Sloppy Joes (For Rebecca)

EDITED 6/12: OH NO! This recipe was supposed to say Chicken Gumbo Soup. It's the secret ingredient and well...Chicken Noodle just ain't the same thing. Sorry folks!

Of all the things I make, this is my husband's favorite. He requests it so often that for a few years I told him he could only have it on his birthday...I was just burned out. LOL

Well...I've been making them a little more lately because they are high in iron and an easy food to get the Sous Chef to eat and she needs lots of calories and iron right now. I made them for my friend Rebecca's family and they liked them too. So much so that she asked for the recipe. One problem. I didn't have one! I'd always just 'winged it' and done it by memory.

So my family has had to suffer through Sloppy Joes once a week until I could actually get the recipe written down the right way. Somehow they have survived. ;)

Here is another cool trick about Sloppy Joes. They are a great vessel to "sneak" other foods into. Oatmeal, baby cearal, pureed veggies or fruits...they all mix in well and unless you have Sloppy Joe Purists (like my husband) no one will be the wiser. Enjoy!

We're Alive!

What a crazy few months it has been. My Sous Chef has been really sick and even got to spend a few days at Children's Hospital here in MN. I am so thankful and grateful to have access to a really good Children's Hospital. And as much as I hated having to be there...I know she was in very good hands and she is on the mend now. Thank God!

And I finally get to get back into the kitchen! My freezers and pantry are full so I am ready to finally cook. Yesterday I adapted my Perfect Pancakes into Blueberry Cornmeal Pancakes and served them with this wonderful Ginger Syrup (Nina's All Natural Ginger Syrup that is also served at her restaurant ChinDianCafe.com) I picked up at a local market here in town (D'Lish) which hosts a Farmer's Market Saturdays during the winter months here in the frozen tundra of the Great North.

I can't promise to blog everyday...but I can say that I will surely try because boy do I miss cooking and blogging about food.