Sloppy Joe, Sloppy, Sloppy Joe...*

I can't look at a sloppy joe without hearing Adam Sandler singing about the lunch lady.  Last night we had sloppy joes, sloppy, sloppy joes. I know you don't care, I just thought I'd share how quick and easy it was.  I may be the queen of lazy cooks, but I know I'm not the only one.

We had spaghetti one night this week, just Mitch and I.  Remember, our nest recently became empty. I haven't quite adjusted to cooking for just the two of us. The term serving size takes on a whole new meaning when you're cooking for a teenage boy.  Anyway, I made way too much sauce. Not usually a problem, since I happen to love left-over spaghetti. This time,  my sauce/noodle ratio was off, leaving me with no noodles and an excess of sauce. I know, spaghetti sauce freezes well and I could have done that. Instead, I squeezed another meal for this week out of it.  A meal that involved little more than reheating, my favorite kind of cooking. To the left-over meat sauce I added, some brown sugar, spicy brown mustard, and a little Worcestershire sauce. Throw it on a bun, open a can of green beans and you've got dinner. Not a great dinner, but dinner, and folks around here are perfectly happy with any dinner.

You have to click the Adam Sandler link for the title to make sense if you've never heard the lunch lady song

Comments

[Stephanie]

I enjoy your posts soooo much. The UPS man, that was very funny, did he find out that he actually spilled the beans?

Love your Tree, very pretty. Maybe next year I will try something different too!

My son just got out of the Navy, I remember those letters. Actually I have a lot of emails as he was able to email from Ship. I'm planning on putting them in a book to save.

I hear you on the smaller meals. I haven't figured it out yet.

Have a great weekend!

Stephanie

[Thimbleanna]

Gosh, I always forget about sloppy joes and I love them -- thanks for the reminder.

Hubby was sleeping when I went to bed last night, so guess what was the first thing I said to him this morning. "Wanna hear a funny story..." L - oh - LOL!

[[email protected] Peas]

LOL I had never heard that song. I love Adam Sandlers songs. Thanks for the laugh. I'm always finding ways to use up all the left overs. That's a great idea turning spaghetti sauce into sloppy joes. I will have to try that next time I have excess!

[Sue]

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

[Lam]

No, you are wrong, I DO care and IS a great meal. Hmm...now I have sloppy joes on the brain (and none in the belly!)

[Elaine Campbell]

I haven't had sloppy joes in years!! I love them my hubby doesn't like anything with tomatoes in it...no Italian food...I love it so fix it when family coming and fix him a hamburger steak with baked potato.

[Beth]

Navy beans, navy beans, meatloaf sandwich!

My favorite leftovers meal is taking leftover chili and making chili cheese burritos. Yum! I ALWAYS make too much chilil!

[Shannon]

Love sloppy joes:) This is so creative and I will try this next time.

[tracey]

Just wishing you a wonderful christmas and happy new year and another year of blogging.
xxxxxx
t
P.s thanks for all your lovely comments over the past year.

[Libby]

Ha! We love that song!Right before Thanksgiving, my daughter had a group of seven girls over to do a school project (17-18 year old very smart AP girls) They were over everynight until suppertime. One night they were going to run over and my daughter told us to go ahead and eat. I said, Well, I feel bad eating in front of them. She looked at me and rolled her eyes and said(as only a 18 year old girl can) Don't worry, noone will be envious of your sloppy- joes! So, I had the last laugh when the girls saw what I made they all danced around and sang that song! All but my daughter! Merry Christmas! p.s. I'm praying for Casey everynight when I pray for my boy at YCA..Libby

[Sarah the secret blower]

I love the color of your kitchenaid mixer...yowser...I have an award for you at my site if you would like it.

blessings,
Sarah

http://shepherdsgrace.wordpress.com/2008/12/20/why-not-make-lemonade-i-dont-promise-it-will-always-taste-good-or-go-down-sweet/

[Junie]

I just read that UPS post and cracked up. That's the kind of family story that lives on. Tell your husband it will seem a lot funnier later... (I have a robin's egg blue Kitchen aid and it's BEAUTIFUL.)

[Junie Moon]

I love sloppy joes and am glad to see someone else who does as well. And leftover spaghetti sauce always tastes better to me than when it's first done. I like to heat it up and put it on bread for lunch, when my siblings and I were little we called this "spaghetti sandwiches". We still like to eat it this way.

[Rebecca]

I'm a recent empty nester, too. Harder than I thought it would be, initially. It took me a few weeks to adjust to dinners around my house. Happy Holidays!

[sandy]

sounds good to me! happy new year autum!

[Bridgette]

Autum, please, not another Sloppy Joe.

[Meeghan]

Looks entirely deliscious.

[katy]

What a great idea and I love Sloppy Joes. I also think of Adam Sandler when I make them.