A cold night…you are just coming home from work or a long day… and you want a nice warm bowl of soup?  That’s what I like to do on a Fall or Winter evening.  But normally I find that I don’t have the time to whip something up on the day that I want it. So instead I  make large batches of soup 4 – 6 times  a year and freeze them for when I need a quick hot meal with not a lot of fuss.

Onion Soup….so simple to make and so simple to enjoy!

Here is my recipe that I make…I hope you enjoy this!

(BTW this recipe is very forgiving….so a little more of this and a little less of that, based on what you have in your pantry is fine)

Ingredients:

• 2 bag of onions (3 – 5 lbs)
• 2 containers of Beef Broth (homemade is better if you have some stashed in your freezer)
• Salt and pepper to taste
• ½ stick of butter
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 2 tables spoons of parsley or basil (your choice)
• My secret ingredient is Marmite – one heaping teaspoon
• 1 cup water
• 2 bay leaves

Directions:

• Melt butter and garlic in a sauce pan
• Once melted, add onions (slice onions very thin)
• Add spices to onions
• Sauté onions until a gold brown
• Pour onion mixture into crock pot and add broth and bay leaves for 2 hours on high or on stove top on low for 2 hours.
• Take out the Bay Leaves
• Grab a bowl, pour in some soup, get some bread or crackers and enjoy!

Lynn A. C. Wilson – Resume of a Mother