Wimpies AKA Sloppy Joes with the movie Billy Madison

A classic meal from our childhood done without the help of anything where the instructions simply read, "Add to browned ground beef". This is my mom's famous wimpie recipe, with a few changes of my own to bring a little heat, that all of our friends and family go nuts over. Perfect for a busy weeknight or a Summer get together, they can be made ahead and heated just before you need them. Of course they're a great last minute dinner idea when you just want to relax with your feet up watching a movie. The amounts listed will be enough for about 8-10 sandwiches.

2 pounds of ground Chuck
1 small Green Bell Pepper
1 small Red Bell Pepper
3 cloves of Garlic
1 medium sized Red Onion
A 16oz can of Tomato Sauce
1/3 cup of Chilli Sauce
1 teaspoon of Asian Chilli paste
1/2 cup of Ketchup
2 tablespoons of Brown Sugar
Kosher Salt and Black Pepper
4 dashes of worcestershire sauce
Buns

Wash your bell peppers and finely dice them along with the red onion.

Melt about 2 tablespoons of butter and a drizzle of olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Season your ground beef with salt and pepper and brown the burger in your skillet. Break the burger up as it browns and cook until burger is browned. Drain off any excess grease and moisture that has accumulated in your skillet. The best way I've found to do this is by using a turkey baster. Don't worry about getting it all, leaving some won't hurt/

Now add the onions and peppers and stir in with the beef. Use your microplane to grate the cloves of garlic into a paste and stir that into the beef and peppers. Next, add the can of tomato sauce along with the chili sauce, chili paste, ketchup, brown sugar, and worcestershire sauce. Mix well to combine and bring everything to a simmer.

Simmer the Wimpies for at least 30 minutes stirring often to ensure they aren't sticking. The longer you let them simmer the better if you ask me so if you're not in a huge rush, give them a bit more time to cook.

Once you're ready to eat, grab a fresh bun and add a generous amount of wimpie filling. Serve with you're favorite side an a lot of napkins, they don't call them sloppy Joes for nothing folks.

Billy Madison was Adam Sandler's 1995 comedy that has remained one of his fan favorites for nearly 20 years. Sandler's style of comedy doesn't suite all, and I myself am very hit and miss with his movies but I've been a fan of Billy Madison for years.

Billy is a 27 year old rich boy with no life, no job, and no education. He spends his days drunk by a swimming pool, chasing penguins that don't exist, and waiting for his dirty magazines to arrive in the mail. One night at dinner, his father who is a successful business man and the owner of Maison Hotels informs Billy that he won't inherit the company when he retires. Instead the company would be handed to the back stabbing weasel Eric (Bradley Whitford).

Billy is upset with his fathers choice and when he asks why, Billy is informed by his father that he could never leave the company to someone who couldn't even get through grade school. Billy finds out that his father paid his teachers to give Billy good grades all his life just so he could graduate. Billy comes up with the idea that if he could go back to school and graduate on his own, that his father should give him the company instead of Eric. His father agrees and so begins the unrealistic but hilarious adventures of 27 year old Billy Madison going back to school.

Between spelling Bees, eating sloppy joes from the creepy lunch lady, and having a relationship with his 3rd grade teacher Miss Vaughn (Bridgette Wilson-Sampras) - this is an off beat comedy for sure. It's one that only Sandler could pull off. There is no real moral to this story at all, but it's a film that was made just to make you laugh and that it does. Here is the trailer to Billy Madison.