Nourishing Lentil Stew

I went out for dinner and many drinks on my last day of work, then got up at 5:30am and went to boot camp. I worked hard but felt pretty poorly when I returned home. I laid on the couch willing my self to feel better. Then the answer popped into my head! Delicious, nutritious, wholesome food to nourish my body was to be the vital step in my recovery.

A quick search for provisions found, dried french lentils, carrot, stringless beans and tinned tomatoes. The choice was obvious.


1.5 cups of french puy lentils
1 cup stringless beans
1 x carrot
1 x lge brown onion
1 x clove garlic
1 x tin crushed tomatoes
half tsp each of cumin, chilli, thyme and rosemary
2 bay leaves
big handful of fresh basil
salt, pepper, evoo and a few cups of water
Couscous to serve

Chop onions and garlic and saute in evoo. Add dried spices and saute for a minute. Add lentils, water, chopped carrots, beans (and any other veggies in your fridge), tinned tomatoes, bay leaves and salt and pepper. Leave simmering on the stove for as long as possible, I left for 3 hours and kept adding extra water to cook the lentils further. Make up some couscous to serve and enjoy curled up on the couch.

So easy and perhaps more of a winter food, but it really did the trick to get me through the day.