Not Your Canned Sloppy Joes

I know that it is not Wednesday but I had to share this recipe I made last night for you!

Sloppy Joes

Ingredients

• Vegetable Cooking Spray
• 1 Onion, Finely Chopped
• 1 Large Sweet Pepper, Finely Chopped (I used the mini red, orange, and yellow peppers about 8 mini)
• 1 pound Lean Ground Beef (Next time I will try with Turkey)
• 1 Can of no/salt added diced tomatoes
• 1 cup drained and rinsed no salt added kidney Beans
• 4 tablespoons tomato paste
• 4 tablespoons cider vinegar
• 1/8 teaspoon cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• Black Pepper to taste
• 4 Whole Wheat Buns Or 4 servings cooked Brown Rice

Directions  

Heat a large skillet over medium heat and coat lightly with cooking spray. Add the Onion and Sweet Peppers. Cook for aprox 3 min, stirring. Crumble in meat and cook until browned, Keep breaking it apart with a spoon for about 4 minutes.

While meat is browning mash your Kidney Beans. The recipe I have says to use a fork... (left), I have a bean masher/potato masher (right)

Stir in beans, tomatoes, vinegar, tomato paste, cloves, cinnamon, sugar, salt, and pepper. Cook for an additional 4 minutes. (I cooked on low simmer for 30 minutes before serving) 

Divide the mixture among 4 rolls or brown rice (as pictured above).
Number of Servings: 4
Calories: 415  (approx)

This was so good! Even my four year old gobbled it up! I will be trying it with ground turkey next time! I do think  it made more then 4 servings (at least in our house), as we got about 6 out of ours.


Recipe courtesy of Bob Greene The Best Life Diet Cookbook