Sloppy Joe Lentils

Sloppy joes make a great place to practice adding more veggies. Lentils do the heavy lifting in this recipe (these can be leftover or made on the spot) followed by so many veggies, you’ll forget entirely that you’re making sloppy joes until you add the mustard and ketchup. Then all the alarm bells in your head will go off at once, and you’ll be mystified! I prefer to summon this over rice, but it works perfectly on bread, in wraps, on crackers, as a dip for chips, or even on top of pasta or mashed potatoes, if that’s your thing!

Ingredients

1 ½ cup dried lentils prepared in water or broth
1 Tablespoon olive oil
2 stalks celery, diced (Or substitute ½ an onion! Or do both!)
1 small green bell pepper, chopped
½ c frozen corn
1 medium zucchini, diced
1 teaspoon minced garlic or ¼-½ teaspoon garlic powder
¼-½ cup ketchup (to taste)
3-4 Tablespoons mustard (to taste)
Dusting of chili powder
Salt and pepper to taste

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