Sloppy Joe's

I love Sloppy Joe's.

My kids inhale it. They request it regularly.

It's rich, hearty and a little sweet.

And you can have it on the table in about 30 minutes. Total win, win.

Just brown up and drain 2 pounds of hamburger, cause you will want leftovers to feed the kiddos when you don't feel like cooking. Like tomorrow. Or lunches on the weekends.

Then, finely dice up about 1/2 cup onion, one small or half of a large onion.

Add your onion to the ground beef and sautee it.

This breaks the onion down so that you get a lot of flavor, but not a lot of onion-y chunks. My kids don't like onion-y chunks and I assume your children are as picky as my children. Please don't correct me if I'm wrong.

Then add 3 small cans of tomato sauce, 1/3 of a cup of ketchup, dash of salt and pepper, 1/2 tsp garlic powder and 2 tablespoons of brown sugar. *More or less sugar as desired.*

Stir this up and let it simmer on low for about 5-10 minutes, just to thicken and for the flavors to incorporate.

Serve on buns or sliced bread. This is also good on rice or baked potatoes!

Add a slice of cheese for a Sloppy Joe Melt. It makes you fancy.

The Recipe:
Sloppy Joe's

2 lbs browned hamburger meat

1/2 cup finely diced onion

3 small cans of tomato sauce

1/3 cup ketchup

2 Tbl brown sugar

1/2 tsp garlic powder *optional*

dash salt and pepper

Saute the onions with the browned hamburger meat for a few minutes until translucent, then add the remaining ingredients. Simmer the mixture on low for 5-10 minutes until the mixture starts to thicken.

Serve on rolls or sliced bread.