These puff pastry hidden veg sausage rolls are a great way to add extra vegetables into your lunch box & perfect for kids & picky eaters.
Everyone loves a sausage roll and people who don't eat dairy or eggs shouldn't miss out.
These easy hidden vegetable sausage rolls are super easy to make and a great way to add extra vegetables to your lunch or dinner.
The vegetables and lentils are well-spiced and make the perfect filling for a veggie sausage roll.
Jump to:
- 🥕 Hiding veg
- 🥦 Which veg works well in sausage rolls?
- ⭐ Why are these savoury pastries so good?
- 🌶 Are they spicy?
- 📋 What do you need to make these veggie sausage rolls?
- 💭 Puff Pastry FAQ
- 💭 Full-size or mini sausage rolls?
- 🥄 Pastry toppings
- ♨️ Air fryer or oven
- 🥗 Serving hidden veg sausage rolls
- 🌡️ Storing homemade sausage rolls
- 👩🏻🍳 Make them for the freezer
- 👩🏻🍳 Related recipes
- ⭐ Sign up for a free recipe sent to your inbox every morning
- ⏲️ How to make vegan hidden veg sausage rolls
- 📖 Recipe
- 💬 Comments
At a glance - hidden veg sausage rolls
⏲️ Ready in: 45 minutes
👪 Serves: 24
🍽 Calories: 181
🧾 Main ingredients: puff pastry, celery, courgette (zucchini), carrots, mushrooms, green or brown lentils (canned), curry powder, cumin, chilli powder, tomato puree & oats
👩🏻🍳 Suitable for: Vegan, plant-based, dairy-free, egg-free, vegetarian & gluten-free (if you use gluten-free puff pastry & oats)
Summarise & save this recipe:
🥕 Hiding veg
I call these easy vegan sausage rolls hidden veg sausage rolls, but they are actually a great way of using up whatever bits of veg you have left in your salad drawer or vegetable rack.
An extra benefit is that the veg isn't noticeable so these vegetable rolls are perfect for picky eaters.
These hidden veggie sausage rolls are super easy to make too.
Why not make some now and pop them in the freezer, so they are ready for back-to-school lunch boxes?
Love hidden veg recipes? Try Air Fryer Vegetable Bhajis.
🥦 Which veg works well in sausage rolls?
Here are a few vegetables that you could include in these vegan or vegetarian sausage rolls.
- Broccoli - finely chopped
- Carrot - grated
- Cauliflower - grated
- Celery - finely chopped
- Corn - frozen or tinned
- Courgette - grated
- Leeks - finely sliced, then chopped
- Mushrooms - finely chopped
- Onion - finely chopped
- Peas - frozen peas can be used
- Red onion - finely chopped
- Spring onion - finely sliced
These are great sausage rolls for kids with all that hidden veg.
Love a sausage roll? Try these vegan sausage rolls with kidney beans and cheese next.
⭐ Why are these savoury pastries so good?
Just in case you aren't convinced yet, here are a few reasons why you should try these veggie sausage rolls.
- Lunchbox favourite - everyone loves sausage rolls
- Frugal - you can use up veg
- Full of protein - from the added lentils
- Cheap to make - this recipe makes 24 sausage rolls using leftover veg and tinned lentils
- Hidden veg - you wouldn't know it's there
- Can be chilled - these can be kept for a few days in the fridge
- Freezer friendly - you can freeze them too
- Hot or cold - serve them hot with chips and baked beans or cold with salad
- Picnic fayre - great for picnics
- Perfect for lunch boxes - add them to nursery, school or work lunch bags
Love a spot of puff pastry? Try these vegan cheese & onion bakes (better than Greggs).
🌶 Are they spicy?
Hidden veg sausage rolls are well-spiced for flavour.
I have added some chilli powder which adds some warmth to them.
You can skip the chilli if your children don't like a bit of heat or if you are a chilli hound, then go ahead and add more for a real kick.
Love sausage rolls? Try these spicy chickpea sausage rolls, or you might like these spicy lentil sausage rolls and everyone loves these mushroom & chestnut sausage rolls.
📋 What do you need to make these veggie sausage rolls?
Here are the simple ingredients you need to make these veg sausage rolls.
- Puff Pastry - I like ready-rolled as it is a perfectly rolled rectangle of pastry
- Celery - you can add spring onion or onion instead
- Courgette - also called zucchini
- Carrots
- Mushrooms
- Green or Brown Lentils - tinned or pre-soaked and cooked
- Curry Powder
- Ground Cumin
- Chilli Powder - optional
- Tomato Puree
- Oats
- Salt & Pepper
Of course, you can change the veg, to use up what you have.
The full printable recipe below includes a full ingredient list, method, and tips.
These sausage rolls are suitable for dairy-free, egg-free and vegan diets.
They can also be made with gluten-free pastry for those on a gluten-free diet.
💭 Puff Pastry FAQ
Most shop-bought puff pastry is suitable for vegans, from big brands like Jus-Rol to supermarket own brands.
Look out for any that say 'all butter' on the box or packet as those aren't suitable.
Instead of brushing puff pastry with egg before it is baked, brush it with olive oil or a plant-based milk for a golden finish.
💭 Full-size or mini sausage rolls?
These veggie sausage rolls are mini sausage rolls, well fairly small.
You can make full-size sausage rolls, just cut them into bigger pieces.
If you're making sausages rolls for toddlers or kids, the mini ones are perfect.
However, you should skip the salt, as it's not good for toddlers or young children.
The spices are fine. It's good to broaden their palates with a range of flavours.
🥄 Pastry toppings
A wee sprinkle of seeds looks great on sausage rolls as a finishing touch.
You could use sesame seeds, poppy seeds or nigella seeds.
Sprinkle over the pastry sausage rolls before they are baked, after you have brushed them with oil or milk.
The wet coating will help the seeds to stick.
For more delicious puff pastry recipes, check out 50 BEST Plant-Based Puff Pastry Recipes for Vegans.
♨️ Air fryer or oven
These sausage rolls with vegetables can be baked in an air fryer or an oven.
If you are baking them in the oven, they will cook at the same temperature but they will be ready a few minutes earlier than those baked in an oven, so keep an eye on them.
Also, as this recipe makes quite a lot of mini sausage rolls, you will have to air fry them in batches.
If you are oven baking them you can bake them on one big or two smaller trays at the same time.
🥗 Serving hidden veg sausage rolls
These homemade vegan sausage rolls can be served warm or cold.
Serve them cold in lunch boxes with some crunchy veg and hummus (my son likes them with some ketchup for dunking) or for lunch with potato salad (try this dill potato salad, it's rather delicious), cucumber, and tomato.
Alternatively, I like to serve them warm with chips (french fries) and baked beans.
A real family favourite.
🌡️ Storing homemade sausage rolls
Homemade sausage rolls like these vegetable sausage rolls once cool can be stored in an airtight container for 4-5 days.
You can reheat them or serve them cold.
Alternatively, you can freeze them for 3-4 months.
They freeze really well!
Pop them in a freezer bag (you can flash freeze them on a tray first so they don't stick together in the bag) or use non-stick baking paper to separate layers in a freezer tub).
To defrost them, just pop them in the fridge overnight.
👩🏻🍳 Make them for the freezer
You can also make these curried sausage rolls for the freezer or freeze half a batch.
Instead of baking them, flash freeze your uncooked sausage rolls on a tray and store them in a freezer bag or once again store them in a tub with the layers separated with non-stick baking paper.
If there are too many for you to use, you can bake some and freeze the rest unbaked, then bake from frozen.
These kids sausage rolls will go down a treat and not last long.
👩🏻🍳 Related recipes
Looking for more easy puff pastry recipes? Try these:
⭐ Sign up for a free recipe sent to your inbox every morning
Join my list and have one recipe emailed to you every morning for inspiration.
Also, make sure you are signed up for my new recipe email, so you don't miss any new recipes here at the lunchbox.
⏲️ How to make vegan hidden veg sausage rolls
These step-by-step photos will show you how to make these easy plant-based curry sausage rolls.
Keep scrolling for the full printable recipe (with full ingredient list, calories and nutritional info)
Step 1
- Add all the prepared vegetables to a large mixing bowl (full printable recipe below).
- You can vary the veg depending on what you have.
Step 2
- Give it a good mix, then add the drained lentils.
- Next, add the spices and seasoning.
- Then the tomato puree.
Step 3
- Give it a good mix, then blend half or just under half the mixture in a blender or food processor.
- Mix it back into the rest of the veg and lentils still in the bowl.
- Then add the oats.
Step 4
- Mix the oats in. That's your filling ready.
- Take your pastry out of the packet and gently unroll it (if it's a block, roll it into a large rectangle, fairly thin (about ½ cm).
- Cut the pastry in half so you have 2 long rectangular pieces.
- Spoon a quarter of the pastry along the centre or just off centre of each long piece of pastry in a sausage-shaped pile from end to end.
- Rub one long edge of the pastry with a little water, then fold the pastry over the filling and press to seal.
- Use a fork along the sealed edges, then cut into 6 pieces.
- Do this for all 4 rectangles of pastry (2 boxes of ready-rolled puff pastry or 2 blocks) until you have 24 small sausage rolls.
Step 5
- Place each sausage roll on a lined baking sheet (if baking in the oven).
- Slit each sausage roll a couple of times, to let out the steam.
- Brush each sausage roll with olive oil, the sprinkle over some sesame seeds.
- Bake until golden in a pre-heated oven.
- Enjoy!
📖 Recipe
Easy Hidden Veg Sausage Rolls
Ingredients
- 640 g ready-rolled puff pastry (2 x 320g packs, larger is fine too)
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 stalks celery (chopped)
- 1 courgette (zucchini) (coarsley grated and squeezed in kitchen paper to remove excess liquid)
- 2 large carrots (peeled and coarsely grated)
- 2 large mushrooms (finely chopped or 4 closed caped or chestnut mushrooms)
- 236 g tinned green lentils (390g/140z can, drained)
- 2 teaspoons curry powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon chilli powder (optional)
- 2 tablespoons tomato puree
- 12 tablespoons oats
- ½ teaspoon salt and pepper (skip the salt for toddlers and young children)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200c / 180c fan / 400f / gas mark 6 and line one or two oven trays.
- Add all the prepared vegetables to a large mixing bowl. You can vary the veg depending on what you have.
- Give it a good mix, then add the drained lentils.
- Next, add the spices and seasoning (salt & pepper), then the tomato puree.
- Give it a good mix, then blend half or just under half the mixture in a blender or food processor.
- Mix it back into the rest of the veg and lentils still in the bowl.
- Add the oats and mix well. That's your filling ready.
- Take your pastry out of the packet and gently unroll it (if it's a block, roll it into a large rectangle, fairly thin (about ½ cm). Cut the pastry in half so you have 2 long rectangular pieces.
- Spoon a quarter of the pastry along the centre or just off centre of each long piece of pastry in a sausage-shaped pile from end to end.
- Rub one long edge of the pastry with a little water, then fold the pastry over the filling and press to seal. Use a fork along the sealed edges, then cut into 6 pieces.
- Do this for all 4 rectangles of pastry (2 boxes of ready-rolled puff pastry or 2 blocks) until you have 24 small sausage rolls.
- Place each sausage roll on a lined baking sheet (if baking in the oven).
- Slit the top of each sausage roll a couple of times, to let out the steam.
- Brush each sausage roll with olive oil, the sprinkle over some sesame seeds.
- Bake until golden in a pre-heated oven.
- Enjoy!
Notes
- Use whatever veg you have that needs used up
- You can skip the chilli powder or add more if you like a kick.
- Skip the salt if making these for toddlers or young children.
- You can make these into full-size sausage rolls too.
- Bake them in the oven or an air fryer, they will bake quicker in an air fryer, so keep an eye on them.
- Once cool they can be stored in an airtight container for 4-5 days. You can reheat them or serve them cold. Alternatively, you can freeze them for 3-4 months.
- You can freeze half or more of the batch before they are baked. Freeze them in a tub, the layers separated by non-stick baking paper or flash freeze them on a tray, then move into a freezer bag so they don't stick together.#
- You can also freeze leftover baked sausage rolls.
Sam says
Ohhhhhhhh! Luv the look of these. I will give them a go soon
Jacqueline Meldrum says
Fabulous! Enjoy them when you do make them.
Jill says
A new recipe! Yip yip! Where have you been? I keep checking as you share new recipes so often. They look brill. Jill x (that rhymed 😂)
Jacqueline Meldrum says
I've had a trapped nerve in my shoulder. Not much fun, but really on the mend now.
Suja md says
Wow! this is my new favorite recipe!
Jacqueline Meldrum says
I'm so glad you enjoyed them. They are popular here too.
Andrea says
These little bites of heaven are perfect as a snack, appetizer or light lunch.
Jacqueline Meldrum says
They really are. And who would say no to a homemade sausage roll?
rebecca says
this is a great recipe to use up all my garden zucchini! yum!
Jacqueline Meldrum says
Oh yes, you could definitely use up some zucchini!
Ali says
Great recipe for hiding veggies, the kids had no idea! These sausage rolls were a hit for the whole family.
Jacqueline Meldrum says
I am so pleased you all enjoyed them Ali, thanks for letting me know.
Tayler says
It’s a struggle to get my kids to eat veggies. I can’t wait to give these a try!
Jacqueline Meldrum says
I hope you and the kids enjoy them Tayler.
Francesca says
Both of my young children (one who is fussy with veg) devoured these! Very tasty! Thank you!
Jacqueline Meldrum says
Awww I am so pleased to hear that. Thanks for taking the time to let me know.
Sue Rushton says
This was really easy and delicious. Children grown up but trying to get husband more veggie!!
Jacqueline Meldrum says
I am so glad you enjoyed them Sue and it's always good health wise to eat more veggies.