How many meals from 8 sausages?

jet77

Hi,

I'm running on empty at the moment and desperate to stretch what I have out as much as poss. I've run out of eggs and potatoes ut do have some frozen mash, pasta, spaghetti and rice and have lots of frozen cauliflour, brocolli, s/corn and peas.

I've got a frozen chicken which will be used for roast, pie and pasta bake later this week but ...I've defrosted 8 sausages to have with some mash, peas and gravy tomorrow but then got to thinking how many meals could I stretch the sausages to. But then without eggs, I'm a bit stuck - so would be grateful for any ideas you have. I can only think of chopping one up and putting it with rice or pasta

Thanks x

juliapenguin

Have you got onions and a carrot knocking about? If so, fry the onions and the sausages chopped into pieces until they're brown, drain off fat if there's too much, add some stock, carrot, sweetcorn and peas and let it cook for a bit, then thicken with gravy granules/cornflour. That would be good with the frozen mash on top and baked until crispy and served with cauli and broccoli.

I know you've said already that you'll be doing the sausages with mash and peas, but cutting them up and using the onions somehow seems to make it more generous - one whole sausage per person looks so mean, but if that one sausage is cut up it's different. In my opinion anyway...

attentionseeker1

I make a sausage pasta sauce based on one from Jamie Oliver- I would only use 2-3 sausages to make enough for 2 large portions, depending on what you bulk it out with- the basic recipe is to take sausages out of skins and break into small pieces, fry in olive oil/butter with lots of mushrooms, a bit of thyme and quite a few chilli flakes and then stir into pasta with Parmesan. You could use any cheese instead of Parmesan and sweetcorn/broccoli instead of mushrooms.

I would do that with two sausages, sausage casserole with 2 sausages chopped up and lots of your frozen veg and rice and then four sausages to go with your sausage and mash (I assumed this was for two people).

A bit lean, but with plenty of carbs and veg it would last you through your lean times!

thriftlady_2

Have you got tinned tomatoes or passata, or even tom puree? There's a fab sausage bolognese type dish on this board somewhere, it's yummy.

Take the skins off the sausages and treat the meat as you would mince. Finely chopped carrot could be added.

missychrissy

yesterday I made a sausage casserole in the slow cooker using four frankfurters. I usually use sausages but had the frankfurters open having used half for a stir fry the day before. I added 2 tablespoons each of yellow and green split peas soaked overnight, 4 tablespoons red lentils, 1 tabelspoon barley, one onion, one chopped tomato, bag of frozen mushrooms (about 4 med), bag of mixed frozen peppers, a glass of homemade apple wine (can add a chopped apple), 2 chopped carrots, garlic and some French seasoning (Aldi). It was very nice and I got 5 good sized single portions 3 of which I have frozen.

The previous day I stir fried peppers, mushrooms, carrots, garlic, chopped chilli, chopped ginger and 4 frankfurters chopped and added some Chinese noodles and some pesto sauce. It was enough for 6 generous single sized portions 4 of which I froze for taking to work later.

It would appear therefore that I am getting approx 11 - 12 generous portions
from 8 sausages.

jet77

Thank you very much for your replies. I should have mentioned that it is for myself + 2 children who are vegephobics (is that a word?).

cheerfulness4

If you have some bread to turn into breadcrumbs, some sage and some onion (or sage and onion stuffing already boxed) in then I'd be tempted to pad two or three sausages out with those and make shortcrust pastry to make a sausage plait. My boys love that and have no idea its my 'bottom of the barrel' standard meal.
It's really lovely, too.

redruby

You could chop up a couple and put them into a toad in the hole, if you have any stuffing, you could put stuffing balls into it too, and onion.

Another couple for sausage and egg flan, if you made a big one, you could get six or eight portions out of it.

Sorry just seen you have no eggs, could you stretch to buy 6 ??

Good luck xx

jet77

I think I'm going to have to buy eggs and milk tomorrow but am not going to do any other shopping until Thurs when I pass Aldi.

helyg

I would use 4 of them in a sausage pasta (I like this recipe: http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1487/saucy-sausage-pasta I know it says to use 8 sausages but I usually make it with fewer) and then the other 4 to make a spicy sausage and bean casserole with some tinned tomatoes, onion, kidney beans, chilli and herbs, which I would serve with baked potatoes (or you could use frozen mash).

Fire_Fox

jet77 wrote: »

Thank you very much for your replies. I should have mentioned that it is for myself + 2 children who are vegephobics (is that a word?).

Do they like baked beans? What about sauces made with tinned tomatoes? If yes you could make a sausage casserole, hide veg to pad it out by cutting onion really finely and grating carrot.