Crock Pot Sloppy Joes

Fix and Forget Friday is brought to you today by Mindy from The Purposed Heart. All of Mindy’s recipes rock my face off, so I know you’re going to LOVE these!

We love sloppy joes at our house.  They’re such an easy and economical meal, and they also happen to be delicious!  Well, except for that time that I thought I would be sneaky and use half ground beef and half ground liver – they weren’t so delicious that time.

I know that liver is good for you and all, but I just can’t get past the taste or the smell of it.  Yuck!  If you like liver – go you!  Eat it up, because it is super nutritious and good for you. 

 

So besides the sneaky liver sloppy joes, I’ve never had a sloppy joe that I didn’t like.  And this recipe is no exeption!  It’s so easy to through together, and the taste is far better than any sauce that you could buy from the store.

 

If you have time, you should also try making some homemade buns to go with your homemade sloppy joes!  Stacy has a great recipe for homemade buns that I highly recommend – they’re awesome!  They’ll take you’re sandwiches from yum to YUM!

*This post is linked at Fat Tuesday on Real Food Forager, at Healthy 2Day Wednesday on Day2Day Joys, at Simple Lives Thursday on GNOWFGLINS, at Pennywise Platter on The Nourishing Gourmet, and at Hearth and Soul Blog Hop at Penniless Parenting.

 

Crock Pot Sloppy Joes

2 lbs ground beef

1 small onion, chopped

1 green pepper, chopped

1 ½ cups ketchup

¼ cup sucanat (or brown sugar)

¼ cup apple cider vinegar (white vinegar would work too)

¼ cup mustard

1 tsp Worchestershire sauce

½ tsp pepper

1 tsp salt

Brown ground beef in a large skillet with the onion and green pepper.

Add browned ground beef mixture along with the remaining ingredients to the crock pot.  Mix well to combine.  Cook on low for at least 3 hours, but up to 6 hours.

 

Mindy is a wife and mama who loves everything about experimenting in the kitchen (except for the dishes part!).  You can find more of her favorite recipes on her blog, The Purposed Heart.

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About Stacy

Stacy is the author of Crock On: A Semi-Whole Foods Slow Cooker Cookbook and a stay-at-home mom to her two children, Annie (3) and Andy (newborn). After an “awakening” in March 2011, her family switched to a more natural, whole foods diet. She likes to blog about how to live on less than you make and how to eat good food while doing it. Her passion is teaching others how to save money and she tag teams with her husband in this endeavor. At Stacy Makes Cents you’ll find information on how to save money in the kitchen, how to have fun with your kids, and how to be thrifty in all areas of life. Her passion is teaching others how to live debt free. Make sure to follow her on Facebook and Twitter to keep up with her daily antics.

  • Yolanda

    That would be so nice to throw together and take to a family in need… for instance, after a baby is born, etc. Yummy!

    • Stacy

      Yolanda, that’s a great idea! :-)

  • http://quickeasycheaphealthy.com Anne @ Quick and Easy Cheap and Healthy

    Great idea to make sloppy joes in the crock pot! For some reason, I never thought of doing that!

    • Stacy

      :-) Mindy is a smart cook!

  • sherrie

    YUM! i wanna eat this right now! i LOVE me some sloppy joes. we always have leftovers that i use to make cornbread joe pie. bake your fave cornbread recipe until almost done, cover w/sloppy joe mixture, top w/shredded cheddar and bake until bread is done and cheese is melted. fabulous!!!

    • Stacy

      Sloppy Joes are where it’s AT.

    • http://www.TheSimpleHomemaker.com Christy, The Simple Homemaker

      Thanks for the sloppy cornbread joe pie recipe, Sherrie! I want to try this!

      • Stacy

        Sherrie is a genius.

  • http://www.thesimplehomemaker.com Christy, The Simple Homemaker

    Oddly enough, the Friday night dinner space on our meal schedule this week is empty. Plus we have all these ingredients! Looks like sloppy joes for dinner! Thanks Stacy and Mindy!

    • Stacy

      Sounds like fate to me!

  • http://thepurposedheart.com Mindy @ The Purposed Heart

    Thanks so much for having me, Stacy! I’m honored to guest post for you :)

    • Stacy

      You’re welcome here anytime, Mindy!

  • Jennifer

    I was going to make meatloaf but after reading this, it’s sloppy joe night. I’m going to throw in a little liver though. I grind it up in the food processor to a paste and mix in about 1/4 cup If you start with a small amount you won’t even know it’s there, especially with all the other flavors going on.

    • Stacy

      Whew…we might not see eye to eye on the liver part. ;-)

  • http://www.TheSimpleHomemaker.com Christy, The Simple Homemaker

    We’re making a double batch tonight, half to eat and half to freeze and take with us on my husband’s music tour to California. It’s that good. :)

    • Stacy

      Good to know! I love all of Mindy’s recipes. :-)

  • http://christianmommyblogger.com Nikki @ Christian Mommy Blogger

    Currently in my crock pot! Yum O!

    • Stacy

      You’re a crockin’ queen lately!

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