WW French Onion Soup

I confess, I've never had French Onion Soup. It just didn't sound good to me.

But in the attempt, as everything settles down, to get back into cooking, I've decided I need to expand my recipes. On top of that, I'm trying to prepare 2 vegetarian/vegan (ish) meals every week in an effort not to consume so much meat  So when I saw this in one of my cookbooks, I decided it was worth a shot. Plus it was healthy(er) and didn't require a lot of fuss. My kind of dinner.

WW's French Onion Soup

Makes: approx 2-3

Ingredients:
-2 medium onions

-2 tbsp olive oil

-1 cup beef broth

-1 cup water

-4 tsp Parm cheese

-1/3 cup shredded swiss cheese

-1 leek, cleaned and slived

-1/8 tsp ground black pepper

-2 toasted slices of semolina bread

Directions:

In a nonstick pan, over medium heat, heat oil. Saute onions and leek until onions are golden, about 15 minutes. Add stock, pepper and water; bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer, covered 15 minutes. Preheat broiler. Set 2 flameproof bowls on a baking sheet. Ladle soup into bowls; top w/toasted bread. Sprinkle with Parm cheese, then with Swiss cheese. Broil until cheese melts, about 2 minutes

Mama Heada Thoughts:

Ok, so first off, I tripled or maybe even quadrupled this recipe. There was no way that was gonna feed us! I was also bad and substituted swiss cheese slices for the shredded swiss cheese. I also bought a La Brea Bakery Roasted Garlic Loaf instead of the semolina bread. I'm bad I know.

I was worried about how it would fill up M, but you know what? It was FILLING. And really yummy. My hardest judge to win over (the hubby) declared it a good one and said to add it to the books.

And what I liked most was that, being a Weight Watchers recipe, it didn't have a lot of butter like other recipes. 

And it was good the next day as leftover lunch. And I never eat leftovers.

Nutritional Facts (taken from WW cookbook): per serving, 264 calories, 10g fat, 3 g saturated fat, 0g trans fat, 12 mg cholesterol, 492mg sodium, 32 g carbs, 4g fiber, 14g protein and 132 g calcium