Small Kitchen Stories: Warm Cottage: Sausage Stew

Early Fall I'm out at Hawk Watch and return home cold and wind blown wanting a warming big-bowl dinner. I'm tired to pieces so the cooking needs to be mindless.

Our favorite Giant/Route 1, fills the cart for dinner.

Chicken Sausages: cooked, 3 to 4, sliced

Cream of Celery Soup: Pacific "Organic" brand

Onions, diced

Garlic, 2 cloves mashed and diced

Mushrooms, chopped

Red Sweet Pepper, chopped

Baby Carrots: "Organic", pre-peeled, whole

Green Peas, frozen, Nature's Promise, 1/2 bag.

Italian Parsley, minced

White Wine and Water, equal parts

Tarragon

Olive oil

In a favorite pot saute up the onion and sausage. Then add in the remaining ingredients. The soup says to add in equal parts water. Use wine for half of the water added. Add in the Tarragon to taste. Make certain you add in a big handful of the minced parsley.

Simmer for about 45 minutes.

Serve next to potato mashers: yellow or sweet!

Applesauce is a nice dessert served with almond biscotti.

Ta Da!