Meal Swap.

Each week, two friends and I make enough food for all three families and then exchange.  I make a large amount of whatever I'm making and get two meals my friends have made.  That means there are two fewer meals I have to think about and prepare.  It makes the week easier. It makes life easier.  


Today, I'm grateful for meal swap.  


Recipe:
Chipotle Sloppy Jens


Ingredients
Cooking spray

• 2 1/2  cups  presliced Vidalia or other sweet onion
• 1  (7-ounce) can chipotle chiles in adobo sauce
• 1  pound  ground sirloin
• 1/2  cup  prechopped green bell pepper
• 2  tablespoons  tomato paste
• 1  teaspoon  kosher salt
• 1/2  teaspoon  ground cumin
• 1  (8-ounce) can no-salt-added tomato sauce
• 5  (1 1/2-ounce) hamburger buns, toasted

Preparation

1. Heat a small nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add onion to pan; cover and cook 8 minutes or until golden brown, stirring frequently. Remove from heat; set aside.

2. Remove 1 teaspoon adobo sauce from can; set aside. Remove 1 chipotle chile from can; chop and set aside. Reserve remaining chiles and adobo sauce for another use.

3. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add beef to pan; cook 4 minutes or until browned, stirring to crumble. Add bell pepper to pan; sauté 2 minutes. Stir in chopped chipotle chile, adobo sauce, tomato paste, and next 3 ingredients (through tomato sauce); cook 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Spoon 1/2 cup beef mixture over bottom half of each bun, and top evenly with onions and top half of bun.

Plate with pickle chips and a simple slaw.