Sausage Sandwiches

Hooray for manager specials at the grocery store! Italian sausage is generally disgustingly expensive, so I jumped all over it at $1.99/lb! The sell by date may be today but no problem considering we had it for dinner tonight. You honestly cannot go wrong with a good old fashioned sausage sandwich, although there are some fun things you can do to dress it up a bit. Happy Friday!!!!

Ingredients:

• 1 lb sweet or hot Italian sausage
• 1 green pepper, cut into thin slices
• 1/2 large sweet onion, cut into circles
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 2 tbsp olive oil
  
• Hoagie or Hot dog buns, toasted
• 2 tbsp butter or margarine
  
• 1/4 tsp garlic powder
• Shredded mozzarella cheese
• Tomato sauce
• Sea salt, to taste
• Fresh ground pepper, to taste
  

Directions:

• In a large skillet, add water up to about one inch. Place sausage in the water and bring to a boil.
• Turn down heat to a simmer and cover for 20 minutes.
  
• Remove pork from skillet and set aside. Remove water from skillet.
  
• Add olive oil and garlic to skillet over medium-high heat. When garlic becomes fragrant, add onions and peppers to skillet. Season with salt and pepper. Cook to just about desired doneness and add sausage.
  
• Brown sausage on all sides. Remove contents from skillet and set aside.
  
• Toast buns. Melt butter and and add in garlic powder. Brush mixture on toasted buns.
• On one side of toasted bun, add mozzarella cheese. Place sausage in bun and top with onion and green pepper.
• Top with sauce and serve hot.