Healthified French Onion Soup

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PREP TIME
1 Hr
TOTAL TIME
1 Hr 15 Min
SERVINGS
4

1: tablespoon olive or canola oil

4: medium onions (about 1 1/2 lb), sliced (8 cups)

1: carton (32 oz) reduced-sodium beef broth (4 cups)

1/4: teaspoon dried thyme leaves

1/4: teaspoon pepper

1: bay leaf

2: teaspoons reduced-sodium soy sauce

8: slices (1/2 inch thick) baguette French bread

1/4: cup shredded fresh Parmesan cheese (1 oz)

1 In 4-quart nonstick Dutch oven, heat oil over medium heat. Add onions; cook uncovered 10 minutes, stirring frequently. Reduce heat to medium-low. Cook 35 to 40 minutes longer, stirring frequently, until onions are light golden brown (onions will shrink during cooking).
2 Stir in broth, thyme, pepper, bay leaf and soy sauce. Heat to boiling. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 15 minutes. Remove bay leaf.
3 Meanwhile, set oven control to broil. Place baguette slices on ungreased cookie sheet. Sprinkle cheese evenly on slices. Broil with tops 4 to 6 inches from heat 30 to 60 seconds or until cheese is melted. Watch carefully so cheese does not burn.
4 To serve, ladle soup into bowls. Serve with baguette slices.

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Expert Tips

We've replaced ingredients with great-tasting alternatives to create better-for-you recipes that are just as yummy as the originals.

We've added reduced-sodium soy sauce to this healthified version of onion soup as a flavor enhancer.

Be sure to use shredded fresh Parmesan cheese rather than the powdery grated variety. You'll get a better melt if you start with a brick and shred it yourself, but you can also use preshredded.

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Nutrition Information:

1 Serving (1 Serving (1 Cup Soup and 2 Baguette Slices))

Calories 210

(Calories from Fat 60),

Total Fat 7g

(Saturated Fat 2g,
Trans Fat 0g),

Cholesterol 0mg;
Sodium 510mg;
Total Carbohydrate 26g

(Dietary Fiber 3g,
Sugars 7g),

Protein 11g;

Percent Daily Value*:

Vitamin A 0 %;
Vitamin C 8 %;
Calcium 15 %;
Iron 10 %;

Exchanges:

1 1/2 Starch;
0 Fruit;
0 Other Carbohydrate;
0 Skim Milk;
0 Low-Fat Milk;
0 Milk;
1 Vegetable;
0 Very Lean Meat;
0 Lean Meat;
1/2 High-Fat Meat;
0 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

What is healthified?

We've replaced ingredients with great-tasting alternatives to create better-for-you recipes that are just as yummy as the original

Here's the skinny

Before	After
1/4 cup butter	1 tablespoon olive or canola oil
1 carton (32 oz) beef broth	1 carton (32 oz) reduced-sodium beef broth (4 cups)
1 cup shredded Gruyère or Swiss cheese (4 oz)	1/4 cup shredded fresh Parmesan cheese (1 oz)
	2 teaspoons reduced-sodium soy sauce

Nutritional Highlights

Calories		340 (before) 210 (after)
Cholesterol		60 mg (before) 0 mg (after)
Fat		1/2 (before) 0 (after)
Saturated Fat		13 g (before) 2 g (after)
Sodium		870 mg (before) 510 mg (after)
Total Fat		21 g (before) 7 g (after)

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Posted 11/23/2011 12:46:08 PM REPORT ABUSE lake street said:

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For the first time I entered your site. It looks great, but I don't like HOW it's printed because it doesn't "copy" well. I like to save the recipes in Word files. Yours are too time-intensive to save. I almost abandoned the site (many others may, too!) but thought I'd write to you first.

Posted 9/11/2009 2:31:08 PM REPORT ABUSE Loved IT said:

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Finally got around to making this soup. Didn't have the bread in house so did without. Even my chef husband liked it!

Posted 3/16/2009 2:55:17 PM REPORT ABUSE Cyerra said:

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This reciepe was really good. I didn't think that there was a healthier reciepe for french onion soup. I have now cooked this several times from memory and love it.

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