Sausages are a brilliant budget-friendly ingredient for so many family meals, weekend feasts and tasty snacks. And as far as party food goes, can you really beat a good sausage roll? Take a look at our easy sausage recipes and adventurous sausage dishes for every taste, mood and occasion, plus discover more budget meals for recipe inspiration.
This gorgeous sausage roll wreath is a great centrepiece for your Boxing Day buffet table. Top the pastry with brie and serve with a pot of cranberry sauce in the middle for festive flavours.
Cooked in a rich tomato sauce with sweet paprika and smoky chorizo, this easy slow-cooker chicken casserole recipe is the perfect comforting family dinner. It's cooked with butter beans, so all you need to serve it with is a little crusty bread for dunking.
This simple sausage spaghetti is the perfect dinner after a busy day. Fry off the sausages until they're nice and crispy then stir through a stroganoff-style creamy sauce. It's hearty, warming and on the table in 30 minutes.
Bite-sized, starring two fry-up favourites and puffed up like mini toad-in-the-holes, these delicious popovers are sure to fly off your breakfast table
These sticky and spicy sambal sausages make a great addition to any festive party spread. The sambal paste is made with garlic, ginger and makrut lime leaves. You can add extra chillies if you'd like it a little spicier.
We've got your Christmas day dinner sorted with these three brilliant, tried-and-tested recipes – classic roast turkey, a special stuffing and homemade gravy – for a truly memorable festive feast.
Quick to prep and packed with festive flavour, this sausage traybake takes just 10 minutes to throw together. Seasoned with sweet cranberry and fragrant sage, it’s a fab fuss-free meal for those busy days leading up to Christmas or for the holiday season when you don't want to spend too long in the kitchen.
Traybakes are an easy way to make a tasty dinner with less stress. These veggie sausages are coated in a sticky honey-mustard glaze and baked with sweet apples and frozen butternut squash for a speedy shortcut.
This is a real throw-it-all-in traybake that makes a fab family meal. Comforting gnocchi and tasty sausages make up the base, alongside plenty of chunky veg and cherry tomatoes for a pop of colour. Drizzled with pesto after baking, it's full of flavour and super-satisfying!
Liven up traditional roast turkey this Christmas with an easy lemon, garlic and sage twist, and serve with wild mushroom and pork stuffing for an extra special treat.
Fed up with turkey? Mix it up this year and serve this succulent pork wellington recipe with cranberry, pistachio and pork stuffing
Get the kids to roll up their sleeves and help make these tasty and simple mini chicken sausage rolls. You can serve them up on picnics, pop them into packed lunches or pile them high at kid's parties
Bake a batch of vegetarian sausage rolls for a crowd-pleasing snack, whether at a Boxing Day buffet or a family picnic. With a creamy spinach and ricotta filling wrapped in crisp puff pastry, these easy bakes are sure to go down a treat.
A super-spooky savoury treat to serve at your Halloween party, these delicious pork pies are filled with succulent sausage meat, herby stuffing and a fiery chilli chutney. Cut out ghoulish faces from the pastry lids and you have the perfect pies for Halloween!
If you love crumpets with savoury toppings, you'll love this English breakfast-inspired crumpet bake with all your favourite cooked breakfast ingredients. It's ideal if you're looking for something different for a weekend brunch that's also quick and easy. It's so delicious, you might want it for dinner too!
Your Christmas dinner just wouldn't be complete without classic pigs in blankets! This easy Christmas side dish takes Cumberland sausages and blankets them in streaky bacon, coating with a fragrant honey, mustard and rosemary sauce before cooking
Save on time and oven space with our pigs in blanket stuffing balls filled with sausage meat, breadcrumbs, dried cranberries, herbs and cranberry sauce, wrapped in delicious bacon rashers.
With a sweet apple and honey glaze and rich black pudding stuffing, this succulent roast turkey crown ensures a flavour-packed Christmas roast.
Cooking for special diets can sometimes seem intimidating so, for a gluten-free Christmas dinner that doesn't compromise on taste or trimmings, try this wonderful Christmas turkey that's guaranteed to impress
This spicy sausage ragu with spirali is a flavour-packed family-favourite
Is there anything better than sausage rolls for a party or gathering? We certainly don’t think so! Unless, of course, you upgrade them by combining the usual sausage meat with a stuffing mix in these 20-minute wonders. Another A-star for the air-fryer.
Upgrade your sausage roll recipe this season with the addition of softened leeks, zesty cranberry sauce and crunchy nigella seeds
Family dinners don't get much more comforting than a classic toad-in-the-hole. Fluffy Yorkshire pudding batter paired with hearty pork sausages, alongside a generous serving of rich onion gravy – all you need to add is your favourite veg on the side.
Make meal times more exciting and encourage kids to eat more veg with this broccoli and sausage pasta recipe.
These sage and onion-flavoured stuffing burgers use lean turkey mince for a lighter take on a burger. We’ve swerved the bun and chips too, and served them with cranberry sauce for dipping in. Just pick whatever veg you want alongside.
You can still enjoy satisfying midweek meals when sticking to a gluten-free diet. These comforting pork meatballs are cooked in a rich, flavourful tomato sauce and served with gluten-free spaghetti, giving you a hearty main
With its light, flaky pastry and delicious meaty filling, homemade sausage rolls really are the best party food all year round. They’re also perfect picnic fare, easy to transport and even easier to eat. You can double the quantities in this sausage roll recipe and freeze half the batch for impromptu guests or last-minute alfresco feasts. Find out how to make sausage rolls and you'll never look back!
This Sicilian-inspired pasta dish is so simple to make yet tastes so special, ideal for an easy midweek meal or relaxed weekend eating. Roasted aubergines are added to a rich sausage and tomato sauce, served with chunky rigatoni, fresh basil leaves and grated Parmesan. Delicious!
Try packing these easy sausage rolls in the kids' lunchboxes. They're made with just three ingredients including meat and veg sausages that are packed with 30% veggies.
Serve these Uruguayan-inspired hot dogs with salsa golf - a blend of ketchup and mayonnaise
Jambalaya is a tasty fusion dish developed in Louisiana and inspired by African, Spanish and French cuisines. It makes a deliciously different family meal that's ready in just over half an hour. Our recipe uses leftover pepper, onion and passata from a pizza recipe, see tip, but you could easily fry up some fresh onions and peppers if you haven't made the pizzas.
This sausage traybake is the perfect one-pan midweek meal. Crispy Jersey Royal potatoes, sausages and vibrant peppers are baked in a zesty lime and coriander vinaigrette and topped with a scatter of toasted sesame seeds to finish.
You can't beat a comforting sausage casserole for a hearty dinner – it's a real classic. This easy recipe is cooked in just one pot with minimal effort, but you end up with a warming sausage and tomato casserole flavoured with honey and mustard