Forget Panera! Soup and Salad made by Yours Truly.

Lunch could possibly be one of the best things. Its a lighter fair but you can do so much with it. Both of these are made from scratch, don't be deterred its wicked simple. This is a traditional french onion soup, accompanied by a chicken caesar salad. 

What you will need for the Chicken Caesar Salad(4 servings)-

Two Chicken Breasts
Romaine Lettuce
Caesar Dressing
Parmesan Cheese
Croutons

What you will need for the French Onion Soup(4 servings)-

Beef Stock
1 Large Sweet Onion
Salt and Pepper
Brown Sugar
Worcestershire Sauce
Minced Garlic
Flour
French Bread
Swiss Cheese

The Chicken Caesar Salad is super simple. Take the chicken and start by rinsing it. Then cut it up into a little larger than bite size pieces, when it cooks it will shrink. Then put some oil in a frying pan and add the chicken. Put some salt, pepper, a little minced garlic, and any other seasonings you fancy. Cook these by moving them around until they are browned. Then take your romaine lettuce and cut it up into salad size pieces. Toss with 2ozs of Caesar dressing. Place the chicken on top, and garnish with croutons and Parmesan cheese.

For the French onion soup this will take you 20 minutes in prep time and about an 1 hour and a half to cook(don't fret there is an ample amount of simmering time). First cut the onion up into 1inch slices, they will shrink as they caramelize. Once you have cut all of the onion, place it into a pan, add 1 table spoon of brown sugar, 1 table spoon of flour, and 1 table spoon of oil. Mix and continually stir this at a medium temperature. Once the onions become soft and a light brown color they are done, this process should take around 30 to 40 minutes. After this is complete you want to add your beef stock, 1 teaspoon of minced garlic, salt and pepper, a dash of Worcestershire sauce. Bring this to a boil, then reduce heat and cover for 45 minutes. At this point I let it cool to room temperature, then refregerate to allow the flavors to blend together. If you are ready to eat it the final step is to put a generous ladle of soup into a oven safe dish. Top the soup with 2, 1/4 inch slices of french bread and place a slice of swiss cheese on top of the bread. Place this in the oven, and set to broil. When the cheese is bubbly and browning its done.

Sit back and enjoy lunch!