Homemade Vegetarian Sloppy Joes Recipe.

Dave has been talking about making sloppy joes forever. Last night we finally gathered all the ingredients and gave it a shot, boy was it worth the wait! I thought homemade vegetarian sloppy joes would be pretty good, but not anywhere near as amazing as they turned out. We both devoured them and then were left wishing we could get seconds, if only our stomachs would allow it...

Here's the recipe, it's easy and doesn't contain the nasty high fructose corn syrup and ten tons of sugar that all the store bought sloppy joe sauces have. Plus, it's vegetarian. You can do it without the peice of cheese on top as shown above (that was the first time I'd ever had cheese on a sloppy joe, but Dave insisted), but it was pretty dang good that way. Up to you!

What you need:
1 bag Quorn "beef" crumbles
1/2 onion, chopped
1 8oz can Rotel zesty tomato and green chili sauce
3/4 c water
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 Tbsp chili powder
1 tsp paprika
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp white vinegar
2 Tbsp brown sugar
1 tsp dried oregano
1/2 tsp sea salt
1 1/2 tsp garlic salt
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
whole wheat hamburger buns
American cheese slices (optional)

Mix the tomato sauce, onion, water, sugar, and spices. Heat up the Quorn crumbles for about 5 minutes. Add tomato mixture to the crumbles and heat on medium.

Pile some on your buns with a slice of cheese if you like and enjoy! We had ours with Alexia onion rings and it was the perfect combo. And now, thanks to Thanksgiving week/end and this meal, I am sufficiently stuffed.