Italian sausage made moreso
This past weekend, I somehow graduated from law school and as anyone who has graduated from any level of schooling knows, this means family time and lots of it. I’m not opposed to this though, as families are fun to laugh with/at and I tend to eat better at home. For instance, Saturday night we drove home to Houston after my early afternoon graduation ceremony and had a celebratory dinner at Rainbow Lodge. It’s a restaurant which specializes in preparing wild game in an upscale setting. I enjoyed dining on wild boar, venison and quail, while reveling in my being (finally) done with school.
Sunday evening everyone was still full from the previous night’s dinner so we decided to cook something more low key. As my family is want to do, sausage was the quick and easy meal which was prepared. Instead of just grilling the sausage and eating it on a standard hot-dog bun we usually dress the sausage with pizza sauce and various veggies.
I don’t know the origins of this meal, but I am going to assume it goes back to when my family lived in Wisconsin and ate sausages with greater frequency. The steps to making the sauce are short and sweet- perfect for quick preparation after a busy day. Simply put, take your favorite variety of pizza sauce from the grocery store, mix in cut up onion, peppers, or whichever vegetables you like (if any). Heat up your creation in a corning-ware or other type up vessel and scoop it on your sausage when you’re ready to eat. I suggest you do not use the aforementioned standard hot dog bun because those buns are too flimsy to withstand the wet sauce. Bakers’ rolls or the like are much better suited for this particular meal.
On the side, we cooked red potatoes with pepper, salt, olive oil and parsley, as well as fresh green beans. I won’t say this is the most delicious meal ever, but it is quite tasty and is a nice, quick meal to eat on a Sunday evening in the summer. I’m sure most families have a staple meal, and this is certainly one of my family’s.
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I do the same thing! I call them “Italian subs.”