30 Minute Healthy Sloppy Joes
These healthy sloppy joes are an easy one-pan 30-minute meal that is a healthy take on the classic.
Sloppy joes always bring me back to my childhood. Sloppy, sweet, and a meal mom used to make. This take on sloppy joes is just as delicious but is made with simple ingredients and a whole lot less sugar than the classic. This family-friendly recipe is easy, tasty, and makes for wonderful leftovers!
You will love 30 Minute Healthy Sloppy Joes because:
- Healthy sloppy joes is an quick and healthy family friendly meal
- It has all the flavor of sloppy joes with less sugar
- Is great for a meal prep or leftovers
- It’s full of flavor, filling and nutritious
- You can enjoy on a bun, rice, quinoa, or sweet potato
- Healthy comfort food
30 Minute Healthy Sloppy Joes are made with:
- Lean ground beef or turkey: ground beef or turkey can be used in this recipe without much of a flavor change
- Green pepper: any variety of bell pepper would work but I think green goes best in this recipe
- Sweet onion: adds depth and flavor to this dish
- Low sugar BBQ sauce: adds a little spice and flavor to the tomato base
- Apple cider vinegar: keeps it tangy and apple cider vinegar is great for gut health
- Mustard: I used dijon mustard but yellow mustard would work as well
- No sugar Ketchup: ketchup that is made without sugar because you don’t need the extra sugar to make this meal tasty
- coconut sugar: optional but if you need a little extra sweetness feel free to add a bit of coconut sugar or brown sugar
Recipe Tips:
- Serve on top of a baked sweet potato, rice, quinoa, veggies, or of course a classic bun combo
- My favorite no-sugar-added ketchup is True Made Foods Ketchup
- For a low-sugar BBQ sauce try Primal Kitchen, The New Primal, or Stubbs BBQ sauce
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30 Minute Healthy Sloppy Joes
These healthy sloppy joes are an easy one-pan 30-minute meal that is a healthy take on the classic.
Ingredients
- 1 lb lean ground beef or turkey
- 1 small sweet onion
- 1 small green pepper
- 1/4 cup low sugar BBQ sauce l
- 1 tbsp mustard
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1/2 cup no sugar added ketchup
- 1-2 tsp coconut sugar (can omit or leave out if paleo)
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Chop onion and green pepper
- Heat a skillet to medium and spray with oil
- Add onion and pepper to skillet and cook til soft
- Next, add in your ground beef and cook until meat has browned
- Turn heat down to medium-low and add ketchup, bbq sauce, apple cider vinegar, mustard, and optional sugar to the skillet and stir to combine
- Cover and let simmer on low for 5-8 minutes then serve
Notes
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