Savory Lentils With Sausage

• 6 pieces thickly cut bacon
• 3 cloves fresh organic garlic
• 1 large yellow organic onion
• 2 medium organic turnips
• 3 stalks organic celery
• 1/3 cup chopped fresh parsley
• 1 tsp dried thyme
• 1 1/2 cups small green lentils
• 4 cups organic chicken broth
• 1 tsp or more salt
• 1/2 tsp coarse ground pepper
• 12 chicken apple sausages
• 1 cup white wine
• 2 Tbs olive oil
• 2 tsp Dijon mustard
• 2 tsp red wine vinegar

1. Slice the bacon into thin pieces and fry in a large pot. Mince the garlic, chop the onion and add to the bacon when the bacon is almost done; use the bacon fat to saute. Slice the celery diagonally, chop the turnips into 1 inch chunks and chop the parsley; add to the onions when the onions are almost soft. Add the thyme and continue to saute for 6 or 7 minutes. Rinse the lentils and add to the onion mixture; pour the chicken broth into the pot with the lentils and onions. Add the salt and pepper. Simmer gently until lentils are soft, about 1 hour and 15 minutes.
2. While the lentils are cooking, slice the sausages into bite sized pieces and saute them in a large frying pan with a little olive oil; add the white wine and continue cooking until the wine evaporates. Then brown the sausages; you probably won't need to add olive oil. Add the browned sausages to the lentils when the lentils are done. Add the Dijon mustard and the wine vinegar. Cook for a couple of minutes more and then serve.

bacon, garlic, yellow organic onion, turnips, celery, parsley, thyme, green lentils, chicken broth, salt, ground pepper, chicken, white wine, olive oil, mustard, red wine vinegar

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/savory-lentils-with-sausage-50024948 (may not work)