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Sloppy Joes
Filed under Main Dishes - BeefAug 5
Does it ever seem like the recipes you know the best you are most likely to mess up? I’m usually pretty good at making a new recipe. Maybe it’s because it is new – and I follow the instructions better. And maybe when I make a tried and true recipe, I get a little lazy. I don’t know. But I’ve made this sloppy joe recipe many times before. (And I can’t believe I haven’t blogged about it yet!) But somehow, I really managed to mess it up this time. Mistake #1 – I’ve been trying to recycle through some of my older food in the pantry, and I had a couple of cans of Healthy Request tomato soup. This recipe calls for a can of tomato soup, so I wanted to use one of those older cans instead of buying something new. That was definitely mistake #1. Do not use a healthy version of canned tomato soup for this recipe. The stuff doesn’t have very much flavor.
Mistake #2 – adding too much salt to make up for the fact that the soup from mistake #1 had no flavor. I took this a little too far, and what I ended up with were Salty Joes instead of Sloppy Joes. I couldn’t get my husband or my daughter to eat these!
But still, I am sharing this recipe with you today because I know it’s a good one. I promise it has worked for me many times before – as long as I use the right products!! Definitely a lesson learned!
Sloppy Joes
serves 6
total time: 40 minutes
1 pound ground beef
1 1/2 cups chopped celery
1 1/2 cups chopped onion
1 can tomato soup
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon chili powder
6 hamburger bunsBrown the meat in a large skillet. Drain the meat well.
Add the celery and onion; cook until tender. Add the remaining ingredients and combine well. Simmer, uncovered, for 20 minutes.
Serve on hamburger buns.
11 Responses to “Sloppy Joes”
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Patsyk said on August 5th, 2010 at 12:26 pm
I've had the same thing happen to me as well on recipes I have made many times. Consider it a lesson learned and make sure you have the right products in the pantry for next time!
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Kim said on August 5th, 2010 at 1:19 pm
Sploppy Joes are almost always good! It's a fact the "healthy stuffs" aren't always tasting good…
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Rosa's Yummy Yums said on August 5th, 2010 at 1:53 pm
A yummy speciality!
Cheers,
Rosa
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kat said on August 5th, 2010 at 2:20 pm
It must be something in the air, you, another blogger & I all posted sloppy joes in the last couple of days
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Susi said on August 5th, 2010 at 3:28 pm
Sloppy Joes are always a favorite with my crowd. Unfortunately the "Healthy Request" Soups are anything but good tasting, too bad it ruined your dinner.
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scrambledhenfruit said on August 5th, 2010 at 5:15 pm
Sloppy joes were a standby meal here when my boys were teens- quick, easy and made lots! Your recipe sounds similar to mine- the canned soup gives it a little sweet taste. Maybe that's what the light version lacks. Thanks!
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Joanne said on August 5th, 2010 at 5:22 pm
I totally know what you mean! Last night I made lumpy polenta because I was super hungry and in a rush. I didn't think I could mess it up.
I totally trust you though! I bet these are awesome.
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The Comfort of Cooking said on August 5th, 2010 at 6:47 pm
Oh, these look SO yummy! Who doesn't love a messy, saucy sloppy joe… Mmmm!
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teresa said on August 6th, 2010 at 1:42 am
this always reminds me of snl's sloppy joe song, did you ever see that? these look great!
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grace said on August 6th, 2010 at 8:29 am
this is the second sloppy joe i've come across this morning. breakfast? perhaps.
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Debbi Does Dinner Healthy said on August 6th, 2010 at 8:44 pm
I'll bet these are awesome too. Too bad about the salt, amazing how good it is to have salt but then how horrible it turns out if there is too much!!
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