Home-Made Sausage Patties

Even the most devout McDonalds-haters sometimes get the McDonald's breakfast craving. Sausage and Egg Mcmuffin? oh lord, yes.

BUT YOU CAN MAKE THEM, healthier, at home

PROS:
You can make them taste exactly the same.
You can make them taste BETTER.
You control what's in them.
Any bread or topping you want
Millions of sausages to choose from!

HOW TO MAKE SAUSAGE PATTIES:

Mix together 500 grams ground sausage [squeeze out the insides, discard the casing]

1/4 cup breakdrcumbs

1 egg

1. mix, form into patties.

2. grill, fry, or bake.  sausage sticks together way better than ground meat, so you're all set. 

VICKY'S IMITATION MCMUFFIN [only better]

1. Make sausage patties out of breakfast sausages. Plain and simple, grill.

2. Get yourself an English muffin, butter the outsides. 

3. fry up an egg, your choice: semi-scrambled, poached, sunny side up, whatever.

4. in muffin, add cooked egg, and a slice of sharp, aged cheddar. 

5. top with sausage patty.

6. fry in a pan, as you would a grilled cheese. 

*other toppings to consider: swiss cheese instead, some roasted veggies or onions, some herbs in the meat such as rosemary or basil. tomato or lettuce, too. 

Herbed Pork Sausage Sandwich with Spinach and Goat-Cheese Omelette.

1. make sausage patty with a nice, herbed pork sausage [you can use turkey or chicken sausages too]

2. fry up an egg with some goat cheese, salt, and pepper, making a makeshift omelette. 

3. sandwich in a toasted bun, with fresh baby spinach.

Honey-Garlic Glazed Chicken Sausage Patty:

1. make patty out of chicken or turkey. While grilling, glaze with a mix of honey and garlic BBQ sauce.

2. top on a sandwich, goes very well with fresh greens, mozzarella cheese, and even some cranberry sauce. 

The Chorizo: 

1. Make patty out of ground chorizo and some beef, because Chorizo is very strong and heavy on its own. And spicy.

2. so good, you can serve on its own, but in a sandwich, top with avocadoes, guac, salsa, tomatoes, onions, mexican things.

German:

1. Make patty out of bratwurst and some horseradish.

2. make sandwich, topping with egg and mustard. 

Italian:

1. make patties out of italian sausage.

2. top sandwich with egg, provolone or mozzarella cheese, basil and tomato. 

Chicken Sausage with Roasted Veggies:

1. make patty out of chicken sausage. 

2. roast veggies.

3. goes with arugula and goat cheese, on bread.