It's Soup Season! It's Vegetarian French Onion Soup! For those it gets dark at 4:30 in the afternoon Seattle days

The weather in Seattle. Well how should I describe it. Let me think. Well. To be honest.
COLD AND RAINY (in the winter that is)!

We have had several wet, cold, nasty days here in Seattle over the last few weeks, not to mention it gets dark at oh you know 4:30! As a Southern girl at heart this is hard to handle some days. So what's a gal to do? Get yer man (or lady or yourself)  to make ya French onion soup! As a veghead we have to change the recipe a bit to make it beef stock free so here it is folks veg. French onion soup!

Onion Base:
2 onions
2 tablespoons butter
2 cloves garlic
 this creates your onion base

Broth Case:
1 1/2 tablespoons and 1 quarter water Better than Bouillon vegetable base
1 Tablespoon Soy Sauce

Toasted one inch slices of yummy bread

Swiss Cheese of the local variety (in our case Tillamook cheese!)

Take the onions and cut them long ways, from head to tail.  Then cut in lil' half moons as thinly as possible.  Toss them in the pan with plenty of room and cook on low-medium heat with the butter or oil and garlic (crushed then sliced).  It takes a while, but go slow.  After they're translucent, throw in some flour and cook until separated and just before it browns.

Don't burn it!  It will taste very bad!

Mix up the broth and throw in some spices if you've got em.

Enjoy!

P.S, It goes great with a New Belgium Snow Day Winter Ale and the new Florence and the Machine cd :)

Oxfam for the Holidays!

I have always loved Oxfam's mission and this year's holiday ad campaign caught my eye on the bus ride last night.  This simple yet powerful message is one I just had to share. Unwrap your holiday by considering the true meaning behind the holidays. The illustrator behind the inspired message is Jessica Hische.

http://www.jessicahische.is/lettering/what-you-should-ask-for-this-christmas

http://www.oxfamamericaunwrapped.com/

We're baaaaaack.

Okay so I started this thing then I became homeless for a month, went to NC, moved, and started a job so yeah we've been gone a while. Good news though is that we moved into a super cute place in West Seattle that we totally love. Which is also good news because we have lots of new fun space to decorate and blog about!