Partying with Mitz...It's S.A.M.M!

First of all let me tell you whats going on. My sister-in-law is hosting a linky party called S.A.M.M. or in other words Share a Meal Monday. The idea is that every Monday you share a meal on your blog and then link it up with her blog so that everyone else can see what brilliant things you are making and get new meal ideas.

OK, so I didn't actually make this entire meal this week. But this is what I had planned for Sunday, and although I didn't get to make it yesterday, I did make the salad today(to go along with hotdogs roasted over the fire with friends, not nearly as exciting of dinner idea as the original, but the company was fabulous) and the rest of it I have made before and they are all so easy.

This was the plan Italian Wedding Soup and hot tuna sandwiches that I blogged about here and a Black bean, corn and avocado salad that I have been dying to dry. I found the salad recipe on one of my favorite recipe sites at Sparkrecipes.com . Let me tell you the salad is to DIE for! It is so tasty and filling and HEALTHY. It may just become my new favorite salad to bring to a potluck meal. Seriously you need to try it! And the Italian wedding soup is so simple and so very tasty, I will be making it sometime this week. 

Black Bean, Corn and Avocado Salad

* Beans, black, , 1 can * Yellow Sweet Corn, Canned, 1 can * Red Ripe Tomatoes, 1 medium * Onions, raw, .5 cup, chopped * Avocados, Florida, 1 fruit * Lime Juice, 2 fl oz * Olive Oil, 1 1tsp * Cilantro, raw, 4 tbsp

Directions: Drain beans and corn, mix. Add finely chopped onion, chunky tomato and cubes of avocado. Season with lime juice, olive oil and fresh cilantro finely chopped. Mix well, salt and pepper to taste.

Mandy's Italian wedding soup

8 cups chicken broth
2 cups finely shredded spinach
1 cup chopped carrots
1 cup small noodles (like alphabets or orzo)
10 breakfast sausages(because they are faster than making your own, but one day I'll make my own)
fresh grated Parmesan cheese

Remove casing form sausages, break each sausage into about 5 or 6 pieces and shape into meatballs. Fry in pan, when almost cooked all the way through, remove from pan and drain on paper towel. Bring chicken broth to a boil. Add spinach, carrots, noodles and meatballs. Return to a boil and boil for about 10 minutes or until noodles are at desired doneness. Dish into bowls and top with fresh Parmesan cheese. Enjoy the yumminess!

Keep in mind that they only thing that I actually measured here was the chicken broth, which I started out with 6 cups, but then added about another two after I had added everything else.