Recipe Sunday

Sloppy Joes
Makes: 4 servings

• 1 pound ground beef
• 1 cup water
• 4 tablespoons tomato paste
• 3 tablespoons barbecue sauce, any you like
• 2 tablespoons onion soup mix, Lipton
• 4 sesame seed hamburger buns
• 2 cups prepared coleslaw (we left this out)

1. In a large skillet, cook ground beef over medium-high heat for 4 to 6 minutes, or until browned and crumbly; drain. Stir in 1 cup water, tomato paste, barbecue sauce, and soup mix until combined. Bring to a boil; reduce heat, and simmer for 4 to 5 minutes, or until thickened.
2. To serve, spoon ground beef mixture evenly over bottom halves of buns. Top each with 1/2 cup coleslaw. Cover with top halves of buns. Serve immediately.

*It was kind of bland for us, so I added a little more barbecue sauce, slight buffalo wing sauce, salt, pepper, parsley, and oregano.

Taken from: Sandra Lee Semi-Homemade magazine, August/September 2009