Simple to Wowish- Sausage patties

My flatmate proudly arrived home with a packet of common-or-garden sausages last night, reduced to 20p. They aren't the healthiest things, and they aren't the tastiest either. The solution? A radical makeover which we served with a sliced ripe vine tomatoes drizzled with basil pesto.

Makes about 12 medium-sized patties (feeds 4-6 people)
I used:
packet of sausages
A cup of frozen spinach pellets (about 10)
mustard flour and powder (or mustard flour with white wine vinegar/ lemon juice)
chives
3 cloves of garlic (minced/ diced)
one large onion (diced)
nutmeg
japanese soy sauce
salt and pepper
oatmeal

The method:

1. Start with the spinach. Bung it in the microwave for 3 minutes until it no longer resembles a pellet and is a pleasant mush. If you plan things in advance, leave it to defrost for a few hours instead.
2. Launch into the sausages. Squeeze them out of their skins and into a large mixing bowl. 
3. Dice the onion (as finely as you can), ditto the garlic. Add it with a good sprinkling of chives  (fresh or dried) , 1/2 a teaspoon of ground nutmeg, a liberal amount of freshly ground pepper and some salt (to taste- I try to avoid salt)  into the sausage mixture. Stir well. 
4. Add the spinach, a large tablespoon (or two) of dijon mustard (or mustard flour and white wine vinegar or lemon juice)  and stir well again. Add soy sauce (this is a completely unnecessary ingredient, but I thought enhanced the flavour and is an ingredient I have a crush on at the moment)
5. Add oatmeal slowly to the mixture, until it is no longer sloppy and can be formed into patties.
6. cook! shallow fry or ideally bake in the oven over a griddle so the fat drains out. 

The verdict from my crack panel of tired flatmates: wowish