A trio of homemade sausage recipes – Merguez, Bratwurst and Chicken and Apple – could inspire this weekend's cooking project. Plus, PB&J sandwiches refashioned as truffles and more healthy lunch ideas.

• The Los Angeles Times makes a case for homemade sausages with recipes for Merguez (pictured), Bratwurst, and Chicken and Apple Sausage, plus step-by-step photos.
• An Associated Press story that's been making the rounds puts peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in the food processor and gives them the truffle treatment.
• We can't get enough of the lunch idea roundup pieces, and the Washington Post offers a good one with ideas from four cookbook authors. Recipes include Plantain Wrap with Tangy Black Bean Spread and Cold Chicken Meatloaf.
• The Oregonian pairs Ratatouille and Crepes.

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(Image: Kirk McKoy/Los Angeles Times)