What’s in the cupboard?
One
of the things I just love to do: At the end of the month when the budget is
tight, I go into the cupboard and fridge to see what kind of a yummy concoction
can be made for dinner. Sometimes the selected ingredients work and sometimes they don't.
Today was a good day.
Try
my Jalopy of Sloppy Joe mixture on toasted buns or with grilled corn bread. My end of the month stockpile including the
mish mash of ingredients listed.
JALOPY OF SLOPPY JOE
1 1/2 tablespoons of
olive oil
2 stalks of chopped
celery hearts (Don’t throw out those smaller celery bits and leaves in the
center of the stalk. Just chopped them up and throw them into your favorite
dish. They are good!)
1 medium shallot,
sliced
1 medium red pepper,
chopped
½ pound of ground
turkey (not lean)
1 large clove of
garlic, minced (I use a micro plane for this.)
A sprinkling of onion
powder
One 15-ounce can of
cannellini beans, rinsed and drained
One jar of your
favorite sloppy joe sauce (I can’t name the brand I used, but it is made in a
facility in York, Maine.)
In a large skillet
over medium heat, saute the celery, shallot, and red pepper in the olive oil
until softened. Add the ground turkey
and cook until meat is browned and no longer pink.
Stir in the garlic
and cook for one minute. Sprinkle the
mixture with the onion powder (I just give it a good dusting over the surface
of the meat mixture.)
Add the cannellini
beans and stir to incorporate.
Pour the sloppy joe
sauce into the pan. (Now there will be
some sauce clinging to the inside of the jar.
Don’t let it get away. Add about ¼ cup of water to the jar, screw the lid back on and give it a good shake. Pour this into the pan of ingredients.)
Give the whole
mixture a good stir and lower the heat to simmer and cook for 10 minutes.
Makes about 4
generous servings! A side salad would be
great with this!
