Italian Sausage Hoagie

Great Value Italian sausage (2.98) 
Day old Italian bread (50¢)
Green pepper (.68 each)
Onion (.50)
Garlic (.30)
Petite diced tomatoes (.58)
olive oil (free)
5.54

Dice garlic and slice pepper and onions. Cut the sausage in to big chunks. 

Add olive oil to a large skillet over medium heat. Add garlic, onion and pepper. Cook until halfway to desired doneness. Add sausage, a pinch of oregano and salt & pepper to taste. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until sausage is cooked and peppers and onions caramelized. Add the petite diced tomatoes and cook until liquid is reduced by half. Check for seasoning and adjust if you need to.

Grab one of those loaves of Italian bread you get off of the day old bakery rack for 50¢. Slice the bread slightly above the middle to make one ginormous hoagie bun, and scoop some of the yummy bits out of both pieces- but be sure to leave the ends so your filling doesn't fall out. (You are making a trough to put the sausage mixture in.) Drizzle the bread with olive oil and toast in the oven until toasty. Pull it out and rub a garlic clove over the hot bread. Oh. my. God. you gluten eaters are so lucky. *ahem*

Fill your trough and cover with the top bun.

Some notes - If you have some extra cash, top the sausage/pepper/onion mixture with sliced mozzarella or provolone and toss it in to the oven just long enough to melt.