Sausage and Peppers Melts

The meal started as spaghetti with sausage and peppers (one of my favorites) and descended into different sandwiches fit to each of our picky tastes. I initially revved up the stove for my son, who usually has ne'er a vegetable pass his lips--except spaghetti sauce (you can hide a LOT of vegetables in there. NOTE: Spinach looks just like basil. Muhaha.). But, as I started the water boiling, my son insisted on asked for chicken nuggets instead. The cogs in my brain started to turn, "Joe doesn't like red sauce. I don't have to have noodles. What ELSE can I do with all this? Subs would be nice. Don't have rolls. AH! An open-faced sandwich!" So, here is my necessity-is-the-mother-of-invention (fantastic) sandwich.

GATHER

Onions

Peppers

Red sauce (don't judge-- Hunt's has no HFC and it's cheap)

Can o' beer (don't hate on my crappy beer-- it's just for cooking)

Sausages

Bread of choice (I used sourdough) or Noodles

Mozzarella cheese (or provolone would work nicely, as well)

BOIL

the sausages in beer. I suppose you could do this in water or broth but my husband's German and I'm Irish, so beer is inevitable.

CUT

all the ingredients into bite-sized pieces (nothing worse than getting a long, slimy pepper slapping you in the face)

SAUTEE

them all 'til they start to brown a bit

TOAST

bread and place on a foil-lined cookie sheet

PLACE

sausage mixture on toasted bread (the middle one's for my daughter, who probably wouldn't dig peppers and onions)

SPOON

some sauce on there (if you so desire. My husband, who's a freak, doesn't like red sauce too much.)

SMOTHER

in cheese. (Need I say more?)

BROIL

'til golden brown

Melissa's version--

Sausage "pizza" toast points

Joe's version--

Sausage, peppers n cheese sandwich (no sauce)

MY version--

sausage, pepper and onions, sauce-y open-faced cheesy goodness with peperoncini's. Noms.