This soup may not look beautiful but it is very tasty and worth a try. The flavours are lovely and it is great on a cold day for lunch.

You can use your favourite sausage for this recipe but an Italian styled sausage would be best.

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Lentil, Sausage & Kale Soup

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 45 minutes

Servings 6 servings

Ingredients

• rapeseed oil
• 250 g good quality sausages
• 1 onion
• 2 sticks celery
• 2 carrots
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 tin tomatoes
• 700 ml chicken stock
• 150 g dried red lentils
• 125 g kale
• salt
• pepper

Instructions

• Cut the sausages into bite size pieces
• Finely dice the onion, celery, carrots and garlic
• Add some rapeseed oil to a saucepan and fry the sausage for 5 minutes. Add the diced onion, celery and carrots and saute for a further 5 minutes
• Add the garlic and saute for 1 more minute
• Then add the stock, tined tomatoes and lentils
• Wash the kale and remove the stalks. Add to the soup.
• Bring to the boil and then turn down to simmer for 30 minutes
• Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper
• Serve with some fresh bread