Preheat oven to 400*
Add 1 Tbsp. of olive oil over garlic bulb and coat well
Place on baking dish and bake for 30 minutes
Heat a large sauté pan to medium high heat and add olive oil
Once hot, add onions and sauté for 5 minutes
Add chopped carrots to pan and sauté until onions are golden brown and carrots are tender
Remove onions and carrots from pan and set aside
Using the same pan add additional oil if needed and add mushrooms
Sauté mushrooms until tender and set aside
Bring a large pot of water to a boil and steam broccoli until tender, approximately 10 minutes
Add broccoli, garlic, 1/2 of carrot and onion mixture and 2 C. of chicken broth to your Blendtec and blend on soup cycle
Pour soup into large stock pot
Add remaining 2 C. of chicken broth to your Blendtec and blend well until all bits are scraped off of the sides
Add broth mixture into the rest of soup
Add remainder of the carrots and onions, mushrooms, red pepper flakes, onion powder, thyme, salt and almond milk into pot and stir
Add chicken to pot and combine
Simmer soup for 10 minutes prior to serving