Cold and bored, I cooked.

It's unseasonably cool here today, overcast with almost constant drizzle.
At a roadside vegetable stand several days ago I had bought two vidalia onions complete with the green tops, almost a foot total length.
I remembered mama used to on rare occasions make creamed onion soup from the green tops, I decided to give it a try.
I found this recipe

Ingredients

2 Spanish onions peeled and cut in quarters
1 yellow onion peeled and cut in quarters
2 shallots peeled and cut in half
2 cloves garlic peeled but left whole
2 tablespoons olive oil
salt and pepper
¼ cup salted butter
2 sprigs fresh thyme
4 cups chicken broth use low or no sodium broth to control the salt
1 cup heavy whipping cream
Instructions
Preheat your oven to 450°F and toss the onions, shallots, and garlic with olive oil, seasoning them with salt and pepper and add the sprigs of thyme.

Transfer the seasoned veggies to a baking sheet with raised sides and roast them for about 15-20 minutes, or until they are soft and brown around the edges.
Transfer the roasted onions and any pan juices to a soup pot, add the butter, and sauté for 3-4 minutes.
Add the chicken broth and thyme, and let it simmer for 20 minutes to reduce slightly.
Remove the thyme stems, then transfer the mixture to a blender and puree, or use an immersion blender directly in the pot.
Add the cream, heat through, adjust seasoning, and serve your delicious Creamy Onion Soup

𝐈 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐬, 𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐈 𝐜𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬, 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡
𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐜 (𝐫𝐚𝐰) 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐬...
𝐈 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐝𝐨, 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐚 𝐋𝐄𝐄𝐓𝐋𝐄 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐲, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐲

While doing all that, I put fresh Rosemary in a cast iron skillet with butter, then when it came time to cook I added EVOO (Extra Virgin Olive Oil) to the pan and cooked the steak, basting it with the butter mixture.
It was all very tasty, didn't take a long time but did dirty up more than my usual pots pans and utensils.

"Cold and Bored, I cooked"

^by
Jerry E Smith
©5/3/2025
All images mine, recipe is sourced