Sausage

Creole seasoning is the key to adding a spice cabinet’s worth of flavor in just a few shakes in this one-pot dinner.

Silky Swiss chard, briny pops of mustard-macerated onions, sharp cheddar, chunks of sausage, and crushed pretzels mingle in this ode to the flavors found at beer gardens. 

The key to stress-free stir-frying is all in the prep work. Be sure to chop, slice, and grate everything before even thinking about turning on the stove. Top this dish with fried eggs to put it over the top, but it’s also great without them.

Top these creamy, beany enfrijoladas with a fried egg, chorizo or roasted vegetables, and queso fresco!

As someone who refuses to plan meals (…sorry), Chinese sausage is my lifesaver.

These flaky buttermilk biscuits get a nutty twist from benne seeds and whole wheat flour.

All the satisfaction of a hearty, rich, bean-based cassoulet with none of the painstaking hours of cooking.

It is not fancy. It is not ambitious. It’s just salty, fatty, stick-to-your-bones good.

A riot of textures and sweet-and-savory flavors, this dish is anything but your typical Thanksgiving wild rice salad. 

Hash can be good—let me prove it. 

Best eaten alone. On the couch. While watching a movie you've already seen.

Sorry, but it’s true.

They are like Slim Jims but wayyyyyyyy better.

And more things our senior associate food editor is currently obsessed with.

Here's our compromise: You can use a good store-bought marinara, but don't skip the homemade béchamel—there's no substitute.

Seriously. Two ingredients. Promise.

Exactly the kind of hearty-but-not-too-hearty soup you want on a rainy spring day.

I actually like watching football, but this chili is the thing I'm really looking forward to.

This recipe will make more ragù than you need, but the leftovers can be repurposed as a quick topper for pasta on another night.

You won’t wanna wait til morning.

This is the hearty, rustic, and deeply warming comfort food you'll be craving on all snowy days.

This chicken-meets-bacon-meets-sausage-meets-sauerkraut showstopper takes only 25 minutes in the oven.

It’s a wrap griddled in sausage fat until the outside is crispy and warm. Need we say more?

We optimized this recipe as a savory, unapologetically moist stuffing for soaking up all your Thanksgiving sins.