To make  sausage soup  fry link sausages lightly. 

Then in big pot add:

one (1) large can of either tomato juice or v8 juice, cheapest kind works great,  
sausages
celery
onions
carrots (all chopped small)
potaoes (a little bigger)
add some chicken broth or bullion
you can add peas and corn  and what other veggies ya might have lurking in fridge
add some garlic
salt
pepper
bay leaf
and the  grease from frying the  sausage as it is cooking

Make a pot of boiled rice and serve rice in bottom of bowl with soup over it.

Easy to do and quick to do,  better the next day....