Day 6, Sloppy Wapiti

Sloppy Wapiti

Tonight was a "so you forgot to defrost" moment for sure.  You would think that since I'm writing this blog and participating in this challenge that I would be at least planning a little, that I would be at least a little bit organized.  You would be wrong.

While I was on one of the meal prep pages I follow on facebook yesterday someone mentioned that they were having Sloppy Joes for dinner.  I thought, that sounds good. It's been a while since I've made Sloppy Joes.  Do you think that prompted me to set out a pound of burger to thaw? Nope, sure didn't.

So once I got home tonight I grabbed a pound of elk burger from the freezer, used the pull apart microwave thawing method that I've mentioned previously and got to cooking.

Sloppy Wapiti

Serves 4

Ingredients:

1 lb Ground Elk (or whatever meat you've got)

1/2 Yellow Onion, diced

1 cup Ketchup

2 Tbsp Brown Sugar

2 tsp Worcestershire Sauce

2 tsp Prepared Mustard (I used Dijon)

1 tsp Garlic Powder

1/2 tsp Salt

4 Hamburger Buns

Directions:

1. In a large skillet brown ground meat and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink.  Drain if necessary.

2. Stir in ketchup, sugar, mustard, garlic powder and salt. 

3. Bring to a boil, reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes.

4. Serve on buns.

5. Say Grace and enjoy!

Excellent with added cheese and condiments of your choice, I even sometimes like it with a little slaw on it.

Tonight we had our Sloppy Wapitis with choice of mac salad or potato salad that we still had leftover in the fridge and some tater tots that were in the freezer. 

Starting Grocery Budget $100

Day 6 Balance Remaining $84.64

Question of the Day, Did you know what Wapiti was before clicking on this link?

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