Dinner of the Gods

...and amazingly enough, of the skinny goddesses too!!! Seriously, though. This is 1. healthy 2. easy, 3. amazingly delicious 4. not boring and ordinary 5. low-carb for those of us who's husband's are going low-carb after 3 pm.



This dinner involves three EASY parts, and thus will be graded all together as one "recipe"
Healthy Scale: 9
Yummy Scale: 10!
Filling Scale: 9 - only because I wanted more sausage

Difficulty Level: Easy, Easy, and Easy
Time to Cook: ~15 minutes

Dish One: Garlic Sautéed Green Beans (5 minutes)

you will need:
-a handful of washed, fresh green beans (frozen would work too, but... fresh is better)
-a pan with 1cm of water on the bottom
-1 tbsp. butter
-dash of garlic salt (yes I am aware that I use garlic salt in almost everything.)

how you do it:
1. easy, put beans, butter, and garlic salt in the pan, cover, and steam for 5 minutes
2. eat
3. love

Dish Two: Sliced Sausage (3 minutes)

you will need:
-sausage of your preference, sliced (mine was packaged pre-cooked - if you are getting raw sausage, cook first, then slice and fry)
-1 tbsp of oil in the bottom of a pan

how you do it:
1. easy, oil in pan, lightly fry both sides of sausage.
2. eat.
3. love

Dish Three: Mango, Avocado & Sunflower Seed Salad with Raspberry Vinaigrette Dressing (4 minutes)

you will need:
-mango, peeled, cut into chunks
-avocado, peeled, cut into chunks
-sunflower seeds (or any nut, really)
-spring green salad
-raspberry vinaigrette dressing

how you do it:
1. throw all of the ingredients on a plate; mix
2. eat
3. love... well. first be a little unsure if putting the avocado (which IS a fruit... right??) on the salad was a good decision or not, then keep chewing, and realize the smooth and oddly-not-out-of-place flavor brings out the sensational "twang" of the mango and raspberry dressing, and feel that the avocado is the perfect transition into the nutty taste that comes at the end of the flavor rainbow... THEN love.

Oh my flippin' gosh. so good. I know the salad sounds weird, but you HAVE TO TRY IT. it is SO good. I ate dishes 1&2 first, because the heat and saltiness and deliciousness are so good, I couldn't stop eating them. (also, I was a little afraid to try the salad). But, it was perfect, because the salad is sweet enough where it's almost its own little dessert, and you don't want to stop eating that either. Plus, switching back to the strong and consistent flavors of the beans and sausage would totally ruin the whole palate experience.

seriously. eat this dinner.