Slow Cooker Red Lentils-Sausage Stew
Happy New Year 2016!
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Red Lentils-Sausage Stew
Here is my suggestion for your 2017 New Year’s Menu celebration.
Italy: Cotechino con Lenticcjie, pork and lentils
American South: Black-eyes peas, Hoppin’ John, cooked greens
Japan: Toshikoshi Soba, long buckwheat noodles
Ireland Buttered Bread Sandwiches
Spain: 12 grapes referring to Champagne
Berlin: Berliner Pfannkuchen, jelly doughnuts
Greece: Vasilopita, a New Year’s Cake with a coin hidden in it. The person getting the coin will have good luck all year.
Slow Cooker Red Lentils-Sausage Stew
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Red Lentils-Sausage Stew
Slow Cooker Red Lentils-Sausage Stew
A slow cooker makes a hearty stew of red lentils, sausage and vegetables. A winter time comfort food to enjoy with crusty bread.
- 1/2 sausage (remove casing and crumble, or crumble whole sausage)
- 1 cup red lentils (rinse)
- 1/2 cup onion (chopped)
- 2 garlic cloves (minced)
- 1/2 cup carrots (coarsely chopped)
- 1/2 cup celery (coarsely chopped)
- 1 medium potato (chopped in 1/2 inch cubes)
- 14.5 oz tomatoes and juice
- 1 cup frozen cut spinach
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 2 cups water
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon oregano
- salt and pepper to taste
- Layer all the vegetables on the bottom of the slow cooker.
- Add the crumbled sausage.
- Pour in the broth and water.
- Add the seasonings and stir into the broth.
- Cover, cook on high for 3 hours.
3 links of bratwursts were used in this recipe; other sausages links or ground sausage could also be used.
Wishing you many blessings during 2016: healthy lives, friends, safety and joys in abundance.