Nice Onion

I made french onion soup for dinner tonight, 

seemed like the right thing to do.

I worked all morning, 

then was running around the rest of the day

 gathering props for next weeks shoot 

plus it was so cold I wanted some comfort food but 

I am so sick of making heavy stews and such. 

No desire to make Beef Carbonnade?

No Short ribs? 

No Chicken Pot Pie? 

No Shepherd's Pie?

Can this alone be a sign that spring is on it's way?  

I am ready to lose the hibernation padding for sure.

Anyhooo

not my point. 

My point was that as Jeff was on his third bowl of onion soup

(sans cheese and bread on 2 & 3)

he asked me if onions were good for you.

I assumed so but looked on line and this is what I found:

Onion and Garlic Protective against Many Cancers

Making onion and garlic a staple in your healthy way of eating may greatly lower your risk of several common cancers, suggests a large data set of case-control studies from Southern European populations (Galeone C, Pelucchi C et al, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition).

Study participants consuming the most onions showed an 84% reduced risk for cancer of the oral cavity and pharynx, 88% reduced risk for esophageal cancer, 56% reduced risk for colorectal cancer, 83% reduced risk for laryngeal cancer, 25% reduced risk for breast cancer, 73% reduced risk for ovarian cancer, 71% reduced risk for prostate cancer, and 38% reduced risk for renal cell cancer, compared to those eating the least onions. Similarly, those eating the most garlic had a 39% reduced risk for cancer of the oral cavity and pharynx, 57% reduced risk for esophageal cancer, 26% reduced risk for colorectal cancer, 44% reduced risk for laryngeal cancer, 10% reduced risk for breast cancer, 22% reduced risk for ovarian cancer, 19% reduced risk for prostate cancer, and 31% reduced risk for renal cell cancer, compared to those eating the least garlic.

That being said:

Shouldn't you be making onion soup sometime soon?

Answer, probably yes.

It's easy, 

affordable

and 

good for you!

Here are two of my favorite recipes.

in video form

or

in recipe form with video