Heather's Scrumptious Sloppy Joes

A friend just asked for a good sloppy joe recipe, so here is one that always brings compliments:

Heather's Scrumptious Sloppy Joes

2 lbs. ground beef
3/4 c. chopped onion
1/4 c. chopped green pepper
1/4 c. chopped celery
1/2 c. ketchup
1/3 c. brown sugar
1 tsp. dry mustard
1/2 tsp. chili powder
2 - 14.5 oz. cans diced tomatoes
2 Tbspn. Worcesteshire Sauce
1 tsp. garlic salt
2 Tbspn. molasses

Begin browning ground beef and add onions, green peppers and celery. Drain meat, then add canned diced tomatoes and balance of ingredients. Simmer 1/2 hour or longer, or leave in slow cooker/crock pot. Taste after 1/2 hr - 45 minutes, then can adjust seasonings to make sweeter or more spicey. Enjoy!!!

The recipe can definitely be doubled or tripled for a large crowd, or cut in half, if you don't want leftovers, but it freezes really well!!! Then you have dinner for any night of the week by just tossing it into the crock pot and the gang can eat whenever they are home!!!

Variations - you could definitely luse very lean ground beef or use ground turkey because there is so much moisture from the other ingredients, so feel free to take advantage of that to make it more healthy.