Greek-style Sloppy Joes

We inherited some ground lamb from a generous ward member with an overflowing freezer, but I wasn't sure what to do with it. When I looked up ground lamb in our ever-trusty Better Homes and Gardens cookbook, I found this simple, delicious recipe. Even better was the discovery that you can turn the Kaiser rolls in the recipe into bread bowls! Add a cup or so of beef broth to a couple servings' worth of sloppy joe mix, crumble feta on top, and you've got a Greek-style Sloppy Joe Soup.


Ingredients:

• 1 pound lean ground lamb or beef
• 1/2 cup chopped onion (1 medium)
• 1 15-ounce can tomato sauce
• 1/3 cup bulgur
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano, crushed
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 cups shredded romaine lettuce
• 6 kaiser rolls, split and toasted
• 4 ounces crumbled feta cheese with tomato and basil or plain feta cheese

Directions:

1. In a large skillet cook ground meat and onion until meat is brown and onion is tender. Drain off fat. Stir in tomato sauce, bulgur, oregano, salt, and pepper. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, about 5 minutes or until desired consistency, stirring occasionally.

2. To assemble, arrange romaine on bottom halves of rolls. Spoon meat mixture on romaine. Sprinkle with feta cheese; replace top halves of rolls. Makes 6 sandwiches.