French Onion Soup

Today I cranked out one of my favorite soups for dinner. Using low sodium broth keeps the salt of a normally high meal much more manageable. 

Ingredients

Olive Oil

5 lbs Vidalia Onions, sliced

2 boxes of Swanson 50% sodium Beef Broth (approx. 8 cups)

1 cup Pinot Grigio

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 tsp Thyme

1 bay leaf

Ermenthler Cheese

In a large pot or Dutch oven, heat olive oil over medium high heat and sauté the onions for ten minutes. Then sprinkle a little sugar and continue to sauté for another 30 minutes until the onions start to carmalized. Add the garlic and sauté for a minute. Add in the wine, broth, thyme and bay leaf. Reduce heat and cook for 30 minutes more. Serve with Ermenthler (Swiss) cheese grated on to and toast in the broiler. 

We enjoyed ours with a hot roast beef sandwiches and treated it like a gourmet au jous-soup. 

Pork Chop Casserole

This super easy casserole was a favorite of mine growing up. I have no idea where the recipe came from but I loved when I would come into the kitchen and smell this cooking. Just a few ingredients makes this a easy week night dinner.

On a side note, I made this while watching Worst Cooks in America and just shaking my head. I can not understand how someone could not make a pizza. Or boil water. 

Grocery List: 2 cans of green beans, 1 can of Healthy Request Cream of Mushroom soup, 1 box Uncle Ben's Long Grain Wild Rice & 4-6 pork chops. 

Preheat oven to 375 degrees and grease a large roasting pan. In a large bowl, mix the beans (drained), rice, soup and 1.5 cups of water.

 Pour into the prepared roaster.  Layer the pork chops on top and lightly pepper them. 

Cook covered for 1 hour and 20 minutes.  

Enjoy with a side of lurking kitty. 

Coconut Macaroons

Quite possibly one of my new favorite treats, I made these last weekend from a recipe my mom shared with me in the back of the Baker's Sweetened Flaked Coconut. 

Combine 1 bag of sweetened coconut, 6Tbsp flour, 2/3 c sugar and a pinch of salt in a large bowl. 

Seperate 4 large eggs to use just the whites for this recipe. To quote my dad doing his best Three Stooge episode "oh seperate!"  Lightly beat and add a teaspoon on pure almond extract. Stir egg mixture into coconut mixture. 

Drop by rounded teaspoons onto a greased and floured cookie sheet. Bake in a 325 degree oven for 20 minutes. The tighter you can pack the drops the better they turn out in the oven.