"Soup is Good Food"

This Sausage Lentil Soup came together really quickly and nicely balanced out the candy-cake-loot bag intake of some of us tonight! Like many recipes I have posted, the amounts are pretty flexible; add more or less of your ingredients according to your preferences.

2- 3 spicy Italian sausages (or whatever variety you like)
a nice big onion diced
2 big carrots and 2-3 celery stalks, cleaned and diced (I add in all the leafy celery tops too)
4 cloves of garlic roughly chopped
6- 8 cups of chicken or vegetable stock
19 oz tin of lentils, drained
Handful of spinach
spoonful of pesto (optional but flavorful)

Squeeze the sausage out of its casing and crumble in your soup pot.  Saute with your diced onion and some olive oil until browned.  Add your carrot, celery and garlic and continue to saute  for a few minutes until beginning to soften.  Add your broth and lentils and simmer until the sausage is cooked and the vegetables are tender or cooked to your liking.  I threw in a spoonful of pesto and a handful of spinach stirring until wilted. Serve with a big loaf of crusty bread or some cheesy garlic toast or a grilled cheese.  Or, pretty filling on it's own...especially when sharing space with the candy-cake-loot bag deliciousness of earlier in the day  :D