I feel the need to tell you that this soup is both vegan AND one of the best soups I have ever eaten. Now, if you are anything like my meat-craving, Afrikaans family, the words “Vegan” and “Dinner” should never be used in the same sentence. My dad and brothers think of vegans as tie-dye-wearing hippies who pray to the trees and have birds as friends. And until I met vegans who weren’t like that, I thought the same. And even though I don’t think I could ever have their dedication when it comes to cutting out animal products, I still like to venture into their area of cooking every…