Grilled Sausage with Lentil Orange Salad

This is a recipe I want to try that I found in the January 2015 issue of Women's Day magazine while papa was having his angiograph.

The Protein

8 small sausage links, think keilbasa or German Sausage similar to hot dogs.  (not breakfast sausage links)
OR this would be good with pork chops or pork tenderloin or salmon
olive oil

Heat a grill, grill pan or skillet to medium high heat.  Coat sausage links with olive oil and cook, covered, turning occasionally, until just cooked through, 10-12 min.

 The Salad

2 T. fresh lemon juice
2 T. olive oil
1 tsp. Dijon mustard
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp pepper (I would reduce this to 1/8 tsp.  we don't like that much pepper)
Add 1/2 small fennel bulb, cored and thinly sliced
1 orange, cut into 1/2 in. pieces
15 oz. can lentils rinsed  (or 1 1/2 cups cooked in 4 1/2 cups water for 25-30 min. or until tender)
2 scallions, thinly sliced
2 cups baby spinach, roughly chopped

In a bowl, whisk the lemon juice, olive oil, dijon mustard, and salt and pepper.  Add the fennel, orange, lentils, scallions, and spinach.  Toss to combine. 

Tip: you could also try this with rice.

Serve with the sausages or other protein choice.

Biscuits and Gravy / Creamed Beef on Toast

This dinner serves as Hannah's equivalent for two of our families favorites; Creamed Beef on Toast and Biscuits and Gravy.  I use ground beef when we have Creamed Beef on Toast and ground sausage when we have Biscuits and Gravy.

When I make this for the whole family, I start with 1 to 1 1/2 lb. ground beef or sausage.  For Creamed Beef on Toast, I add 1/2 cup chopped onion to the ground beef.  I brown the meat over Med-High heat in a large skillet. To make enough gravy for Hannah for 3-4 biscuits or about 2 toasts, remove 1/4 cup of the browned meat to a separate saucepan.
Add to the browned meat in Hannah's saucepan:
1 T. potato starch
1/4 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
1/4 cup beef broth
3/4 cup rice milk

Cook and stir until bubbly and thickened.
Serve over appropriate allergy free toast,  Biscuits or Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free Biscuit Mix prepared into biscuits.

To make more gravy- Alternatively:
1/4-1/2 lb ground meat (beef or sausage)
2 T. chopped onion
2 T. potato stach
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1/2 cup beef broth
1 1/2 cups rice milk
This makes more, approx. 2 1/2 cups of gravy to cover 8-10 biscuits.