12 Quick and Easy Recipes That Start with Ground Sausage

This Zuppa Toscana recipe outdoes the popular Olive Garden menu item. Creamy with just a touch of spice from hot Italian sausage, this potato- and kale-studded soup is rich and satisfying.

If you like classic lasagna, then you’ll love this easier version. There's no layering required, and it's perfect for serving a large crowd.

The mix-and-match filling means you’ll never get bored. You can use up whatever leftovers you have in the fridge, but this version is stuffed with Italian sausage, herbs, garlic, and cheese.

This cozy soup will hit the spot on a chilly day. It’s a low-lift, one-pot recipe that comes together in about 30 minutes and is packed with savory sausage, white beans, kale, and a broth that’s just creamy enough.

An Italian classic made fit for a cowboy. Lasagna gets a twist and swaps the traditional Bolognese sauce for a meaty chili-spiced and fire-roasted tomato sauce.

A fall-inspired recipe for crispy sheet pan gnocchi that comes together in 30 minutes. Roasting the gnocchi in the oven means you get to skip the step of boiling it altogether, but it also yields crispy, caramelized potato nuggets that are arguably much tastier.

Inspired by Tuscan chicken, one of our most popular dinner recipes of all time, this baked pasta has a creamy sun-dried tomato sauce you’ll want to make again and again.

This crowd-pleasing casserole is surprisingly light and fresh, thanks to the addition of spinach and white beans. Use plant-based sausage instead of pork sausage to make it vegetarian.

This simple skillet really can be dinner, lunch, or breakfast. Feel free to mix up the components, too: Try swapping in sweet potatoes or another color bell pepper. You also can’t go wrong with topping servings with a fried egg.

Made with Italian sausage, dried mushrooms, tomato sauce, and heavy cream, pasta alla boscaiola will be your new favorite Italian comfort food.

This pasta with Italian sausage and heaps of baby spinach is a satisfying 35-minute meal that’s sure to become your weeknight standby.

Grab just three ingredients (ground sausage, bell peppers, and potato gnocchi) toss them together on a sheet pan, and in under 30 minutes you’ve got pure dinner magic on your hands.

A savory one-pot pasta with Italian sausage, caramelized onions, and caramelized apples. They’re a brilliant and surprising way to add richness and flavor to your fall cooking.

If you’re worried a frittata isn’t hearty enough for dinner, you haven’t made this one yet. It’s so jam-packed with sausage, eggplant, goat cheese, and herbs that you definitely won’t go hungry.

Instead of making a béchamel or Mornay, the creamy cheese in this recipe acts as the sauce, melting into the sausage and kale, ringing out punchy flavors from the garlic and highlighting the delicate notes from the herbs.

This easy weeknight dinner comes together with some simple pantry and fridge staples. With a triple-layer shell, the onions are sturdy enough to hold the sausage, mushroom, and spinach filling, while still being melt-in-your-mouth tender. 

A hearty Italian sausage and cheese tortellini soup that's complex yet so comforting. It keeps getting better as it sits, so feel free to let it simmer for a while if you’ve got the time.

A classic combination of Italian sausage and sweet peppers ensures these eggplant boats are hearty and satisfying. It’s flavor-packed, thanks to juicy, well-spiced Italian sausage, while sweet bell peppers add sweetness and lots of color.

Spicy sausage, juicy tomatoes, salty cheese, and buttery strands of squash — this satisfying dinner has it all, and it’s incredibly easy too.

You’ve been warned: This comforting risotto is extra moreish. So it’s practically expected that you’ll go in for seconds.