Lentil and Spicy Sausage Stew

Ingredients

• Andouille Sausage

  Smoked Andouille Chicken Sausage - Trader Joe's

  4 link or 728g

• Onion

  raw

  1 medium or 110g

• Lentils

  Safeway

  8 oz or 227g

• Chicken broth

  canned, low-sodium

  4 cup or 960g

• Salt

  table

  1 tsp or 6g

• Black pepper

  ground

  ¼ tsp or 0.5g

• Sweet potato

  raw

  3 sweetpotato, 5" long or 390g

• Spinach

  raw

  1 package (10 oz) or 284g

Directions

1. Add pork sausage to a skillet over medium-high heat. Brown the sausage and break it up into pieces with your spatula or wooden spoon. Add the onion and cook until just softened (you don't need to cook fully).
2. Remove from heat add to your slow cooker.
3. Add the potatoes, lentils, and chicken stock to the slow cooker. Stir to mix.
4. Cook on high for 3-4 hours.
5. Stir in the spinach leaves and wilt them. Season with salt and pepper.
6. If your stew is thick and you want to thin it out, add a little more chicken stock to it until you get the desired consistency.