Pumpkin Stew

Ingredients

• 1 lb pumpkin, chunks
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 1/2 cups thinly sliced carrots
• 1/2 cup red lentil
• 16 ounces canned tomatoes
• 1 1/4 cups vegetable stock
• 1/2 teaspoon mace
• black pepper

Directions

1. 1

   Saute onions and carrots in your favorite medium pan for 5 minutes.

2. 2

   Add the lentils, tomatoes with their juice, stock and mace and season with pepper.

3. 3

   Bring to a boil, lower the heat, cover the pan and simmer gently for 15 minutes.

4. 4

   Add the pumpkin, cover and then simmer gently for another 15 minutes (here is where you'd want to cook it not so long if your pumpkin was frozen).