Showing posts with label joes. Show all posts
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Saturday, March 21, 2015
CrockPot Sloppy Joes Recipe
Day 162.
Good morning! Its day 3 of Retro Week, and last night we tried sloppy joes for the first time as a family. I think I was in second grade the last time I had a sloppy joe---and I was pleasantly surprised that it was pretty good, and not overly sweet as I had remembered.
Cooking the sloppy joes in the crock is incredibly easy. I didnt bother to pre-brown the meat, and it cooked and browned nicely for me. I chose to use lean ground turkey because Im a weirdo with fat and grease--but any ground meat would work great.
The Ingredients.
--1 pound lean ground meat
--packet of sloppy joe mix ( I always use McCormick for spice mixes)
--1 6oz can tomato paste
--1 cup of water (the package says to use 1 1/4. I chose to use 1 because the condensation doesnt escape in a crock)
UPDATED 11/08: guess what? McCormicks spice packet now lists wheat starch. ugh. Use this instead:
--1 T onion flakes
--1 T paprika
--2 T brown sugar
--1 tsp cumin
--1 tsp salt
--1 tsp cornstarch
--1/2 tsp garlic powder
--1/4 tsp ground mustard
--1/4 tsp celery seed
--1/4 tsp pepper
UPDATED 11/08: guess what? McCormicks spice packet now lists wheat starch. ugh. Use this instead:
--1 T onion flakes
--1 T paprika
--2 T brown sugar
--1 tsp cumin
--1 tsp salt
--1 tsp cornstarch
--1/2 tsp garlic powder
--1/4 tsp ground mustard
--1/4 tsp celery seed
--1/4 tsp pepper
The Directions.
This really will work the best with thawed meat. If you meat is frozen solid, you might want to defrost in the microwave---or be prepared to mix the ingredients into the meat an hour into cooking time.
Mix the meat with the sloppy joe mix and the tomato paste. Add the cup of water, and stir well.
Cover and cook on low for 6-7 hours, or on high for 3-5.
The meat is done when it is crumbly and fully cooked.
Serve with hamburger buns, or on top of rice.
The Verdict.
These were delicious! The kids enjoyed the "ketchup meat" and liked that they were kind of messy. I made hamburger buns out of a box of Whole Foods 365 Gluten Free sandwich bread, the same way I did for the Philly Cheese Steaks. The bread came out well--and held up with the sloppiness of the meat.
Friday, March 6, 2015
Good News! Trader Joes Now Offers White Whole Wheat Flour Heres How It Measures Up
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Finally, More Choices!
For years Ive been baking with King Arthurs White Whole Wheat Flour. This type of flour is milled from hard white spring wheat instead of traditional red wheat. The beauty of white whole wheat is that it is delicate like white flour (in fact you wouldnt know youre eating whole wheat!) AND it has the fiber and other nutritional benefits of whole grain. Unfortunately King Arthur is sometimes hard to find and is twice the price as conventional all-purpose flour.
A few weeks ago I noticed that Trader Joes had their own brand of white whole wheat flour, "Baker Josefs", so I picked one up to try. Im excited to report that it bakes as well as King Arthurs. Heres how else it compares:
Price
A 5-pound bag of King Arthurs white whole wheat flour costs $4.95. If you buy King Arthurs organic white whole wheat flour, it costs $7.95.
Trader Joes Baker Josefs white whole wheat flour costs $2.99 for a 5-pound bag. Unfortunately, organic is not available.
Nutritional Content in 1 Cup of Flour
* White, all-purpose flour has 455 calories, 4 g of fat, 13 g of protein, 95 g of carbohydrates and only 3 g of dietary fiber.
* King Arthurs white whole wheat flour has 400 calories, 2 g of fat, 12 g of protein, 72 g carbs and 12 g of dietary fiber.
* Baker Josefs white whole wheat flour has 440 calories, 2 g of fat, 16 g of protein, 92 g carbohydrates and a whopping 16 g of dietary fiber!
Bottom line, Baker Josef costs about the same as conventional all-purpose white flour and is 40% cheaper than King Arthurs white whole wheat.
Baker Josef has 23% more protein than all-purpose white flour and has 33% more protein than King Arthurss white whole wheat.
Baker Josef has 433% more dietary fiber than all-purpose white flour and 33% more than King Arthurs.
Remember, dietary fiber from whole grains can keep your regular and may lower your risk of colorectal cancer. Fiber also lowers cholesterol and helps control your blood sugar levels.
If theres a Trader Joes near you, I suggest you give Baker Josefs white whole wheat flour a try, especially if you are still using white flour. If you use and enjoy King Arthur, its still a great product and a great choice. Trader Joes is just giving us another option.
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| King Arthurs is still a great product and a great choice! |
Baking with White Whole Wheat
White whole wheat flour bakes like white flour. Start out by substituting it for 1/4 or 1/2 of your white flour but eventually Im sure youll use it for the entire recipe. It absorbs a bit more moisture than white flour so add a little more liquid to your recipes. All of my baked recipes on the blog (except for those that are wheat-free) assume the use of white whole wheat flour so theres no need to add additional liquid to these.
White whole wheat flour can be used for bread, pizza dough, pancakes, muffins, breading, stuffing, biscuits, to thicken gravy or anywhere else white flour is used. I promise you, your kids wont even know you snuck in all this fiber and nutritional goodness into their diets!
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