Homemade Sloppy Joes and Buns

My husband and I love sloppy joes, however, every time I made them with the canned stuff my hubby got really bad heartburn. I then made it my mission to make a homemade version. I've been making this for a while now and it's tasty! Here's what you need:

2 lbs Ground Beef
1 1/2 C Ketchup
2-3 Tbsp Brown Sugar
3 Tbsp BBQ Sauce
2 tsp mustard
1-2 C Water

I season my beef with salt, pepper, bell pepper, 3 cloves of garlic, oats, carrots, onion, and spinach. After it's cooked and drained I add the rest of the ingredients. Obviously everything can be adjusted to your taste. My amounts vary depending on how I season my meat. If I add more carrots I use less brown sugar for example and sometimes I don't need to add as much water. Cook everything for about 20-30 minutes and you're done! I freeze half of it for a quick meal some other time.

I decided to make rolls one day (I love my bread machine), but time was not on my side so my dough rose way too much. I thought for sure that it wasn't going to turn out right, but what ended up happening is really large dinner rolls that I decided to use as buns. Here's what you need:

3 1/4 C bread flour
1/4 C sugar
3 tsp instant yeast
1 tsp salt
1 C warm water
1 egg
2 Tbsp butter

I put water, egg, and butter into the machine first. Then I add my dry ingredients. I put the flour and sugar in (I combine them in a bowl first), make a well in the center and put my yeast in. Off in one corner I add the salt because you don't want your salt to touch your yeast yet. Put it on dough cycle and work it's magic. After it's done, take it out and make 12 balls. I put mine in a 13x9 glass dish and let it rise for 30 minutes. Brush with butter and bake at 350 for about 15 minutes and you have delicious soft buns!

Put your sloppy joe mix on the buns heat up some tator tots and dinner is served!

Enjoy!

Apple

Pacifier Clips

I have purchased a couple of pacifier clips recently, but I didn't really care for the way they looked. I never thought to make my own until I stumbled upon THIS. It looked easy enough so I made four. I switched it up a little. Instead of using ribbon down the center of the clips I used coordinating fabric. I didn't take pictures of how I made the strip for the middle, but this is what I did:

I took one strip of fabric that was 1.5"x10" and folded it right side together lengthwise and sewed a stitch all along the side. Then I flipped it right side out and ironed flat with the seam in the center. I didn't bother to finish the ends because I sewed it onto the main fabric before finishing the clip. Then just finish following the instructions for the remaining pieces. The only thing is I didn't have to add any ribbon at the end of the project because I added the coordinating "ribbon" in the beginning. Here's how it turned out:

Just make sure you put the suspender clip on the right way. I put it on backwards and now have to undo my stitches and re-attach it. Ugh! Luckily I only did it on one clip though.

Apple