Healthy Sausage Casserole Recipe

Prep: 10 mins + 8 hours soaking
Cook: 20 mins
Serves: 4

Ingredients

1 cup dried lentils, or see variation
1 tsp canola oil
8 sausages
1 onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, chopped
3 carrots, chopped
2 stalks celery, chopped
1 cup water
1 tbs ground cumin
1 tsp reduced-salt vegetable stock

Method

Soak the lentils in a large bowl of water for about 8 hours. Drain the lentils just before using them.
Heat oil in a large pot with a lid.
Gently fry the sausages for 5-10 minutes to give them a brown colour.
Add the onions and garlic and cook for another 5 minutes.
Add the rest of the ingredients, put the lid on and simmer for 10-15 minutes or until the lentils and vegetables are tender and the sausages are cooked through.

Variation: Replace the dried and soaked lentils with 2 x 400g cans of lentils, rinsed and drained. If using canned lentils don’t add the cup of water.

Comment: Look for low-fat or lean sausages that haven't been smoked or cured. Stock up when they're on special and freeze the extras.

Healthy tip!

Chilli, lemon and herbs add flavour - great alternatives to butter and salt!

More tips

Nutrition Information


	per serving	per 100g
Energy	1461 kJ	461 kJ
Protein	19 g	6 g
Fat, total	21.8 g	6.9 g
— saturated	9.5 g	3 g
Carbohydrate	15.2 g	4.8 g
— sugars	4.3 g	1.3 g
Sodium	700.2 mg	220.8 mg
Fibre	8.5 g	2.7 g

Member comments & rating

Comments (2)

I used 1 tin of lentils and added a tin of tomatoes to give the lentils some moisture. This one got a thumbs up from the family.
Katrina Murphy
Posted on: 01 Jun 20
The family loved this - simple to make and delicious. I just used up whatever vegies I had in the vegie drawer! Will be a keeper.
Mias Mum
Posted on: 11 Jun 14