These homemade, tomato-free Sloppy Joes are a simple, quick, and healthy recipe you can prepare for the whole family. Since this recipe for Sloppy Joes and Sweet Potato Buns is full of hidden veggies and flavor, it's one you'll love including in your weekly meal plan. AIP, Paleo, and Whole 30 friendly!
Even though I didn't enjoy eating much meat when I was younger, Sloppy Joes was one recipe I'd sit down to with enthusiasm. Back then my mom would make our Sloppy Joes with toasted whole wheat buns, and top them with cheddar cheese and sliced Clausen pickles. My mouth is watering just thinking about the combo!
These days I eat animal protein on the daily, but until I created this recipe, Sloppy Joes were a thing of the past. Not only do traditional Sloppy Joes prominently feature nightshade veggies like tomatoes and bell peppers, but the canned Sloppy Joe mix, aka ‘Manwich', also contains 3 types of sugar – high fructose corn syrup, regular corn syrup & sugar – along with guar gum, xanthan gum, ‘natural' flavors, and citric acid.
Even if I could tolerate nightshade veggies, no way in heck is that Manwich concoction going anywhere near my body.
Nightshade-Free Homemade Sloppy Joes
My recipe on the other hand, is completely free of soy, corn, gluten, processed sugars, and nightshade veggies and spices. As a bonus, it's full of antioxidant rich veggies from the inclusion of my simple Nomato Sauce recipe. And just like any good nostalgia food, you won't miss a thing from about childhood favorite.
We've been making this recipe on a weekly basis in the Garland casa – we can't get enough! We've eaten it so many different ways: from a bowl topped with avocado and cilantro, on Sweet Potato Buns with zucchini cheese and arugula, even on cassava flour tortillas with over-easy eggs.
However you choose to indulge your childhood cravings for Sloppy Joes, you can't go wrong.
AIP Sloppy Joes
Ingredients
- 2 pounds ground beef
- 1 1/4 cup Nomato Sauce
- 1 Tbsp maple syrup
- 1 Tbsp coconut aminos
- 1 small onion, diced
- 1 Tbsp coconut oil
- sea salt, to taste
Instructions
- Saute onions in coconut oil and sea salt over medium-low heat.
- Add beef to skillet with onions and cook through.
- Add Nomato Sauce (here's the recipe I use), maple syrup, and coconut aminos to the ground beef mixture, and stir to combine.
I’ve been allergic to tomatoes since I can remember so I’ve never had one. I made marinara sauce last night for dinner (over mini meatloaves) and husband said that it could fool anyone into thinking they were having tomatoes. Until you have enough of it and you were aware that it was “different”, then you might taste a little difference. But just put a plate down in front of someone and they would probably never know. That’s awesome. 🙂
Yumm!! My husband & I are on AIP & I’m going to make this, this week. But- I do not have a stock pot & am not able to get one at this time. Any helpful suggestions for how to make the sweet potato buns turn out about the same as above, without use of a stock pot? 🙂
P.s. – THANK you for your recipes!!! <3
Yes, if you have a large enough pan to cover your potatoes with water, it’ll work just the same! You could also use a crockpot if you have one, but I have no idea how long it’d take. I’d guess you’d want to periodically check on them with a fork to see when they were mostly cooked through, but not too soft.
Hope you love the recipe, and you’re WELCOME! 🙂
This looks amazing! I miss Sloppy Joes so much! I need to go shopping for some of the ingredients, but I am *so* going to make this in the next few days! Maybe next week for my birthday! 🙂
How fun! My birthday is on Tuesday next week, when is yours? Happy early birthday!
I am so happy I found this , this morning. I have lupus that attacks the skin with bad rashes and I suffer fatigue so bad some days. I do also have joint pain that comes at any time. I have been strugglimg with my own cooking and trying to make stuff from foods I can eat. Life is going to be so much easier with the recipes I have saved from here
Thank you
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I’m so happy you found my recipe and my site! Hopefully the recipes here will be some good inspiration. 🙂