Chicken Apple Sausage over Lentils w/Garden Salad

This dinner is super yummy and healthy and can be made two ways: the easy way or the hard way.

SAUSAGE HARD WAY:

Make your chicken apple sausage (Directions here)

SAUSAGE EASY WAY:

Buy it already made. Gourmet sausage can be found in the meat section of your grocery store. I cut mine up and saute in a frying pan with a little olive oil.

LENTILS HARD WAY:

Buy dried lentils and cook them. Directions found here.

LENTILS EASY WAY:

Buy them already cooked. Trader Joe's sells them this way. So does Key Foods. Microwave them for 3 minutes and add to your pan of sausage.

SALAD HARD WAY:

Make a Lentil salad from scratch here. Spoon on top your sausage/lentil mixture.

SALAD EASY WAY:

Buy it already made. They sell it where they sell all the hummus. It will say "Lentil Garden Salad" on the container. After I make my plate I spoon this on top. It makes it very pretty and adds more texture and acid.

Garnish with Alfalfa sprouts. Just buy those. Don't grow them.

The choice is yours. Dinner in 10 minutes or...like 5 hours.