Healthy Sloppy Joes
These homemade healthy sloppy joes feature a rich, sweet, and savory sauce, hidden veggies, and protein-packed ground beef. Throw everything into the slow cooker and come home to a family-friendly meal everyone will look forward to. Scoop them inside a sweet potato or serve them on top of your favorite hamburger buns.
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Instructions
Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the diced onions and cook until soft and translucent, about 3 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for another minute, until fragrant.
Place ground meat into the pan and brown until no pink remains, about 5 minutes. Carefully drain the fat from the pan and transfer the beef and onions to in a 4-quart slow cooker. See Note 1 for stove top instructions.
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Note 1. Stovetop Healthy Sloppy Joes. Follow the directions to cook the onion and ground beef in a deep saucepan. Stir in the rest of the ingredients until the tomato paste is well distributed. Increase the heat to medium-high then reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer, uncovered, for 15-20 minutes, until the sauce reduces slightly.
Note 2. Maple Syrup. We like this as a refined sugar-free option, but you can also use brown sugar or coconut sugar. You can also omit the maple syrup for a whole30 option.
Storage: store leftover sloppy joes in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months. Thaw overnight in the fridge and warm up on the stove or reheat individual servings in the microwave.
*Nutrition facts include the paleo version with maple syrup. The whole30 version, it’s 330 calories and 12.3 carbs.
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We've made this a few times and it always turns out perfectly. We cut the maple syrup in half but otherwise it is perfect!
This was so good! Great flavor, not too sweet, and really good served over sweet potato (and russet).
I do not really care for sloppy joes in general but this was excellent. I didn't have any Worcestershire sauce so I used soy sauce instead. Worked out great. What I don't LOVE about most sloppy joes is the sweetness and what makes making them at home great is that you can control the amount of maple syrup or whatever you choose to use. I used 2 tbsp instead of 3 and it was perfect. Will make again.
This was delicious. Used ground bison. The seasoning was so tasty!
OMG this was GUWD! My man says it's his new favorite meal & I like that it's naturally sweetened.
Made the recipe exactly as is, and my 8 year old and I loved it! Easy and very tasty, and I'll make this again and again. Thank you!
These were soooo good! Comfort food without the bloat and guilt!
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