SAUSAGE AND PEPPER PASTA

INGREDIENTS:
1 Pkg Roundy's Italian Sausage $2.00 (on sale for $3 but we only need 3 sausages)
1 Red Pepper (or green if it's on sale) $.79
1 Medium Onion $.50
1 Box Bow-tie pasta $1.24
Salt, Pepper, Garlic Powder
Olive Oil and Butter (or margarine)
Parmesan Cheese
1/2 Head of Lettuce $.49 (on sale)

DIRECTIONS:
Put some Olive oil in a skillet (about two times around) and add about a half inch of water to the pan. Heat the pan and add three of the Italian sausages. Cover and let cook until cooked almost all the way through. You may have to add more water. Remove lit and let the water evaporate and the sausages brown in the oil. Heat pasta water on the stove. Thinly slice the sausages and set aside. Slice the onion and red pepper into strips and saute in a little bit of butter until the peppers are soft and the onion translucent. Add pasta and a little salt to boiling pasta water. Drain pasta and return to pan. Drizzle pasta with a little Olive oil and add a couple tablespoons of butter. Sprinkle pasta (too taste) with salt, pepper, parmesan cheese and garlic powder. Top pasta with sausage slices and pepper/onion mix. Cut a head of lettuce in half and slice one half into 4 wedges, drizzle with your favorite salad dressing (and a couple crumbles of blue cheese if you have it on hand).


TOTAL PRICE OF MEAL: $5.02