Pumpkin Sloppy Joe's
Please try this out and let me know what you think. My entire family enjoyed this so I hope you do as well. You would never guess there was pumpkin in this, it is more for the consistency and brings a richness. Enjoy!

Ingredients Serves 6-8
1.5 pounds ground beef
1 onion
1 tsp chili powder
1 tsp salt
¼ tsp nutmeg
½ tsp cloves
¼ tsp pepper
1 tbsp tomato paste
3-4 dashes liquid smoke
15 oz tomato juice
15 oz pumking (not pumpkin pie fililng)
Directions
Cook onion and beef, set aside 1-2 tbsp of fat and drain the rest.
Place onion, beef, and fat back into pan adding chili powder, salt, nutmeg, cloves, pepper, and tomato paste cook spices for 1 minute.
Add tomato juice and pumpkin, heating all the way through
Add liquid smoke
Serve
Serve on bun of your choice (or no bun) I always put coleslaw on my sloppy joe’s as well as a piece of cheese. If you make this tag me in the photos so I can see! #thehealthy75