def METHOD_NAME(self):
    """
    Publishes minions as a list of dicts.
    """
    minions = []
    for minion, minion_info in self.minions.items():
        curr_minion = {}
        curr_minion.update(minion_info)
        curr_minion.update({"id": minion})
        minions.append(curr_minion)
    ret = {"minions": minions}
    self.handler.send(salt.utils.json.dumps(ret), False)