I haven't blogged in a reallllllly long time. Going back to teaching is always such a shock to the system. Ask my poor husband... I've barely cooked. But now that I'm back in the swing of things (3 months later)... it's time to cook again. Actually, part of it is that I started using Peapod for grocery delivery, which requires advanced planning - so I know WHAT I'm cooking each night. Planning ahead... who'd have thunk it.
Anyway, tonight I made Skinny Sloppy Joes from this recipe. It was DELICIOUS. Here's the low down and I how I made it a bit different than the original.
1. I started by browning 1 pound of lean organic ground beef with 1 Tbs of steak seasoning. Because my husband is anti-onion I can never use store bought steak seasoning, so I used a rub that I made a while back. It was soooo good that I kept the extra. (*update* Here's the steak rub recipe - I left out the onion powder for the hubby... yes, he is THAT anti-onion).
2. Once the meat was browned all the way through I strained some of the fat off (I always do this), and added a handful of pre-shredded carrots that I chopped up, 1/2 chopped red bell pepper, approximately 4 oz of mushrooms chopped, and 3-4 tablespoons of pre-chopped garlic. The original recipe calls for onion... obviously, that was out, and for the veggies to be very finely chopped up in a food processor. I didn't do that and the dish was still awesome.
3. Then I added 1 Tbs red wine vinegar and 1 Tbs Worcestershire sauce.
4. Last, I added 16 oz of tomato sauce. The recipe called for two cups of sauce plus 2 Tbs of tomato paste. I always have sauce and paste in the house... except tonight I didn't. So I figured if I added extra tomato sauce - put a wire mesh screen over the pan, and boiled it down it would be roughly the same thing. It worked out great. I served them on whole wheat buns and tada - tasty, messy, sloppy Joes from scratch!
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