I was going to make hamburgers for lunch last Saturday and realized I only had one pound of hamburger, which would make for pretty wimpy burgers. How to stretch it? I had already bought the buns (sprouted whole wheat buns from The Sprouted Bakehouse) so it was time to get creative. Sloppy Joes! But the only recipe I had called for a can of tomato soup, ketchup, and worcestershire. Well, the Maple and Bacon Baked Beans turned out pretty well, why not makeover the Sloppy Joes recipe?
I’m glad I did. Even the kids loved it. LOVED it. Enjoy!
Sloppy Joes
Serves 6
INGREDIENTS
- 1 lb. pastured ground beef
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 2 stalks celery, diced
- 1 small red pepper, seeded and diced
- 1-15 oz. can diced tomatoes
- 4 T. tomato paste
- 1 T. raw honey
- 2 t. organic dijon mustard
- 1 T. lemon juice
- sea salt and black pepper
DIRECTIONS
- In a medium skillet, brown the ground beef, drain, and set aside.
- Using the same pan, saute the onions, celery, and red pepper until they’re tender crisp, about 7 minutes. Add ground beef.
- In a food processor, combine the diced tomatoes, tomato paste, honey, mustard, and lemon juice and process until well-blended into a sauce. Add the sauce to the beef mixture. Simmer on low for about 20 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Also shared on Food Renegade’s Fight Back Friday and Kelly the Kitchen Kop’s Real Food Wednesday.
Isn’t it great when our kids will eat our experiments? My family have been willing guinea pigs for a long time now; I am a little spoiled!
I hear you sister, so am I! Tonight we got both kids to (gingerly) eat a dinner of raw lasagna. It had spinach, zucchini, marinara, garlic, “cashew cheese”, etc. etc. They both finished and said, can we have an apple? Well, they tried it, so the alternative/supplemental after dinner snack is always a carrot or an apple. Go nuts!
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