I just made chicken soup last night also! I put garlic in, (but not a quarter cup!) and an entire onion and turmeric. We do garlic tea frequently too and I make fresh salsa with lots of garlic and onion. We probably smell terrible and are so nose blind from it all that we can't tell. Good thing we aren't super social.
Hope you can kick that chest cold before it gets ahold of you.
Butternut squash and caramelized onion soup here tonight. First time, I'll see if DW and I live through it
I'm not sure I can actually agree that the onions are caramelized though, they are baking in the oven with their little garlic buddies.