Sloppy Joes with “That Special Craving” Side Dish

            Holidays and milestone celebrations can be handled in many different ways.  Our family is very practical; our love language is cooking for each another.  It is O.K. if we do not have enough money for Christmas presents; we have special Christmas Eve food night.  We have also killed the expectations for greeting cards, in favor of maximizing the gastronomic pleasure.  I prefer “Rabourn” to “Hallmark.”  We can make hot dogs and beans a festive occasion.  The television goes off, we sit at the table and the chatter takes off!  It’s like a tree full of monkeys.  Today is our official Twenty-Fifth (25) wedding anniversary.  I decided that it was my day to choose what to eat; then I remembered that I choose every day.  So, what?  I make the best choices.  The bear does not complain.  I bought potato chips and dip, made Sloppy Joes and got a pumpkin roll.  The meat course was healthy, at least.  Brian said that I welched out on the side dishes.  I do not think I did, I was craving the potato chips and dip.  

            Sloppy Joes with “That Special Craving” Side Dish

            Take two pounds of ground beef and brown it in a pot that can go in the oven. 

            Chop in food processor: one onion, 2 cloves of garlic, 2 carrots, 1 zucchini and ½ green peppers, after chopping, add to the ground beef.  Turn on a burner and slightly cook the vegetables with the meat.  Add: 2 cups of ketchup, 1/8 mustard, 2 tablespoons of honey, ½ cup brown sugar, and 2 tablespoons of red peppers.  Stir so that all ingredients are mixed together completely.  Set the oven on 350 and cook Sloppy Joes in the over for about 1 ½ hours stirring occasionally, serve on a burger bun.  No survivors on the treat you craved, tomorrow you won’t want it!