We had french onion soup. I was lazy tonight and didn't feel up to cooking, but we have to eat... Dilemma. Get off my lazy butt or sit here reading CC? Hmmm...
Looked in fridge and found leftover beef broth from the stew I had made a few days ago. Having lots of wine and onion flavor, it fit the bill for FOS. Found half a dry baguette that was too hard to eat; thus perfect for floating in soup. Also found an older bag of onions that needed getting rid of before they went bad...and luckily, a half pound of gruyere I intended for another application, but necessary for FOS. Caramelized the onions, threw in the broth, simmered a bit, poured into bowls containing wedges of the hard-as-a-brick baguette, sprinkled with gruyere, and voila! Dinner was served. Everybody was happy including myself as it only took fifteen minutes to throw together. The rest of them were clueless that it was an "clean out the kitchen" day.