on top of popcorn and pasta, too!

I'd say it will last in your fridge for about 1 month but...it won't. Once you have that cheesy, earthy, savory, umami flavor in your yap you won't stop eating every vegetable in sight until you've drained your bottle of dressing dry. And your sorry soul won't feel complete again until you whip another delicious batch. My favorite way to devour it is as a dip with fresh, raw cauliflower and broccoli.

I make a spread with fresh veggies and nutritional yeast dressing at every party I host and every ounce of vegetable and dressing is licked clean before the end of the night! Try it, you'll see what I mean!

What's your favorite way to violate your veggies? I have more delicious, nutritious ways to gorge on vegetables coming up soon :)

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