Italian Sausage and Peppers

Today's lunch was delicious! Try this meal. Its affordable, easy, and yummy! Sam should write his own cookbook.

Ingredients:
1 onion sliced in slivers
1 green bell pepper
3 tomatoes diced small
1 can stewed tomatoes
6 Italian sausage links either mild or hot
4 cloves of garlic chopped fine
2 Tbsp olive oil
2 Tbsp butter
1/2 Tbsp oregano
1/2 Tbsp basil
salt and pepper to taste

~ affordable
~ Ready in 30 minutes or less
~ sausage is the only unhealthy part
~ older children should like this
~ very little clean up
~ goes well with spagetti squash

Using a large saute pan, pour the 2 Tbsp of olive oil in the pan and set the temperature to medium. Place the sausage in the pan and cook on each side for 2 1/2 minutes. - For a total of 10 minutes. While the sausage cooks, chop the onion, bell pepper, tomatoes, and garlic. Take the sausage out of the pan and let the sausage rest. Place 2 Tbsp of butter in the same pan. Then place the onion, bell pepper, oregano, basil, salt, and pepper in the pan and place a lid on the pan and let it steam for 5 minutes. Next, add the garlic and place the lid on the pan again and this time let it steam for 3 minutes. Add diced fresh tomatoes and the can of stewed tomatoes. Cook for 5 minutes. While cooking, slice the sausage and add the sausage back to the pan. Taste to determine if more salt or pepper is needed. Let the ingredients simmer for an additional 5 minutes. Sam and I enjoyed this dish with spagetti squash. :)