Last week was a pretty rough one for me. A few days after coming back from vacation, I had major coughing fits. I went to the gym and could barely keep up. Then I felt a crackling in my chest and went to the doctor asap. They thought I had pneumonia but luckily it ended up being just a lung infection. Now I’m Z-packed up and almost ready to get back into my regular routine! Woohoo
My creation is ready, mwah mwah mwah!
While I was sick, I knew the best think to soothe my aching throat would be soup. My mind darted to French Onion when I remembered we had these awesome soup crocks I bought on clearance from Crate & Barrel. So after looking at a few recipes and digging out my Crock Pot, here is what I came up with…
Slice it up, little darlin, slice it up
Thin is in baby, hehehe
French Onion Soup
Soup (Serves 4)
- 3 medium onions, thinly sliced
- 2 tbsp butter, melted
- 2 tbsp EVOO
- 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 32 oz box beef stock
- 1/4 cup red wine
- Pepper to taste
Cheesy Goodness
- 4 slices French bread, 1 inch thick
- 4 oz Gruyere (or Mozzarella)
1. Add butter and EVOO to the slow cooker
2. Add the sliced onions, salt and sugar. Stir to evenly coat the onions.
3. Set the slow cooker to low and cook for 9-10 hours ( if in a rush, 4 hours on high should be good). Onions will be a perfect caramelized brown.
4. When onions have finished, add the stock, wine, Worcestershire, and pepper. Add more salt if needed. Set slow cooker to high and cook for one hour.
5. Towards the end of the cooking time, toast the bread in the toaster until golden brown and crisp.
6. Set oven to broil, and place oven proof crocks on cookie sheet
7. Ladel the soup into the crocks, add the toasted bread and top with cheese.
8. Place under broil for a few minutes until cheese is golden & bubbly. Make sure to watch this process very carefully!
Onions right after cooking…
Soup after all the broth has been added and it's ready for some cheesy goodness!
I wouldn't mind floating around in this soup!
I could never have too much cheese…
The soup turned out freakin awesome! The only part I would change in the future is the cheese, I used sliced gruyere and it wasn’t melty enough for me. I love the oozing, burn your mouth cheese you usually get at restaurants.
Get in my belly!
Now that the soup antibiotics have cured me, I’m ready to finally get back into action. My post-vacation plan is now ready. I did get Turbo Fire delivered last week, and I unpacked the pretty box and put it right by my DVD player. I’ll be doing one of the workouts tomorrow and let you know how it goes!
What’s your go to food when you are sick?
Soup is totally my get well food. I tend to gravitate towards plain broth and saltines when I am under the weather but your soup looks so much better than that! And you are spot on with the cheese, you can never have enough.
mmmmm I want this alongside my matzo ball soup!!!! now! <3
Sorry about that infection, but glad you’re healing up nicely!
That soup looks fantastic!
Those crocks are so cute! I always go for “noodles and chicken broth”. Basically my mom always cooked normal pasta in chicken broth. To this day, I still love it when I’m sick…but only then!
I hope you feel better soon.
Ohhh, I love french onion soup! Definitely comfort food and very needed when recovering from an illness.
That looks so good – and easy!! I wonder if it would be okay without wine? I don’t have any on hand. My husband hates onions, but LOVES French Onion Soup – he would love this!
You can omit the wine for sure… But wine does make it good
Oooooohhhh I LOVE French onion soup
Yours looks fab! Glad to hear you don’t have pneumonia!
I’m glad that you are feeling better!
That soup looks amazing! I love French Onion soup! The best part most definitely is the melted cheese! I love having soup when I am sick. It doesn’t even matter what kind of soup, although I prefer my mom’s chicken soup 
This looks freakin amazing! I’ve never made french onion soup at home and now I’m wondering why? Whenever I am sick I need to have hot and sour soup from my local chinese takeout, I don’t know why but I demand it! Hope the couch has gone away!
Barely a cough left! YAY! It was so much easier to make than I thought it would be
LOVE french onion soup. Such an indulgent treat! And I’m with you – it’s always best with ooey gooey melty cheese
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Glad you’re feeling better now! Being sick is the worst! Soup is also my go-to meal when I’m sick, and I love to drink ginger ale!
omg stop! FO soup is my fav! next to broccoli and cheddar. i wanna make this asap!!! its gonna wait until i return from the beach.
so glad you are feeling better girl!
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