Sloppy Pete's

Ingredients:

1 small, sweet onion

½ cup of roasted red peppers chopped

1 (15 oz) can of tomato sauce

2 tsp of brown sugar

1 tbsp of lite soy sauce

1 tbsp of yellow mustard

1 tbsp of tomato paste

1 tbsp olive oil

1 tbsp each of black pepper and salt

1 ½ lb. of ground beef

6 hamburger buns

6 slices of cheddar cheese

Direction:

Finely chop onion and red pepper. Combine the onion, pepper, tomato sauce, brown sugar, soy sauce, mustard, tomato paste, and oil.  Then season with salt and pepper to taste. Set a large skillet over medium heat with some oil.  Cook the above for 5 minutes.  Add the ground beef breaking up the beef into small morsels.  Cook until no pink remains (about 5 to 10 minutes).

Reduce the heat to low and simmer and cook uncovered until thicken (about 20 minutes).

When mixture is ready, top each bun with a heaping spoonful of the meat mixture.  Then add a slice of cheddar to each bun so that it starts to melt a bit.

Enjoy!