Sausage casserole ish (Cooking on a Budget!)

Member Name: evewidow

Product:	Cooking on a Budget!
Date:	31/07/09 (70 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: fills up a family of 4 for a few quid

Disadvantages: long cooking time

This recipe feeds my hungry family of four is no hassle and is cheap .

Sausage Casserole - ish !

Ingredients

1 Pack of sausages ( I get cheap ones but i make sure they are min 70% pork but use which you like )

3 Carrots chopped chunky

1 tin of baked beans

1 tin of chopped toms

1 onion

large handfull of red split lentils

small amount of vegetable or chicken stock

salt , pepper , pinch of mixed herbs , teaspoon of paprika

optional things to add that work well are garlic , mushrooms , chopped up bacon , green pepper.

I make this is the slow cooker and put it on at breakfast time but can easily be done in the oven i would say a good hour at 180 ish.

Method :
Brown sausages lightly in a pan , then remove and place in casserole dish , add tomatoes beans , lentils , onions , carrots and any optional extras , season and add a teaspoon of paprika and a sprinkle of mixed herbs and enough stock to cover.
then place in slow cooker for 6-8 hours or oven approx 1hr - 1hr 30

The lentils go to mush which is great because none of my family like lentils .. ( apparently ) but they make the dish quite filling and it is now a family favourite in this house.
you could serve with potatoes , pasta or rice but we usually just have a few chinks of crusty bread.

this same recipe also works well with a bit of pork shoulder if you dont fancy sausage , you will need to adjust oven time accordingly.

Summary: great if you have a slow cooker , can vary it to suit.