And to make Italian-style homemade sausages, go with Italian seasoning, paprika, fennel seeds, onion and garlic powders, then add crushed red pepper if you want a hot version of the sausage.

Store-bought sausage seasoning is an awesome hassle-free to way to lend sausage meat some chutzpah before shaping it into links. A mix of anything from paprika and garlic powder to dried bell ...