Do-It-Yourself Breakfast Sausage: It Rocks!

Yum!! Sounds deliciously delightful! Sausage is a treat here at our house. I do not like syrup on pancakes or waffles, (powdered sugar is my topping of choice), but I have always loved dipping my sausage (or bacon, or even better on my hash browns) in syrup of any flavor. With your recipe, we may get to have sausage a little more often than every 3 months or so. Recently I found Jimmy Dean Turkey Sausage Crumbles (even has a low sodium option available). We love those. Why? Well a few reasons: 1.I can easily control how much or how little to use 2.Comes in a resealable package 3.My 6 year old gobbles them up 4.Having the crumbles gives the sausage a bit more flexibility, and 5.No nasty casings. We grab a large 'pinch', toss it in eggs or breakfast burritos. Our favorite way is to sauté mushrooms, onions, bell peppers in extra virgin olive oil, toss a small handful of the sausage crumbles, boil some pasta or use spaghetti squash. After draining the pasta, toss it into the veggies & sausage mixture, grate fresh parmesan cheese & serve. Also is wonderful on homemade pizza & homemade spaghetti sauce. Well now that I have sausage on my mind I am going to try your homemade sausage for breakfast this weekend. Funny, I almost always feel hungry after reading your blog...I love it!

Jessica

I never tried making my own sausage. I think

i may try this one & add some sage to it,since sage is a popular seasoning for sausage. I tried the Jimmy Dean turkey sausage crumbles that someone mentioned before & they are good. But I guess since I am trying to cut back on processed foods I can give this recipe a try & it doesn't seem that hard to make so long as I plan ahead & I'm sure it freezes well for later use

brandy

Breakfast sausage? Never touch the stuff. This recipe may change that! It also might be good in sausage soup recipes. Thanks, Snack-Girl.

Robin

Surprised not to see any sage in the recipe. Will give it a try...with sage and a little fennel. Thanks for the recipe!

gigi

Love this! It really does need sage though. : )

I_Fortuna

I started making my own sausage after Rachel Ray showed how on Food Network. I was hooked ever since! So much better and tastier! You can make it however you like it!

Tanya L. Walker

This does sound good. I'm not sure why there is sugar added though. My husband will like this.

Sue

Hubby can sniff turkey out at a hundred yards, but I think I will try this anyway! Time to break out the vacuum sealer meat marinator...

Patticake

I make my own breakfast sausage all the time. I use ground turkey, sage,fennel, Italian seasoning and one egg. Makes about ten patties, I freeze and use when having eggs for breakfast. They

are delicious! My husband now likes these so much better than the commercial ones he used to eat.

Arlene

Made this and was disappointed in flavor...too vinegar-y for my taste. Will change it up a bit and try again because I really like the idea of a nearly fat free sausage!

Lori

We just finally had time to make this. Because I didn't read the recipe before grocery shopping I purchased 99% fat free ground turkey. We simply added some advocado oil (purchased at Target so not too expensive!) to the pan. That worked fine. We didn't add the sugar at all because we didn't notice it in the recipe. We reduced the salt to 3/4 teaspoon but found it was still too salty for us. I think it would be better to reduce it to 1/4 - 1/2 teaspoon and be able to eat a couple of pieces rather than just one for almost 300 mg of sodium. We will make this again without sugar, reducing the salt, and 1/8 cup of vinegar (you don't need so much when you don't add the sugar.) I also might try adding a little sage to it as the above poster recommended. This will be a very tasty sausage recipe once we get the ingredients adjusted for our tastes. Since I haven't eaten sausage in years I look forward to being able to have the healthy flavorful alternative.

Vivian