Low Calorie French Onion Soup

This is a wonderful Weight Watchers friendly recipe for nummy french onion soup that is really easy and takes much less time to prepare than a classic french onion soup recipe. After about 10 minutes of prep and 20 minutes of cooking time I had some delicious soup with all of the flavor and none of the fat of the original. And only 5 weight watchers points per serving, pretty good!

My only modification to this would be to use half as much onion total. The soup was a little onion heavy and felt a little too hearty for onion soup. I like my onion soup very brothy so I can soak up all that deliciousness in some bread or spoon it out slowly to warm up my whole body.

Ingredients

• 2 large sweet onions, sliced
• 2 large red onions, sliced
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 tsp chopped fresh thyme
• 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
• 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
• 1/2 cup red wine
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
• 1 bay leaf
• 3 14-ounce cans fat free beef broth
• 1/4 cup minced fresh chives, or scallions
• 6 slices light, whole wheat bread (I used Sara Lee Delightful)
• 1 cup shredded Gruyère, or fontina cheese

Directions

1. Spray a large saucepan with butter flavored nonfat cooking spray and place over medium-high heat. Add sweet onions and red onions. Toss lightly. Cover, reduce heat to medium and cook, stirring often, until softened and starting to brown, 6 to 8 minutes.
2. Add garlic, bay leaf, and thyme and cook, uncovered, stirring often, until starting to soften, 3 to 4 minutes.
3. Stir in red wine, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, and salt and pepper; increase heat to medium-high and bring to a simmer. Cook, stirring often, until most of the liquid has evaporated, 1 to 2 minutes.
4. Stir in broth and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook until the vegetables are tender, about 3 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in scallions.
5. Meanwhile, toast bread and divide it among 6 bowls; top with cheese. Ladle the soup over the bread and cheese and serve immediately.

Preparation time: 5 minute(s)

Cooking time: 20 minute(s)

Makes 6 servings
Serving size 1 ½ cups
Each serving = 5 Points +

PER SERVING: 138 calories; 6 g fat; 18 g carbohydrates; 15 g protein; 4 g fiber

Source: LaaLoosh