My husband has simple tastes.  He loves food, but likes to keep his meals uncomplicated.  Breakfast should include fried eggs with a nice pork sausage pattie alongside.  A few skillet potatoes are a nice addition, but he’s happy with just those two items if that’s all we have.  So, needless to say, I often have an abundance of pork sausage in my refrigerator and would like to use it for something other than patties for breakfast.

We typically have every kind of pork sausage you can buy, from mild prepared pork sausage, to the super-spicy and hot stuff.  The spicy variety, I find, is excellent for quick spaghetti sauce or other meat-based “feel good” casseroles.  The mild pork sausage is good for casseroles where a moderate taste is needed to let the flavor of the other ingredients, like wild rice for instance, come through.

In case you would like to try my quick meat sauce using pork sausage, this is my method (can’t call it a recipe… it’s too easy)!

In a large skillet, put pork sausage in and break it up.  Add a small diced onion and a small diced green pepper to the skillet with just a touch of olive oil.  Cook everything together slowly until the meat is no longer pink and the onions and green pepper are soft. Pour in a can of diced tomatoes and a can of tomato paste.  Sprinkle in some dried basil and oregano until it tastes like spaghetti sauce.  Simmer everything for at least 15 minutes or until the flavors blend.  Taste and add salt and pepper if you like.  See?  Really easy.

Since I always have pork sausage of some kind on hand, it’s a good go-to food for me, so it would be great to have an abundance of recipes to choose from.  If you have a delicious recipe or two for pork sausage dishes, I’d love to hear from you!