Another way to cook lentils.

This was not the first time I've cooked lentils, but they were delicious!

A neighbor had given me a bag of dry brown lentils, so I wanted to cook them.  

But how?  I wasn't in the mood for Mediterranean or Middle Eastern food, and most recipes for lentils are in those categories.

So I came up with my own, based on how I've cooked red beans.

Lentils don't take as long to cook as regular dried beans do, so they only took about 5 hours on low in the crock pot.

Put one pound of dried lentils in the crock pot, and cover with chicken broth.

After a couple of hours, you'll need to add more chicken broth.

Once they're done, take some Guidry's Creole Seasoning, which is found in the refrigerated produce section, and consists of finely chopped onions, garlic, celery, and bell pepper.

If you can't get that particular product, then you can finely chop the veggies yourself.

I hate bell pepper, but in Guidry's Creole Seasoning, it's finely chopped, so I don't notice the taste when it's cooked with everything else.

Heat some cooking oil in a cast iron skillet, then saute the veggies in the cooking oil for a few minutes until soft.  Add them to the lentils.

Then cut up some smoked sausage and add to that same skillet.  Brown the sausage and add.

I hadn't even added the seasoned salt yet and it was delicious, but I did end up adding seasoned salt.