10+ Budget-Friendly Ground Sausage Recipes

10+ Budget-Friendly Ground Sausage Recipes

As we add more easy ground sausage recipes to Drugstore Divas, we’ll be sure to update this list. So save it (pin it, bookmark it, however you save posts) and come back to it from time to time to see what other easy meals we’ve added to the list.

One Pot Sausage Potato Soup

A full pound of ground sausage starts this One Pot Sausage Potato Soup recipe. Onions, potatoes, chicken broth, green chilis, spinach, and corn are then added to a large pot to make a creamy sausage and potato soup that’s filling but light.

This hearty soup is definitely a recipe you’ll make all year long.

Sausage And Peppers Hawaiian Roll Sliders

If you’re looking for a quick dinner idea to easily feed a crowd, this Sausage And Peppers Hawaiian Roll Sliders recipe is it.

Ground sausage is cooked in a large skillet with bell peppers and onions. That sausage mixture is put between layers of shredded mozzarella cheese on Hawaiian rolls. The sandwich is baked whole, then cut into a dozen identical sandwiches (using our our Turkey Sliders hack).

Sausage Stuffed Eggplant

To make this Sausage Stuffed Eggplant, scoop out the center of the eggplant, chop it up, and cook it along with a pound of ground sausage and vegetables. That mixture gets stuffed into the eggplant and baked, then topped with a ton of shredded mozzarella cheese and baked until the cheese is melty and delicious.

You can skip a side dish, since this recipe is chock full of vegetables. Or serve it with a simple side salad.

Sausage And Egg Breakfast Pinwheels

If you’re looking for a unique breakfast recipe to serve when you have guests, these Sausage And Egg Breakfast Pinwheels are it. The entire breakfast pinwheel cooks at once. So that means you can serve everyone at once. And that’s clutch when you’re serving a group.

Cook your ground sausage, combine it with eggs, cheddar cheese, and seasoning, then stuff it into packaged crescent roll dough. Roll it into a pinwheel, cook, and serve.

We use ground pork sausage to make these sausage rolls, but if you can find ground breakfast sausage, that would work well too.

Sausage And Rice Stuffed Peppers

Ground sausage and white rice, plus a few other ingredients, are stuffed into green bell peppers (although, you could use red bell peppers if you prefer those) to make this Sausage And Rice Stuffed Peppers recipe. Bake the peppers, top with shredded cheddar cheese, and bake again until the cheese is melted. Then, dinner is served.

These are really cute when you serve them. For presentation, you can save the top of the pepper and serve the stuffed peppers with that piece on top.

Sausage Stuffed Zucchini Boats

Zucchini boats are such a good meal to make when you’re thinking about cutting out carbs because you’re using the vegetable as a base instead of bread. These Sausage Stuffed Zucchini Boats are so tasty and filling, you won’t even be thinking about a side of pasta or crusty bread.

Scoop out the zucchini, combine it with ground sausage and a few other ingredients, to make a simple sausage mixture. Stuff the zucchini boats with that mixture, bake, then sprinkle with a little parmesan cheese on top.

One Pot Lasagna Soup

Oh my gosh. This lasagna soup is so good. It’s absolutely one of my favorite soup recipes. And it’s made with really simple ingredients that you probably already have at home. So you can make it tonight.

You make it with ground sausage, which is interesting considering most lasagna has ground beef. But, my favorite version of lasagna has sausage added to it. It gives it an extra layer of flavor.

This soup has all the flavors of lasagna — meat, noodles, cheese, and tomatoes — but in soup form. So. Good.

Grilled Ground Sausage Burgers

Beef burgers are good, but Grilled Ground Sausage Burgers are even better. Combine ground sausage and seasoning, then form the mixture into patties. Grill them for (potentially) the best burger you’ve ever had.

If it’s not grilling season or if it’s too hot out to stand outside and man the grill, you can make these ground sausage burgers in the oven for an easy dinner.

These burgers are one of our most popular recipes on Drugstore Divas, so if you only make one recipe from this list, let it be these sausage burgers.

Sausage Stuffed Spaghetti Squash

If you’re craving spaghetti, but you’re skipping gluten or carbs, spaghetti squash is a great thing to try as a substitute. When you cook spaghetti squash, the inside basically turns into spaghetti, hence the name. It has the mouth-feel of spaghetti and twirls in your fork like spaghetti does. But, it’s still a vegetable, so you can feel good about what you’re eating.

This Sausage Stuffed Spaghetti Squash is stuffed with ground sausage and vegetables, then topped with cheese for a really tasty dinner.

One Pot Sausage Pasta

An easy weeknight dinner is this One Pot Sausage Pasta. The easiest part about it is that the entire recipe is made in one pot, so you only have one pot to clean, making your life just a little bit easier.

Cook onions and minced garlic, add a pound of ground sausage to the same pan, then tomatoes, kale, beef broth, and pasta. Cook until the water is done. We serve it as is, but you could add a tomato sauce to make it more of a creamy pasta if you’d prefer that.

Cornbread Sausage Balls

Ground sausage is just one of the three ingredients in these Cornbread Sausage Balls. That makes these such an easy recipe to make as a party appetizer.

If you are making them for a party, make sure to make a double batch. Every time we make them, they’re a big hit and get eaten incredibly quickly.