italian sausage and lentil soup

Ingredients

• - 2-3 cloves of garlic finely chopped
• 1/2 cup olive oil or less
• 2 cups italian sausage, no casings, already sauteed and drained of fat.
• 1 medium onion chopped
• 1 - carrot chopped
• 1 - celery stalk chopped up
• 1 can of diced tomatoes drained.
• 3 cups chicken stock
• 3 cups water
• 1 pound pkg of dried lentils rinsed and picked through
• - salt and pepper to taste