Bistro Lunch

I need to amend my recent statement on soups: I generally dislike soups, but I make an exception for potato and French onion. Case in point: my "bistro lunches" this week.

For lunch this week, I am having salad, cheese toasts, and French onion soup, for just 7 points!

The French onion soup recipe came from the fabulous Slow Cooker Revolution. That book is so full of delicious recipes! I'm just getting started with it, but so far everything's been a winner, including this soup. It is one of the most flavorful soups I have ever had. Basically, you carmelize the onions in a mixture of butter, thyme, sherry, soy sauce (!), and apple butter (!!) until they are tender and golden, then add in some beef broth, and voila—French onion soup. I halved the recipe for my little slow cooker and it yielded 4 generous servings for just 3 points each.

The cheese toasts are 45g of French baguette (roughly 4 little slices) topped with 1 oz part-skim mozzarella, then broiled. Each serving is 4 points, 2 for each component.

The salad is, well, a handful of salad which I spritzed with 0-calorie vinaigrette.