Isn?t it amazing how you can learn something new about your partner no matter how long you?ve been together" My fiancé and I celebrated our fifth Halloween together this past October and he told me that Sloppy Joes were an annual Halloween tradition in his family growing up. He suggested we continue the tradition in our house and offered to make me vegan Sloppy Joes. I obviously couldn?t say no. They were so delicious! I can?t believe what I?ve been missing out on all of these years. These Lentil and Cauliflower Vegan Sloppy Joes are my lightened up version of traditional Sloppy Joes and I?m confident they?re just as good as what you remember from childhood.

There are several vegan Sloppy Joe recipes floating around the internet, but most rely on ketchup to get that authentic Sloppy Joe flavor. I try to avoid ketchup because it?s full of high fructose corn syrup and I feel like I?m eating pure sugar when I dunk my French fries in it. Instead, these Lentil and Cauliflower Vegan Sloppy Joes get flavor from a combination of tomato sauce, maple syrup, and brown sugar, among other key ingredients. I tried my best to keep the sugar content low, but there?s just no way to get the crave-able Sloppy Joe flavor without some sweetener. You can try reducing the amount of sugar in this recipe, but I can?t guarantee the results. Just throwing that out there!
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