Sloppy Joes

What to make for supper. Joan had a pound of hamburg in the freezer. So she prepared this old favorite.

Perfectly simple—takes about 15 minutes from start to finish!

1 pound ground beef
1 tablespoon sugar
1 onion chopped
1/2 cup milk
2 tablespoons chili powder
2 tablespoons vinegar
3 tablespoons barbecue sauce
1 tablespoon flour
Dash Worcestershire sauce
1/2 cup ketchup
Salt and pepper to taste

Brown beef and onion. Stir in other ingredients. Simmer for 5 minutes.
Serve on toasted buns.

Sweet Potato Salad

This salad is a yummy mix of flavors.

A peculiar day. Started off at 63° at 7 AM. Quickly climbed into 80°s by noon. Then a brief shower. A period of sunshine. Then a hailstorm. A return to sunshine. Plans for barbecued chicken could proceed. Joan made this dish to enhance the meal. Our neighbor, Susan, earlier in the day brought us some fiddlesticks. These added some zest to our dinner. The fiddlesticks tasted like a cross between an asparagus and a bean. Joan simply steaming them.

2 Ibs. sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch cubes
3/4 t. salt, divided
1/2 c. onion, diced
1/3 c. green pepper, diced
3 T. brown sugar, packed
1 T. dried parsley
1/4 c. plus 1 T. white vinegar
1 T. oil
1 t. hot pepper sauce
1 t. mustard
3 slices bacon, crisply cooked and crumbled

Arrange sweet potatoes in an even layer on a baking sheet lightly sprayed with non-stick vegetable spray. Sprinkle potatoes with 1/2 teaspoon salt. Bake at 400 degrees for 25 minutes, or just until tender; let cool slightly. Stir together remaining ingredients except bacon until blended. Add potatoes and toss gently to coat: sprinkle with bacon. Serve warm or chilled.

Serves 6 to 8.