vegan creamy carrot tomato soup with cashews and basil

1sweet yellow onion - finely diced

2large carrots - roughly choppedabout 2 cups of carrot

4 clovegarlic - minced

½ cupfinely chopped basil

15 ozcan whole peeled tomatoes

2 tspgrated ginger

4 cupvegetable broth

1 cupcashewsif allergic to cashews sub out 1 cup of the vegetable broth for 1 cup coconut milk

1 tbspnutritional yeast

1 tspsaltadd more to taste

1 tspblack pepper

1 tsppaprika

juice from ½ lemon