Yummy Lentil Tagine with Sweet Potatoes

After chucking our lead-filled crock pot, we finally got our new Le Creuset Moroccan tagine. Hungry and curious, I decided to pull it out and give it a try. I am totally in love with the thing! I don't know that I've ever had a yummier, healthier meal, and it was so simple!

I looked through several tagine recipes; however, the meal, itself, is also called a tagine, so most of the recipes called for cooking it in a regular pot. I figured out what sort of ingredients sounded the most appetizing, decided on how much water to include, set the stove on low, and hoped for the best. What a surprise when it turned out perfectly!
















Here's what I did (yes, another of my un-recipes; everything is "to taste"):

Lentils
Twice as much water as lentils (I put 1/2 a veggie bullion cube in mine)
Sweet potatoes
Carrots
Tomatoes
Onions
Raisins
Garlic
Cinnamon
Grated ginger
Cumin
Cayenne pepper
Salt

I chopped up the veggies and loaded everything except the raisins into the tagine on low heat. About an hour and a half later, I added the raisins. I stirred it every half hour or so, but that was only because I'd never cooked in a tagine before and wanted to keep an eye on things. I probably won't the next time. After a total of about three hours, everything was done. We ate it over couscous.

Okay, now I'm hungry....