French Onion Soup V

Ingredients

 * 1 tbsp butter
 * 1 large onion, sliced thin
 * 2 tsp flour
 * 1/4 cup dry white wine*
 * 5 cup water
 * 4 tsp beef bouillon, or cubes
 * freshly ground pepper
 * 4 slice french bread
 * 1 cup swiss cheese, shredded

Directions

 * this ingredient is in original recipe for which the food values are given. See note about how it was actually made at the end. Melt butter in large saucepan. Add sliced onion, cover, cook over low heat about 5 min until onion is tender. Remove lid, increase heat to high. Cook and stir until onions are golden. Reduce heat, stir in flour and wine. Simmer 1 min. add water and bouillon cubes. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer 5 min. season to taste with salt and pepper. Place bread slices in 325f oven 5 min to dry. Pour soup into 4 heated ovenproof bowls. Place a slice of bread on top of each; allow bread to soak up soup, then cover with ¼ cup cheese per bowl. Bake at 325f 25-30 min until cheese is lightly browned. 4 servings - each 1 cup 1 protein choice, 1 ½ starch, 1 ½ fat 20 g carbohydrate, 11 g protein, 11 g fat (223 calories) choice cooking, canadian diabetes assoc,