Sausages and Lentils

This incidentally, is what Italians serve traditionally on New Year's Day; but I've decided that it's what we are eating tonight, winter solstice eve!
Ingredients:

* 3-4 tablespoons olive oil (not extra virgin)
* 1 onion, finely chopped
* sprinkling of salt
* 500g lentils
* 1 fat clove garlic, squished with the side of a knife, and skin removed
* 8 Italian or farmer's sausages
* 100ml red wine
* 50ml water
* flat-leaf parsley for sprinkling

Instructions:

Cook lentils in a seperate sauce pan. Brown the sausages and remove from the pan. Deglaze the pan with the wine and water before stirring in the lentils to flavour them. Return the sausages to the pan, and place a lid on it. Turn the heat down to low and let heat together for 30 minutes.

And then:

For dessert I whipped up some custard and served it warm with rum soaked raisins for us, sans raisins for the little ones.

Comfort food and the joy of preparing and sharing it with my family. There's nothing like celebrating the holidays with the ones you love!