Before we get started on this recipe though, I'll give you an update on reading The Alchemist! It's a wonderful book so far! My favorite quote from the book thus far is, "We do not realize that love is just a further impetus, not something that will will prevent us going forward. We do not realize that those who genuinely wish us well want us to be happy and are prepared to accompany us on that journey" (Paulo Coelho). What a beautiful truth! This makes me think of one of my best friend who is packing up her family to move 10 hours away to follow her husbands goals with his job! That's the kind of love that is real. No questions, no worries, you just go and be supportive and make the best of every opportunity because each new place and each new obstacle is a part of your life together and a new road on your journey! I love all the adventures I've had so far with DJ, and the future and all the adventures we have yet to have, and it could not be more exciting to think about. I think you know it's real, when you can express to each other that the road, the journey and all the bumps and cracks on the way are YOURS to experience TOGETHER. I love that he reminds me of this in one way or another every single day! Just the short reading I've done so far, has made me very aware of this! Do I have your interest yet about the book?? Okay, good! Now let's get started on the sloppy joes!
Ingredients
We used less ingredients because we are only feeding two of us :)
1 lb ground beef (we used venison)
1 TB butter
Onion, chopped (she used half of an onion, I just eyeballed it until we had all we wanted)
That's the fun part of tweaking recipes to fit your family, you can add as many ingredients as you want, based on your own taste buds!
Green Pepper, chopped (small green pepper, we used the whole thing)
Garlic cloves, minced (we used about 2 1/2 larger cloves, she used 5)
1 1/2 cup of ketchup
A little less than a full cup of water
2 TB brown sugar
2 tsp chili powder (more if you want more of a kick)
1 tsp dry mustard
Red Pepper Flakes (add as few or as many as you want for a little spiciness)
Worcestershire sauce to taste
Salt and pepper
To start off, you're going to cook your beef (or venison) in the butter in a large skillet! Once it's browned drain of excess grease! While your meat is cooking, start chopping the onion, peppers, and garlic!
The garlic on the top and bottom on the right side were TINY, that's why it looks like there is so much garlic there! I wouldn't have cared if they were larger, I love garlic!
One small green pepper chopped
Once the meat is brown and drained, you're going to add ALL the ingredients (chopped onion, garlic, pepper, ketchup, Worcestershire, red pepper flakes, dry mustard, brown sugar, chili powder, water, salt and pepper). Turn your heat down to medium/high and simmer everything together. If it doesn't look right, you can add more of whatever you think you're missing. We ended up adding more ketchup to give it the typical "red sloppy joe sauce" look.
Here it is before it was all mixed together, and then after it was all mixed and simmering
Once everything is warmed through, you can it scoop it on the bread of your choice (we just used regular hamburger buns) and enjoy!! It was really delicious and truly just as easy as using the pre-made store bought mix! I guess for us anyway, because I always add extra fresh ingredients to the can!
Until next time...
~Happy Eating~
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