Skinny French Onion Soup

Prep time: 15 minutes

Cook time: 1 hr + 20 minutes

Yield: 4 servings

Serving size: 1 cup soup + 1 slice of baguette + 1 slice cheese

Ingredients

1 Tbsp olive oil
2½ lbs yellow medium onions, thinly sliced
2½ tsp Stevia® (or your favorite sweetener)
6 cups reduced-sodium beef broth
1 tsp fresh thyme, chopped
2 Bay leaves
¼ tsp black pepper
4 slices (1 oz each) whole grain baguette
4 slices (⅔ oz each) reduced-fat Swiss cheese

Instructions

In a large saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Add chopped onions and sugar, and cook for 48 to 50 minutes, or until very soft and golden. Stir occasionally.
Stir in the broth, thyme, bay leaves and pepper. Bring to boil over medium-high heat. Reduced to a simmer and cook, uncovered, for 30 minutes. Remove the bay leaves.
Spoon a cup of soup into four broil-safe dishes. Cut the bread slices into cubes. Top each soup bowl with bread cubes and cover with a cheese slice. Broil for 1½ minutes, or until cheese is bubbly and browned slightly. If you don’t have broil-safe dishes then keep the bread slices whole (not cubed) and place on baking sheet. Broil cheese slice on top that way.