4 vegetable soup toasted cheese croutons Recipes

butter, onions, halved, thinly sliced (about 5 cups), fresh thyme sprigs, portobello mushrooms, stemmed, caps halved and cut crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick strips, cognac or brandy, garlic cloves, minced, canned vegetable broth, dry white wine, thick slices french-bread baguette, toasted, soft fresh goat cheese, room temperature

olive oil, bagged chopped onion, presliced mushrooms, bagged chopped carrot, chopped green bell pepper, dried herbes de provence, black pepper, vegetable broth, no salt-added diced tomatoes, undrained, navy beans, rinsed and drained, thick) slices french bread baguette, toasted, grated asiago cheese

dried fava beans or 3 large potatoes, carrots, onions, zucchini, stalks celery, cabbage, chicken or 1 1/2 quarts vegetable broth, salt, soy sauce, fresh ground pepper, bay leaf, toasted french bread, half-inch thick, freshly grated parmesan cheese