Delicious kid friendly sausage rolls packed with carrot and courgette. Everyone will love these Hidden Veggie Sausage Rolls!
Summer has well and truly abandoned us here in the UK. The wind and rain has returned with a vengeance and I’m reluctantly packing away the shorts and sun hats.
Despite struggling with the cold one thing I am enjoying is the return of warm and comforting food! Salads and simple dishes are nice for a couple of months but come this time of year I am always more than ready to start tucking into deliciously warming meals and proper winter comfort food again. And to kick off Autumn I knew the first thing I had to make were my irresistible Hidden Veggie Sausage Rolls!
My whole family is sausage roll obsessed. They would pretty much eat them day in day out if I let them. Unfortunately sausage rolls don’t have the healthiest of reputations but by making them at home you can control, at least to some extent, what goes into them.
I used ready rolled puffed pastry sheets for this recipe. No … I don’t make my own pastry. In my opinion, unless you really enjoy making pastry life is just too darn short to be sweating over layers of puff! The sausage meat I get from my local butcher but any kind of sausage meat will be good or just cut the skins away from regular sausages.
And then there’s the hidden veggies! I grated a carrot and courgette (zucchini), gently fried them to remove the crunch and mixed it in with the sausage meat. I taste tested this latest batch on three kids yesterday and not one of them mentioned the veggies! Result!
If you give these sausage rolls a try please do let me know what you think. Or tag me in a picture on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. I’d love to see your creations!
I made these a few months back but subbed the meat out for tinned lentils. My now 2yo fussy dude loved them!!! About to make them again tonight. Thanks for the recipe!
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These are a firm favourite in our house! We’ve made them so many times and enjoyed by adults and children! So much nicer than shop bought sausage rolls. We make them for picnic/packed lunches but would also be a great hit at parties. Plus just a great way to get some sort of vegetable into my vegetable-phobic 2 year old!
These were amazing! Made them for party and they didn’t last long. Kids didn’t notice the veg either!
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I make these every New Year’s Day when we have people over and they are always a huge hit with kids and grown ups alike. So much tastier than my old shop bought ones and actually really easy to make!
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I live in the US. What kind of sausage meat? Can you describe what you would otherwise use it for?
Thank you, Linda
I have just made these for my little one and I have just tasted them for myself. Best sausage rolls I have tasted! I used carrot and spinach with some cheeky grated mozzarella. I’ll definitely make these again. Delicious!!! I also have your slow cooker beef & broccoli cooking for later. Very excited!
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Hi Leah, thanks so much for your kind comments. So glad you enjoyed the sausage rolls. They are a big hit in my house too!
These look so yummy we included them in our 12 Hidden Veggie Recipes to try! You can see it and our other favs here – http://www.kidandkinblog.com/2017/01/02/hidden-veggie-recipes/ Thanks for sharing your delish dish!
Fantastic! Thank you so much! Will share your post on social media!
These turned out fabulous! My OH said they were so nice I could sell them ha ha. My 2 1/2 year old who has been saying YUK I dont like that to almost everything I make lately wolfed the whole thing down, loved every bite asked for another one and said ‘good job mummy!’ Ha ha. I really thought they were tasty too. Mine took a good 40 min to cook at 190c in a fan oven. Thanks for the great and simple recipe. Will be definitely making these regularly!!
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Oh wow, what a success! So glad you all enjoyed them 🙂
Your sausage rolls look delicious, I really like the idea of adding carrot and courgette. Will be trying your recipe soon, thanks for sharing 🙂
Thanks Sarah I hope you like them! Let me know what you think.
When you mix the veggies into the sausage meat, is the sausage meat precooked or are you putting the raw meat with the cooked veggies into the pastry?
Raw meat and cooked veggies. I only cook the veggies first to remove the water and make them soft.
Thanks! I will be making this tonight!
Just had these for dinner! Went down a storm! Thanks 🙂
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Yay!! So glad you like them. Thanks for letting me know!
Agree re the pastry, although I do intend to make my own sometime. I would love to make these as it’s such a great idea to hide the veggies 🙂
I’m all about hiding the veggies from my kids!!!
I bet the carrot adds a lovely sweetness to the meat too. Will try this next time I make them, I think it will make them even better tasting than normal ones x
Yes they are deliciously sweet which goes very well with the sausagemeat
Mmmm I’m big on hiding vegetables in things, and these look like a great way to do it too! Yum! Perfect for a picnic!
Thanks Elizabeth!
Totally agree with you about making your own pastry – life’s too short, especially with puff! The shop-bought sheets are so good that there’s just no point in making your own 🙂
All hail the shop bought puff!!!