Yummy Malaysiana: carrot soup with miso and sesame

I hadnt meant for this soup to be so quintessentially early January that would be, virtually fat free, dairy free, gluten free (miso dependent), vegan and the very picture of healthful do-gooding. Its about one cube of tofu away from earning a halo or at least being surrounded by singing cherubs. In fact, if you advertised a soup to me with all of those qualities, Id probably run in the other direction because I am a dietary heathen, and I love butter, even if overdoing it in December now requires it in moderation. For the rest of time.

In fact, the reason why I made this soup is because, in general, I dont find carrot soups all that interesting and wanted to challenge myself to make one Id love, and eat often. I turned to one of my favorite dressing recipes for inspiration the ginger-carrot-miso awesomeness most of us know from sushi restaurants and decided to mash up a miso and carrot soup.