Thinking up an easy but hearty & healthy recipe that everyone will love, every evening, can be something of a trial. This we know. So i'm sharing this recipe as it's one super simple dish that includes plenty of veg, filling pulses, plenty of flavour and good amounts of protein & can be knocked up in around 30 minutes. The kale, added at the end, is a welcome splash of mineral rich greens and this dish also works brilliantly with baked potatoes, brown rice, warm quinoa or cauliflower rice as a side. Most of the ingredients are from your store cupboard. What is not to like?!
If you like to get ahead by batch cooking, this is a perfect one for the freezer too. And if you have veggies to leftover to use up, this is the perfect moment - mushrooms, peppers, green beans etc etc.
Serves 3 or 4
Ingredients:
1 pack of quality sausages - veggie or meat - 1 or 2 per person
3 tbsps olive oil
1 large onion or leek, peeled & chopped
2 carrots, peeled & chopped
1 celery stick, chopped
2 garlic cloves, sliced
1 bay leaf
1/3 tsp cayenne pepper, hot paprika or chilli powder
1/2 tsp turmeric powder, or grated fresh root
1/2 cup of red lentils, rinsed
1 tin or TetraPak of beans : cannellini, kidney, black, butter beans etc, rinsed
2 tbs tomato puree
1 litre of hot stock, maybe. splash more..
2 handfuls of kale - or Cavil Nero - ripped or shredded
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Method:
1. Get your ingredients ready: cut the sausages into thirds, prep/chop the veg, drain & rinse the beans, measure & rinse the lentils
2. Heat a little oil in a wide pan, add the sausages & fry them off gently until lightly browned
( you can de-glaze the pan with a splash red wine at this stage ;-)) then..
3. Add the onion or leek, followed by the garlic, carrot, celery & the bay leaf
4. After a minute, add the cayenne or paprika, along with the turmeric powder
5. Keep stirring as you add the tomato puree, beans, lentils & stock
6. Simmer, with a lid on the pan. for 20 minutes, stirring frequently
7. Add the handfuls of ripped kale, increase the heat a little
8. Cook the kale in for ab most 5 minutes, then check the seasoning & serve piping hot with sides of your choice
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