Sausages - A Treat for DH but what to do with them?

DayDreamSaver

Hi

I'm new to money saving and thrift, having recently had my 'lightbulb' moment of how much money I was wasting on sub standard food prepared by someone else!

I do most of the cooking and shopping, and I'm going away for a few days leaving DH alone, so I want to leave him some HM ready meals. (So he won't be tempted to buy takeaway, or worse live on pot noodle!)

I have bought some sausage that was yellow stickered, but have no idea what to do with it! I am on a diet, so never eat it, and before my diet it only featured as part of a fat laden fry up!

I had in mind some kind of casserole but every recipe I have seems to need red wine - not exactly thrifty for us as we don't drink it a lot, so have no left overs hanging about.

Please help! I really want to treat him whilst I am away, and feel daft having no idea what to do with it.

DDS

irishwexford

I never use red wine. I just brown the meat, add carrots, onions, stock cube and whatever else I want and pop in oven.

zippychick

Hi Daycreamsaver

MM SAUSAGES! Hardly eat them myself!

Some linkies

Sausages ideas please

Sausage casserole

Simple Sausage casserole in the SC

I use one from my slow cooker book which is made with either stock or cider . Oh, and you can't beat champ (mashed potato with chopped spring onions and butter) , sausages, and beans (and a bit of cheese if you feel so inclined!) Heart and belly warming goodness.

Good luck, report back and ill merge this with the sausage thread later on
Zip

Sagz_2

My OH likes sausage curry, as above but with curry powder.

lil_me

Bangers and mash nomnomnom. I never use wine either, just gravy.

Wee_Jo

Not sure if he would go for it, but I usually make a spicy sausage couscous if I have sausages to use up. Pretty easy...

1. Grill sausages
2. While they're grilling, fry a bit of onion, garlic and chilli
3. Bung them all in a big pot with some lentils (and/or chickpeas if you like) and chopped tomatoes
4. Let it bloop like that for about 20 minutes
5. In the last 5 mins, make up some couscous in a bit of stock
6. Bung it all together

Then my hubby usually empties an entire pepper mill over it :mad: Sometimes I add mushrooms with the onions, etc.

This keeps in the fridge for a good few days.....

Jo

DayDreamSaver

WOW! So many ideas and so quickly! with a list like this he's going to be looking forward to me being away a little too much! I think I'll try the curried ones, which sound lovely and let you know his verdict!!

parsonswife8

Cook the sausages and make some onion gravy.
Cook some mash and leave it in a container in the fridge.
Leave him some baked beans.
Show him how to reheat a plate of all of the above.
:rotfl:

PasturesNew

My favourite is the sausages, mash, beans idea

You can't go wrong.

parsonswife8

PasturesNew wrote: »

My favourite is the sausages, mash, beans idea

You can't go wrong.

Really right comfort food.:D

Emstick14

I make a kind of summery sausage casserole

Sausages
Mixed peppers
Onion
Tin of tomatoes - with added chilli, garlic or herbs
Courgettes
Celery

Last 2 are only put in if they happen to be lurking in the fridge, its all about using what you have. Goes very nicely with roasties or can be used with rice/pasta etc

Also an easy one is spicy sausage and bean casserole:-

Sausages
2 x tinned tomatoes
onion
tin of mixed beans
chilli - optional

Also anything else you may have lurking about could be added.