Sloppy joes

One pound of beef and a shelf. Fifteen minutes.

Serves 4 sandwiches, or 3 large ones15 minutes, all of them at the stove

What to buy

• Amazon Grocery Tomato Sauce, 15 oz SNAP EBT the whole can $0.82checked today
• Hunt's Tomato Ketchup, 20 oz SNAP EBT a quarter cup $1.67checked today
• Heinz Yellow Mustard, 14 oz SNAP EBT a tablespoon $1.98checked today
• Amazon Grocery Minced Onion, 2.85 oz SNAP EBT a tablespoon $1.38checked today
• Amazon Grocery Fine Garlic Powder, 3 oz SNAP EBT a teaspoon $1.20checked 2 days ago
• Amazon Grocery Chili Powder, 2.75 Oz SNAP EBT a teaspoon $0.89checked today

One tap. Everything above lands in your Amazon cart at Amazon's current price; you check out there.

SNAP EBT Every ingredient in the cart was listed as SNAP EBT eligible on Amazon when we last checked. Amazon decides at checkout.

From the grocery store

1 lb ground beef, 4 hamburger buns. Any store, on the way home. Not in the cart button; we do not sell beef.

From your kitchen

a pan, a wooden spoon, a spoonful of sugar, salt and pepper.

What to do

1. Brown the beef in the pan with the minced onion. Pour off most of the fat. Leave a little; it is flavour.
2. Tomato sauce, ketchup, mustard, garlic powder, chili powder, a spoonful of sugar. Stir. Simmer 10 minutes, until it is thick enough to stay on a bun, mostly.
3. Salt and pepper. Taste. More ketchup if it wants sweet, more mustard if it wants sharp.
4. Onto the buns. It is called sloppy. Manage your expectations and your napkins.

If you want to show off

• Frank's RedHot Hot Sauce, Original, Made with Cayenne Peppers, Ready-To-Use SNAP EBT a few shakes into the sauce $3.54checked today
• Amazon Grocery Diced Jalapeños, Hot, 4 Oz SNAP EBT jalapenos on the bun $0.88checked today