Good thing I'm not a rabbit.

The thing is, for the most part, the only way I eat salad is if there is meat involved. And by involved I mean, on top, mixed all together, meat in most every bite. Definitely not on the side, or before or after a meal. Yes, I said after a meal (it's an old-style Italian thing, and you either know what I'm talking about or not. If not, don't worry about it. Really not important to this blog post). ANYway, for me, salad is either a meal with meat, or totally dispensable and not necessary. This is why I would not make it as a rabbit.

You know those nights when you just don't feel like cooking anything? Like, anything at all? But you still have to eat, right? Yeah, us too. So here's what we do. We try to keep flavored chicken sausage (e.g., The Casual Gourmet, Aidell's) in our refrigerator at all times, along with some chopped romaine lettuce. And ranch dressing. Do you see where I am going here?

Okay, so our favorites are the pecorino/romano blend, the feta/spinach and the mango/jalapeno. We slice the sausage on a slight diagonal and throw the pieces in a skillet to heat and brown them. Everything just looks better browned, doesn't it? Okay, so while they are browning (flip them over once at some point)--which only takes about 10 minutes, put chopped romaine in a bowl (at some point anyway--it really shouldn't take you 10 minutes to put lettuce in a bowl!). Once the sausage is browned, toss it on top of the lettuce, add some ranch dressing, and you have dinner. And only one pan and some bowls to clean up. It's even healthy, low-fat, South Beach diet friendly, and really is delicious.

Try it. Let me know which flavors you like, and if you chose a different salad dressing, tell me what and if you liked it!