I'm always jealous of those women who plan a whole week's worth of meals in advance. In our home, I can usually be found staring blindly into the cupboards at 5:30, hoping inspiration will strike.
Last week, it struck. And it struck brilliantly. So much so, that I have to share the recipe. A recipe that is 100% off the top of my head and turned out so delicious that we've decided I need to open a restaurant and sell just this.
It's a play off of jambalaya - without rice or Cajun seasoning. Which means I need to hide from the Louisiana branch of my family before they smack me upside the head for messing with a classic.
Lentil-laya
Ingredients:
1 onion diced
3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
3 celery stalks diced
2 T-ish olive oil
1 can stewed tomatoes with green chilies
1 box chicken broth
2 c. cooked lentils
1 can rinsed black beans
4 cooked sausages, sliced (Not breakfast sausages.) We used a roasted red pepper sausage that was amazing.
2 c. shredded cooked chicken
1 tsp. cayenne pepper
Directions:
1. Pour olive oil in a deep pot. Saute the celery, onion and garlic until the onion is clear and the garlic has started to brown.
2. Pour stewed tomatoes into pot. Let it bubble and reduce.
3. Add the rest of the ingredients, stirring gently. Let simmer for about 20 minutes until the broth thickens slightly. Salt to taste.
4. Enjoy!
Seriously. That's it. The kids asked for cheese so I sprinkled a little cheddar on theirs. Then they asked for seconds. We had to stop Joseph from asking for thirds.
5 comments:
I will take a full tureen to go please!
This looks awesome and WOW, this is all stuff I usually have around.
A day later....did the lentils have their most attractive delayed effect? Come on, you can tell me.
Geez, that's a good enough inspiration to last all year! If my brain would have come up with that, I'd call it quits and not feel like I had to make dinner for months.
Yum Yum!
Yum!
Yummmm!!! Now if I could only get my kids to eat lentils...
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