Recipe: Sausage and stuff

My goddess-mother made this for us while we were living with her. It rocked. (if you like sausage)

1lb sausage or kielbasa
1 med-large potato per person
1 medium onion
1 bag of decent frozen broccoli florets. (I will only buy pictsweet, the others taste like tree chunks to me)
1 cup of shredded cheddar (total) or one slice of cheese per person.
Two tablespoons butter or margarine.
Salt and pepper to taste.

Slice sausage on an angle into 1/4 to 1/2 inch ovals. Cut onion into decent sized chunks. Cube potatoes and leave the skin on.

In a large pot melt the butter on medium high heat. Add the sausage and onions and let them cook a bit. Add potatoes and cover. The potatoes will steam. Stir every 10 minutes to keep the potatoes from sticking. Add some salt and pepper. When the potatoes are almost done, add the frozen broccoli and stir. Cook until the broccoli is hot and the potatoes are done. Take off the eye and add the cheese and stir. Keep it covered. Let it sit for 10 minutes and taste it. What does it need? More salt? More pepper?

Serve in bowls.

I can't do a cost analysis on this one because it would vary way to much. You can get potatoes on bogo, sausage on bogo and onions on bogo. This meal can be done for the price of cheese and broccoli if you shop it right. (That's not totally true, because I always consider a bogo at half the standard price, but you get my meaning...)