Best veggie sausages

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It's for a sausage casserole so I dont want them to fall apart. One friend is vegetarian so if I use veggie sausages I only need to make 1 meal.

I love the Linda McCartney ones and the cauldron ones. I'm going against the grain here, but I hated the Richmond ones, they had a very unpleasant texture and taste, the Heck ones tasted better but had a similar weird texture.

I don't get the love for Linda McCartney sausages. I find them dry and cardboardy!

I don’t think you’d want to be tricking your guests into eating something they’re not.

OP have you got your heart set on a sausage casserole for your guests or could you make a dish where the vegetables are the star of the show, with no need for meat substitutes? Unless you have meat-eating guests who would object to a dish with no meat.

I don’t think you’d want to be tricking your guests into eating something they’re not.

Where does it say the op is planning on pretending they’re meat sausages?

I hate the Linda McCartney ones too salty and gristly!

If your friend likes a bit of spice, Tesco do fabulous chorizo style sausages. Depends what the base of the casserole is I guess. I would recommend the Richmond ones if they prefer something quite realistic. The first time we had them, I had to double check the pack as I thought I'd lifted real sausages by mistake. DP won't touch them because of this!

Definitely not the Linda McCartney ones in a casserole. They are the least sausagey ones. I always use quorn or cauldron in a casserole.

@PurpleDaisies

I don’t think you’d want to be tricking your guests into eating something they’re not.

Where does it say the op is planning on pretending they’re meat sausages?

I didn’t say the OP was planning to trick her guests.

@BuffaloCauliflower said the Richmond sausages could trick a meat-eater though, and I was replying to their post.

Linda McCartney sausages are sadness on a fork. They changed the previously decent recipe a few years ago which seemed to involve removing all the flavour.

Don't get the vegan mushroomy ones - they have a bitter aftertaste.
Veggie sausages generally keep together well.

My DSCs love the Richmond ones, they're particular, have tried just about every veggie sausage under the sun so I'd trust their recommendation

Oh, and the Richmond ones make a great sausage sandwich! 🥪

@FamilyOfAliens I wasn’t suggesting actually tricking anyone or not telling them what they were eating. I meant they are so convincing as sausages that they COULD. Many of the veggie sausages are clearly veggie and not very real sausagey. The Richmond ones are convincing as normal sausages. Speaking as a vegetarian anyway.

Richmond ones or naked glory if you want sausages that taste meat like. I quite like the Linda McCartney sausages but they don't taste like meat sausages at all.
Quorn are the worst in my opinion - very bland and a bit spongey

[quote BuffaloCauliflower]@FamilyOfAliens I wasn’t suggesting actually tricking anyone or not telling them what they were eating. I meant they are so convincing as sausages that they COULD. Many of the veggie sausages are clearly veggie and not very real sausagey. The Richmond ones are convincing as normal sausages. Speaking as a vegetarian anyway.[/quote]
Oh I absolutely agree they’re very like meat sausages. But for me, not in a good way

I like Cauldron ones. Linda McCartney ones are awful, unless they’ve changed the recipe since I last had one. Quorn are very flabby and tasteless. I tried the Richmond ones last night. They’d be good for meat eaters but they were too meatlike for me.

Richmond. I wouldn't buy any other sausages now tbh.

The M&S plant kitchen soysauges were good as well but not sure if they still make those.

Linda mc cartney are not the quorn type. Quorn makes dd sick.

@ClinkeyMonkey

If your friend likes a bit of spice, Tesco do fabulous chorizo style sausages. Depends what the base of the casserole is I guess. I would recommend the Richmond ones if they prefer something quite realistic. The first time we had them, I had to double check the pack as I thought I'd lifted real sausages by mistake. DP won't touch them because of this!

I had the same reaction when I first tried them 😂. I had to get DP to double check the packaging for me because I thought I was going crazy.

Would go for Cauldron Lincolnshire. They have enough substance and depth of flavour to hold up in a casserole. Richmond and many of the other Johnny-come-lately products, just mimic the taste of super-cheap low quality real sausages - even if I ate meat, I wouldn't bother with them.

I'm planning on giving them dog food and pretending it's steak

I want something I can throw together and transport easily. I have an instant pot and there is a nice sausage casserole recipe
I will cook the sausages separately and then chop and throw in

I don't know if they fall apart in sauces but dd2 who is the fussiest eater ever will happily eat Linda McCartney veggie sausages.

I like the M&S own brand veggie sausages. They’re not supposed to taste like meat, I think it’s a mushroom/cheese/quinoa blend.

Different veggie sausages for different purposes I'd say. Cauldron are really good in casserole-type dishes.