Sloppy Joes {or Sloppy Jaysons}

Sloppy Jaysons {he's hoping the new name will catch on}

For every 1 lb hamburger:

3/4 cup ketchup
1/4 cup water
1/2 onion (diced) *
1 1/2 Tbs butter
1 Tbs vinegar
1 Tbs Worcestershire sauce (or BBQ sauce)
1 1/2 Tbs brown sugar
1 Tbs lemon juice

Brown hamburger. Drain fat. Stir in ingredients and simmer for 20 minutes on very low, stirring occasionally. {Yes, I am aware that you drain the fat and add more fat (butter). Most of the time we omit the butter.}
Serve on hamburger buns or toasted bread. Enjoy.
Serves 4
* you can omit onions if you have super-tasters in your house

Chicken Noodle Soup

3 cans chicken broth (not condensed)

carrots, chopped

celery, thick slices

1/2 onion, chopped

2 tsp oregano

dash of salt and pepper

1 bay leaf

2 or 3 boneless chicken breasts (about 2 cups cut up)

egg noodles

2 tomatoes (or 1 14.5 ounce can tomatoes, cut up)

Chicken Noodle Soup according to kenna:

In a large pan, I pour in the chicken broth, add the carrots, and celery. Then add the onions, and spices. (while I am doing this, I am usually defrosting my frozen chicken in the microwave). I bring the broth to a boil and cook the vegetables and spices, while cutting the chicken in to bite size pieces. When carrots are almost tender, I add the chicken (if I cook the chicken too long in the broth, it dries out. Darn chicken.) I cook the chicken in the broth for about 8 minutes, or until there is no more pink. Then I add the egg noodles (how much always depends on how many I want.) Cook until noodles are tender (as directed on package). Then I blend a tomato in my blender (just pulsed a couple times - not pureed) and add it to the soup (or add the cut up canned tomatoes instead.) I let it simmer just a couple more minutes and serve. This will feed my family full with leftovers, so you'll probably want to half this recipe. Nothing is really specific, I just add what I feel like ;)