Sausages and Lentils

250g green lentils
6 rashers smoked streaky bacon, chopped
1 pack nice pork sausages
2 onions, chopped
4 cloves garlic, minced
2 sticks celery, chopped
1 carrot, peeled and chopped
1 tsp rosemary
1 can chopped tomatoes1 tbsp parsley, chopped
1 tbsp veg oil
Salt and pepper

Put the lentils in a saucepan, cover with water, bring to the boil. Boil rapidly for 15 minutes then reduce the heat and cover, simmer 30 minutes then drain well. Heat the oil in a frying pan, add the sausages and bacon, remove the sausages when brown. Add the onion, garlic, celery, and carrot, fry until the onion is beginning to brown. Add the rosemary and tomatoes, stirl well. Add the sausages, season with salt and pepper. Bring to the boil then reduce the heat and simmer until the vegetables are soft. Stir in the parsley.



Note: this recipe produced enough lentils for four people while the sausages were only enough for two. The lentils were lovely heated up the next day with some roast chicken.