Slow Cooker Sausages with Lentils

Prepare the night before to cook during the day to be ready for you when you get home from work.

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Servings: 6

Ingredients

spicy sausages good quality 4 (or more if you wish)
1 onion large chopped
2 garlic fat cloves chopped
2 celery stalks chopped
1 capsicum de-seeded and chopped
400 g chopped tomatoes 2x tins
1 Tbsp tomato paste
2 Tbsp basil pesto heaped
1½ cups brown lentil uncooked
2 cups pumpkin diced
2 carrots peeled and chopped
1 tsp sugar
2 cups beef stock

Instructions

In a large frying pan brown the sausages. Toss in the onion, celery and capsicum and cook until beginning to soften. Add the tomatoes, tomato paste and 1 tablespoon of the pesto, then heat until simmering.
Remove the sausages from the pan and cut them into chunks before returning them to the mixture (if the sausages are fresh rather than dried cut them at the end of the cooking).
Pour the mixture into the slow cooker, add the lentils, vegetables, stock and sugar, stir.
Cook on high for 6 hours or on low for 8 hours. When cooked, stir in the additional tablespoon of pesto and serve in warmed bowls with crusty bread.

Notes

From: Gray, Sophie (Aug 2007) Stop the Clock in: Healthy Food Guide