Beef...It's What's For Dinner

Today was a pretty good day.  Work went by fast and I got a good workout in at the gym.  Everything was great...until I walked outside and saw that it was dark :(  at 5:15.  I don't think I'm going to like this very much. 

So I've been making some pretty interesting dinners lately, and Matt has been forced to eat all of my strange concoctions.  I wanted to make him something I knew he would like, just in a healthier way.  First of all I knew it had to have BEEF in it...let's face it I'm marrying a carnvore :).  After some recipe searching I landed on sloppy joe's.  That's right sloppy joes.  I don't think I've had one of these in at least 5 years.  I went into it with low expectations but it actually turned out pretty good.  The sauce was really flvorful!

Healthy Sloppy Joes

1 large carrot

1 stalk celery

12 oz lean ground beef/ground turkey

3/4 cup prechopped onion

1 tsp garlic powder

1 tsp chili powder

1/4 tsp black pepper

1/4 cup ketchup

1 tbsp dijon mustard

1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce

1 tbsp tomato paste

1 tbsp red wine vinegar

1 8oz can no salt added tomato sauce

Put carrot and celery into food processor and chop into small peices.  Add carrot, celery and ground beef to a pan on medium high heat.

Cook until meat is browned, then add garlic powder, chili powder and pepper and cook one more minute.

Combine 1/4 cup ketchup and next 5 ingredients through tomato sauce ina a bowl and mix well.  Add mixture to the beef and veggies and let simmer for 5 minutes until sauce thickens. 

I served mine over some Great Harvest Dakota bread and had a salad on the side.



SLOPPY!!!!