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dinner, lentil, meat free, recipes, slow cooker, snobby joe, vegan, vegetarian
A few years ago, I discovered a love for lentils. I discovered my lentil love when I attempted a lentil sloppy joe recipe. Aside from not having any meat in it, it really tasted like those delicious and oh so messy joes from the middle school cafeteria. Only these were lean and healthy (but just as, if not more, messy).
I’ve made this recipe before but to save time, I decided to use the slow cooker. It worked out really well!
Ingredients (serves 6-8 ppl)
1 cup of dry lentils (+ 4 cups of water to boil)
1 bell pepper, diced
1 medium onion, diced
2 cloves of garlic, minced
1 cup tomato sauce
1/4 cup of tomato paste
1 tsp mustard
3 tablespoons of maple syrup
3 tablespoons of chili powder
1 tsp salt
Optional: kaiser rolls
1. Prepare all the ingredients the night before and set in the fridge. In the morning, set the slow cooker on low and allow to cook for 8-10 hrs or 5 hrs on high. (the night before trick is helpful as the soaking of the lentils allows them to be tender and fully cooked at the end of the 10 hrs)
When ready to serve, lightly toast a kaiser roll and place a cup of snobby joe mix onto roll.
I served with oven fries.
These were great. They were quite messy as one would imagine. They were also really flavorful. I might have been a tad sneaky by not telling BR these were meatless. But he loves lentils and loved this dish. The lentils are very filling so a little bit goes a long way. I ate the leftovers chili style with bread for dipping and sopping.
This freezes well too!
Food Snob 2.0 