This is my very favorite kind of recipe. Delicious, filling, plentiful, and EASY. And when I say easy, I'm talking about 4 ingredients! Check 'em out:
I've become slightly obsessed with the 95% lean ground beef from Whole Foods. I tried it out a couple of weeks ago when I made tacos, and I'm not sure I'll ever use another kind. It's super tender, which is not something you always get with extra lean ground beef. It's a bit pricey, but still not as expensive as Laura's Lean Beef...which is what I always used before. Since the closest WF is thirty minutes away, I stocked up on my last visit and froze it.
This is so easy, you don't really even need a step by step, but here it is anyway. Roll out a can of Pillsbury Thin Crust pizza dough in a 9x13 Pyrex that has been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray. Be sure and press it up the sides to hold in all the delicious Sloppy Joe-ness.
Pre-bake it at 400 for about 5 minutes. This prevents the crust from being soggy. Ain't nobody got time for a soggy crust.
While that's baking, brown the ground beef and add in your can of Manwich sauce. I let this bubble on the stove for quite a while. It thickens up the sauce considerably and makes for a less runny casserole later.
Pour the sloppy joe filling into the pizza crust and top with 1 cup of shredded 2% mozzarella. Then put the whole thing in to bake at 400 for about 15 more minutes.
Here's what it looks like fresh out of the oven.
And my portion.
The nutritional lowdown is calculated for 6 big (for bandsters) servings.
Calories: 332
Total Fat: 11.5g
Protein: 24.8g
Hope you enjoy it! Thanks for reading.
I love me some sloppy joes :)
ReplyDeleteMe. Too. Even school cafeteria versions! This was way better. :)
DeleteThat looks delish! I am going to have to save this and make it once I can eat real food :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing!
It won't be long. I remember advancing to mushies and eating a scrambled egg. It was absolutely delicious.
DeleteI love Whole Foods! I usually get the 90% lean ground sirloin, but will try the 95% next time! And I just bought a can of manwich...mmmmm :)
ReplyDeleteI can literally walk the aisles for hours. It's probably a good thing there's not one close by. I always spend WAY too much money.
Deletei'm deffinitely trying that next time. i made sloppy joes last night, and they didn't taste very good--but i made them homemade style and not with manwhich. and i didn't have them with a bun--just in a bowl.
ReplyDeletethanks for sharing!
I hope you like it. I was really surprised at how far just a cup of the shredded mozzarella went too. It was deliciously cheesy. :)
Deletethis looks so yummy, I will have to try this.
ReplyDeleteI hope you like it as much as I did. I ate it for three dinners in a row and didn't get tired of it at all.
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