30 Minute Healthy Sloppy Joes

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!

• 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

• 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 

• 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. 

5 from 5 votes

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Course Main Course

Cuisine American

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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Keyword healthy, sloppy joes

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