Best Low Carb Dinner!

My Mom and I cooked dinner together tonight and it was BOMB.

I got to finally try one my friend Ally Smoot's family favorite Quinoa salad! It is sooo yummy. Seriously. I understand if you don't like quinoa, usually. But this is so flavorful and the avo and mango make it so delish. See for yourself!

Here is the recipe:

Summer Quinoa Salad

• about 4 cups cooked quinoa
• 1 can black beans (except I used Kidney beans which were equally as good)
• 1 chopped red bell pepper 
• 1 chopped mango
• 1 avocado
• 1 or 2 green onions (except I used about 1/2 of a red onion and I think that is better) 
• 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
• Dressing:
• 1 TB olive oil
• 1 TB red wine vinegar
• 3 TB lime juice
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp pepper

Combine everything together and serve! 

My Mom made this wonderful family favorite soup of ours called Savory Sausage Soup from Weight Watchers. So yummy! 

Here is the recipe:

• 1 tsp vegetable oil
• 1 pound italian turkey sausage
• 2 medium onions
• 1 medium turnip, peeled and chopped
• 1/2 medium carrot, sliced
• 1 medium celery stalk, sliced
• 4 small new red potatoes, scrubbed, quartered
• 3 cups chicken broth
• 1 medium bay leaf
• 1/2 tsp dried thyme
• 1/4 tsp dried sage
• 1/4 tsp black pepper
• 1/2 small head of cabbage chopped
• 2 tsps cider vinegar, optional

Heat the oil in a non-stick saucepan, then add the sausage. Cook, breaking apart the sausage. Add the onions, turnip, celery and carrot. Cook until the sausage is browned. Stir in the potatoes, cabbage, broth, bay leaf, thyme, sage, and pepper; bring to a boil. Place the cabbage over the soup, then reduce the heat. Cover and simmer until the potatoes and cabbage are tender, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat. Add the vinegar to the soup, if desired, and discard the bay leaf. Serve.