Sloppy Joe Sandwiches

Sloppy Joes were a school cafeteria favorite but were not something that I particularly thought to  prepare at home in my adult years.  However, it happened that I had a couple of  leftover hamburger rolls, hamburg, and half a red and a green pepper.  I wanted something "different" but delicious and easy.

Sloppy Joes to the rescue!  I found this delicious recipe on Allrecipes and we were very pleased with it.  Ole Sweetie-Pi wishes it were saucier, and he may be right, but to me, any saucier, and you'll have a spaghetti  meat sauce. 

Sloppy Joe Sandwiches
(slightly adapted from this recipe at  Allrecipes.com)

1/2 pound ground beef

1./2 cup diced peppers

1/2 cup ketchup

2 tablespoons water

1 tablespoon brown sugar

1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

1 teaspoon prepared mustard **

1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

1/4 teaspoon onion powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 hamburger buns, split

In a saucepan, cook beef and diced peppers over medium heat until the beef is no longer pink; drain. Stir in the ketchup, water, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, garlic powder, onion powder and salt. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 30-40 minutes. Serve on buns. You'll need a fork!

**I found this to be a too mustard-y in flavor, and for our tastes will reduce it to 1/2 teaspoon.