I have never been a fan of French Onion soup for as long as I can remember.
One of the earliest times I could taste the disappointment was back in about 2006 when I started working at Outback and it had always smelled so good...but did not live up to my expectations. Since then, I have been on a mission to give it a taste whenever I have the opportunity and until this weekend, I had almost given up.
On Sunday, H.M. decided to paint our kitchen wall so we ran out to get some paint. In the process our bellies began to growl and I was excited to use the Panera giftcards I had been accumulating (for giving blood - totally worth it!). We both ordered soup and a sammie, but H.M. had ordered the French Onion. Oh boy, did it smell good! Luckily, I was able to swipe a most amazing scoop o'soup...and the rest is history.
Of course he wouldn't share the rest (I wouldn't have either!) so I had no choice but to look up this great recipe to make for dinner tonight.
Making it from scratch was easier than I thought, minus the fact that my eyes were burning for about an hour because of the whole carmelization process. What I did for love!
I did use slices of Wheaty Wheat from Avalon instead of french bread and I used Better Than Bouillon's veggie-friendly beef broth substitute...instead of beef broth. Aaaaand then I may or may not have used rosemary instead of thyme and Muenster instead of Swiss/Gruyere, but hey, I finally like it!
Now I can't wait to get cute little soup bowls
Is there a new food you've decided to test out? Something you used to detest but now crave?
