I loved this recipe.. truly I did.  But, alas, I have no picture to show you.  Why?  You might ask…

Well, that’s a good one…  I made these the other night for my son & I.  He was eating the sausage and the bun and some mini potato pancakes (frozen) that I threw in the oven, and I was assembling mine as the sub below.

Instead of starting up the broiler, I decided to simply microwave it for 10 seconds or so to melt the cheese.  When doing so, I lifted the plate up, bumped the edge of the microwave, and sub innards went sploshing down my shirt, my pants, and onto the little rug under my feet.

(Note to self, this would be another good spot for an easy-to-clean Gel Pro mat)…

I said “Oh … pickle… juice…” instead of teaching the 3 year old another colorful word to use, and verified that none of my body parts were burned in this process.  I proceeded to clean up the mess, put the rug in the washing machine (swear a bit at that point since I was in another room), and reassemble a sandwich for myself.

Unfortunately at this point, setting up a little photo shoot was last on my list.  I was hungry (helloooo… hungry pregnant woman… in a hurry) and wasn’t about to waste any more time fooling around.

So, you’ll have to check out the picture on MyRecipes or just take my word for it.  This recipe is good!  Oh, and it’s fast too… really fast.  So I plan on making it again.  I bought these mini sub buns from Gonnella that were just perfect as well.

Sausage Fennel Subs
A “super fast” recipe courtesy of Cooking Light, May 2010

Serves: 4 (serving size: 1 sandwich)
WW Points: 9

Cooking spray
1 1/2 cups vertically sliced onion
1 cup thinly sliced fennel bulb
4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
6 ounces chicken and sun-dried tomato sausage, thinly diagonally sliced
4 (2-ounce) submarine rolls or hoagie rolls
1/2 cup tomato-basil pasta sauce
8 (1/2-ounce) slices provolone cheese

Preheat broiler.

Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add onion, fennel, and garlic; sauté for 4 minutes. Add sausage, and sauté for 3 minutes or until sausage is lightly browned and vegetables begin to brown.

Arrange rolls, cut sides up, in a single layer on a baking sheet; broil 2 minutes or until toasted. Spoon about 2/3 cup sausage mixture on the bottom half of each roll, and top each with 2 tablespoons sauce. Place 2 cheese slices over sauce. Arrange sandwiches on baking sheet; broil 2 minutes or until cheese melts.