Warming the Soul

With all the snow and cold weather we are having in the Northeast its the perfect time for some french onion soup. Home-made french onion soup is a lot easier then you think. Just a few ingredients and some simples steps and this meal is ready to enjoy!

Simple yet delicious semi home-made french onion soup.

French Onion Soup

1. Start by cutting 3 large sweet onions into big chunks. Add to sauté  pan with about a quarter cup of butter. 

You can't see the butter in the picture but its cut into chunks under the onions

       

                           

2. Brown onions in butter slowly over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally. 

Onions will turn a beautiful brown color and fill your kitchen with a delightful smell!

3. In a sauce pan bring three cups of water to a rolling boil. Once water is boiling add beef flavored bouillon (follow directions on container). Then add in the caramelized onions from set two. 

4. I then allow the flavors of the onions to mix with that of the broth for a while, letting them simmer together for at least an hour on the lowest heat.

5. Cut french bread into thick slices and place on a cookie sheet. Bake in oven for 30 minutes at 275 or until crispy and hard.

6. Ladle soup into oven safe dish filling it up about 2/3 of the way. Top with a layer of the crispy french bread then a layer of mozzarella cheese.

7. Place dish in the oven using the broil setting at 375 till the cheese on top melts and starts to brown

8. Carefully take out of the oven and enjoy! I love serving it with an extra piece of the crispy french bread.

Whats cooking sweetie?

Thanks for stopping by Goodwill Designs and joining me on my creative journey to make each day a little brighter through humor, love and crafting.  I love the joy I get from creating something with my own two hands to for someone else. When I can throw in my own twisted sense of humor along the way all the more fun.  It is so easy to get wrapped up in the everyday: the stress, the worries, the endless to do lists that I don't always set aside enough time to just create.  This blog has been an idea of mine for sometime to be honest, but I am making a new commitment to myself to create more and worry less. I hope you this blog and the projects and tutorials to come provide you with as much joy as they have given me to create.

As I have mentioned earlier, I have let life distract me for awhile. So the first project is a half finished one. One that I promise to finish and to show you the end results. I had the idea to do a series of aprons with different images printed on them that capture my sense of humor and quirky style. I found plain white vintage style aprons on clearance at Michael's (can't bet $2 an apron) and decided to have some fun. Since one of my favorite movies is the Silence of the Lambs and the fact that sometimes I can be a complete horror in the kitchen I thought why not marry the two into one.

First I created a stencil of Hannibal Lector using my silhouette cameo and cut it out of freezer paper.
(I will create a post in the future on how to do this, I promise! It is one of my favorite tricks)

After the stencil was cut I used black fabric paint to stencil him onto the top of the apron and cut another stencil for "Got humans?" to stencil in red on the pocket.

I am really pleased with how the apron is turning out. I have purchased some trim to sew onto the apron because I feel its missing something along the bottom. I am still trying to decide if I also want to add a few images of moths on it as well.  It is a work in progress. I will post more pictures once it is done.  

For now I think it is time I sign off of the computer and go tackle the dishes soaking in the sink from tonights "attempt" at cooking.