veg-full sloppy joes

Sweet potatoes in Japan are purple on the outside, pale yellow on the inside, and great for topping with sloppy joe mix!

Here's a Mamatouille original. (Feeds six easily.)

You'll need:

• sweet potatoes, cooked (I don't have an oven so I use my microwave)
• salt and pepper to taste, for the sweet potatoes
• butter, for the sweet potatoes
• 700 g ground beef
• 1 t. salt
• 1/4 t. pepper
• 1/4 c. ketchup
• 3/4 t. Japanese ground spicy mustard
• 1 1/2 t. sugar
• 3 T. apple cider vinegar
• 3 T. tomato paste
• 1 bay leaf, torn in half
• olive oil
• a puree (done in the food processor) of 1/4 sweet pepper (yellow, red, green, or orange), 2 celery sticks, 1/8 purple cabbage, 4 cloves garlic, 1/2 - 1 onion, 1 carrot

Do this:

Saute the veggie puree in olive oil till almost soft, add the ground beef and stir and cook till no longer pink. Add the rest of the ingredients, plus a bit of water if needed to make it saucy.

Serve over sweet potatoes that have been doctored with butter, salt, and pepper, and enjoy with the familytouille.