Another super simple recipe your crew will be happy about, and so will you.

We have a crowd at our house and when we cook, we get to cook for a crowd. Heath smoked some ribs a few nights ago as a little back to school treat dinner. He smoked 3 racks for our family of 8. There were a few left for him the next day, but just a few.

So, here is a killer delicious sloppy joe recipe for a big family I use all the time. 10 years ago my local friend Tracy Hill gave it to me, so it is aptly named.

Tracy's Sloppy Joes

4 pounds of ground beef
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup molasses
1 tbsp prepared yellow mustard
1/2 cup green pepper, diced
1 tbsp worshechire sauce
1 cup chopped onion
1 quart ketchup
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup water
1 cup diced celery
2 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper

Brown the ground beef and drain it.  If you want to throw the onion, green pepper, and celery in with the beef while it cooks, they soften up and cook well. I like to just brown the meat, throw it in the crock pot and add everything else and let it simmer for a few hours in the afternoon before dinner time. The veggies turn out great that way as well.

After a few hours of simmering all the deliciousness together, it's ready to pile on a bun and have some dinner. The kids love this recipe and so that means it is a winner at our house.

I know I should have put a sprig of something green or our delicious side dishes on the plate for the photo, but I quickly ate it after I took the picture and ran off to run a boy to boy scouts while Heath fed the rest of the family, side dishes and all (pasta and peas). Not very gourmet, but that is reality for us on some nights. This recipe was perfect for the night. Thank you Tracy!

Enjoy this recipe. I think it is so good. - Rachel

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