Your next challenge is...French onion soup!

Our cooking club features one great recipe for the entire month, including a prize for the best photo entry. So spread the word to all your friends – with nearly a month to enter, fitting a new recipe onto the menu will be a breeze.

January's challenge: Slow cooker French onion soup

When it's wintry outside, nothing's more warming than classic French onion soup. Now that we've figured out how to caramelize onions in the slow cooker, this is officially our easiest version ever. So stir up a batch and then get out your toboggans, skates and skis and hit the great outdoors – coming home to this soup will be downright delicious.

Don't have a slow cooker? No problem. We have provided instructions so you can participate with a delicious stovetop version.

The photo

Get creative! Don't shy away from colour (we love the aqua soup bowl on our front cover), and experiment with different angles when taking your photo. Presentation adds a lot to your shot – and will make the soup extra-impressive when served.

The prize

At the end of the month we’ll select the best photo submission and that lucky winner will receive a Vitamix Creation Elite Whole Food Blender from our friends at The Shopping Channel.

Click here for contest rules and regulations.

How to post your pic?

Once you have your photo, you can post it one of four ways (make sure you’re not on a private setting):

• Follow us on Instagram, then post your photo using @ChatelaineKitchen
• Follow us on Twitter, then tweet us your photo with the hashtag #ChatelaineKitchen
• Like us on Facebook, then message us your photo
• Email us your picture at chatelaine.kitchen@gmail.com

Get your photos posted by Thursday, January 29 at noon to be considered for club’s photo gallery, which features the prize-winning photo and all our club entries.