Lentil Stew or Cat Hack? You decide.

[nwhiker]

Yes, it seriously looks like cat hack. We all laughed. A lot.

But the kids ate it. Kinda. AC liked it, Perry and Linnea were more ambivalent.

I got the recipe from a friend. She adapted it from FIX-IT and FORGET-IT LIGHTLY : Healthy, Low-Fat Recipes for Your Slow Cooker. I'm giving it as I made it.

Sweet Potato Lentil Stew

4 cups chicken broth
3 cups (about 1.25 lbs) yam, peeled and cubed (
1.5 cups pink lentils, sorted and rinsed
3 handfuls baby carrots, peeled and diced
1 medium onion, chopped
4 garlic cloves, minced
1 tsp sweet curry
large pinch hot curry
1/2 tsp ginger
large pinch cayenne pepper

Saute the onions (I just cannot make myself put raw onions into a crockpot) until golden.

Combine everything in the crockpot. Cover and cook until done, basically all afternoon.

My friend said the recipe suggested adding raisins, nuts, or coconut towards the end of cooking, and that she put them out on the table for people to add themselves, and that the walnuts and coconut were delish.

Me? I sauteed a few apples until golden and soft, and served those on top.

It was good. I'll be making it again. The original recipe calls for cumin instead of curry, but I like curry better than cumin, and this worked.

Except that it really looked like cat hack.