Sausages are an easy and popular meal option but sometimes it's nice to mix things up. If you are looking for different ways to use sausages, these three Italian-inspired recipes — a pasta, soup and tray-bake — are excellent options to add to your rotation.This tray bake is a super easy way to mix things up and keep your cooktop free from the splatter.Made with simple ingredients, you can change it up with the sausages (or any other meat or veg) of your choice — just make sure they are not too lean for this one.There's nothing quite like a pasta for a weeknight and when you can whip it up in 30 minutes, it's even better.This pasta uses pork and fennel sausages and fennel, which mellows on cooking to become sweet and juicy and complements the pork beautifully.These Italian meatballs transform sausages and are a wonderful balance of flavours. The pine nuts add a nutty earthiness, the currants a burst of sweetness and the rice soaks up the flavours of the sausages and the soup as it cooks.